HEALING MIRACLES OF PETER

CONTENT

1. Raising of Dorcas from Death (Acts 9:32-42)
2. Peter Raises Dorcas from the Dead in Joppa (Acts 9:36-42)
3. The Significance of Peter’s Visit to Lydda and Joppa

Raising of Dorcas from Death (Acts 9:32-42)

The Disciples of Christ, apart from the twelve apostles fled Jerusalem for other parts of Judea because of persecution. However, wherever they settled, they would preach and make converts for Christ and establish them in the new faith. Hence, when some of the disciples went down to Lydda and Joppa, they made converts and establish the believers’ assembly there. When the good news reached Jerusalem, Peter paid them an apostolic visit through which he encouraged them to continue in the Christian faith. Peter, as an itinerant apostle, performed outstanding healing miracles including; healing of Aeneas who was crippled for eight years in Lydda and raising of Dorcas from death in Joppa which made many to be converted to Christianity.

Peter Raises Dorcas from the Dead in Joppa (Acts 9:36-42)

Joppa was a town on the sea coast, not far from Lydda.