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Ac 9:42 King James And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And many believed ... - A similar effect followed when Jesus raised up Lazarus. See Joh 12:11.

This was the first miracle of this kind that was performed by the apostles. The effect was that many believed. It was not merely a work of benevolence, in restoring to life one who contributed largely to the comfort of the poor, but it was a means of extending and establishing, as it was designed doubtless to do, the kingdom of the Saviour.
 
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11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.