A coastal port town where Peter raised the disciple Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead and later, staying with Simon the tanner, received the rooftop vision opening the gospel to Gentiles (Acts 9:36-43; 10:9-23).
Joppa was a port town by the sea. There Peter prayed for a kind woman named Tabitha who had died, and God brought her back to life. While staying in Joppa at the house of Simon the tanner, Peter had a vision from God showing him that the good news about Jesus is for every nation.
References: Joshua 19:46
People connected to Joppa
Simon(M) — the tanner in whose house by the sea Peter lodged and saw the vision of the sheet
Acts 10:6; Acts 10:9-16
Tabitha(F) — a disciple full of good works whom Peter raised from the dead here