130. XVIII. Tabitha, Called Dorcas

XVIII. TABITHA, CALLED DORCAS

Acts 9:36.—“Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas.”

It may be remarked, that Josephus, who (like St. Luke) wrote in Greek of things which happened in a country where Syriac was the common language, thinks fit to add a similar explanation when he alludes to this same proper name.

“They sent one John, who was the most bloody-minded of them all, to do that execution. This man was also called the son of Dorcas in the language of our country.”—Bell. Jud. iv. 3. § 5.