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Joppa

NT Judea
The church in Joppa — stained-glass style group portrait

Home to Tabitha (Dorcas), a disciple whose death and raising by Peter led many in the city to believe, and to Simon the tanner, whose house Peter was staying in when he received the vision that opened the gospel to Gentiles.

References: Acts 9:36-43

Named in Scripture at Joppa