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1. Act 9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them
2. should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded
3. 75 And he pitched his tents against Joppa, but; they of Joppa shut
4. for fear, and so Jonathan won Joppa
5. Then Jonathan met the king with great pomp at Joppa, where they saluted one another, and lodged
6. aside to Joppa, and won it
7. 11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were in it
8. took Joppa for an haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea, 6 And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the
9. the enemies had been before; but he set a garrison of Jews there: 34 Moreover he fortified Joppa, which lies on the sea, and Gazera,
10. withhold Joppa and Gazera; with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm
11. understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: upon which he came to Joppa, and from then to
12. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD
13. 55 to them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa according as it was commanded them by Cyrus King of the Persians
14. 75 And he pitched his tents against Joppa but; they of Joppa shut him out of the city because Apollonius had a garrison there
15. 76 Then Jonathan laid siege to it; upon which they of the city let him in for fear and so Jonathan won Joppa
16. 6 Then Jonathan met the king with great pomp at Joppa where they saluted one another and lodged
17. 32 And removing then he came to Damascus and so passed through all the country 33 Simon also went out and passed through the country to Ascalon and the holds there adjoining from where he turned aside to Joppa and won it
18. 11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom and with him a great power to Joppa: who casting out them that were in it remained there in it
19. 5 And as he was honourable in all his acts so in this that he took Joppa for an haven and made an entrance to the isles of the sea 6 And enlarged the bounds of his nation and recovered the country 7 And gathered together a great number of captives and had the dominion of Gazera and Bethsura and the tower out of the which he took all uncleaness neither was there any who resisted him
20. 29 Forasmuch as often there have been wars in the country in which for the maintenance of their sanctuary and the law Simon the son of Mattathias of the posterity of Jarib together with his brothers put themselves in jeopardy and resisting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour; 30 For after that Jonathan having gathered his nation together and been their high priest was added to his people 31 Their enemies prepared to invade their country that they might destroy it and lay hands on the sanctuary: 32 At which time Simon rose up and fought for his nation and spent much of his own substance and armed the valiant men of his nation and gave them wages 33 And fortified the cities of Judea together with Bethsura that lies on the borders of Judea where the armour of the enemies had been before; but he set a garrison of Jews there: 34 Moreover he fortified Joppa which lies on the sea and Gazera that borders on Azotus where the enemies had dwelt before but he placed Jews there and furnished them with all things convenient for the reparation of it
21. 28 Furthermore he sent to him Athenobius one of his friends to commune with him and say you withhold Joppa and Gazera; with the tower that is in Jerusalem which are cities of my realm
22. 35 And whereas you demandest Joppa and Gazera albeit they did great harm to the people in our country yet will we give you an hundred talents for them
23. 21 Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor Antiochus understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs provided for his own safety: upon which he came to Joppa and from then to Jerusalem: 22 Where he was honourably received of Jason and of the city and was brought in with torch alight and with great shoutings and so afterward went with his host to Phenice
24. 3 The men of Joppa also did such an ungodly deed: they prayed the Jews that dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the boats which they had prepared as though they had meant them no hurt
25. 7 And when the town was shut up he went backward as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa
26. 1 During their stay in Joppa, Jesus met Gadiah, a Philistine interpreter who worked for one Simon a tanner
27. While they tarried at Joppa, Jesus and Gadiah became warm friends
28. He was on a housetop in Acts chapter 10, and God gave him a vision in a place called Joppa
29. At Joppa, when taken by Cestius Gallus, 8,400
30. At Joppa, when taken by Vespasian, 4,200
31. He skulks about the wharves of Joppa, and seeks a ship that's bound for Tarshish
32. And where is Cadiz, shipmates? Cadiz is in Spain; as far by water, from Joppa, as Jonah could possibly have sailed in those ancient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea
33. Because Joppa, the modern Jaffa, shipmates, is on the most easterly coast of the Mediterranean, the Syrian; and Tarshish or Cadiz more than two thousand miles to the westward from that, just outside the Straits of Gibraltar
34. How being an anointed pilot-prophet, or speaker of true things, and bidden by the Lord to sound those unwelcome truths in the ears of a wicked Nineveh, Jonah, appalled at the hostility he should raise, fled from his mission, and sought to escape his duty and his God by taking ship at Joppa
35. And let no man doubt this Arkite story; for in the ancient Joppa, now Jaffa, on the Syrian coast, in one of the Pagan temples, there stood for many ages the vast skeleton of a whale, which the city's legends and all the inhabitants asserted to be the identical bones of the monster that Perseus slew
36. When the Romans took Joppa, the same skeleton was carried to Italy in triumph
37. What seems most singular and suggestively important in this story, is this: it was from Joppa that Jonah set sail
38. Besides, it has been divined by other continental commentators, that when Jonah was thrown overboard from the Joppa ship, he straightway effected his escape to another vessel near by, some vessel with a whale for a figure-head; and, I would add, possibly called "The Whale," as some craft are nowadays christened the "Shark," the "Gull," the "Eagle
