“He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.”
'He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.'—the identifying detail (Simon the tanner, by the sea) echoes Acts 9:43 and shows narrative continuity; Peter's location has been known to heaven all along. The 'by the sea' (para thalassan) specifies the house's location and connects Joppa's maritime access to the gospel's movement across the Mediterranean.
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