“And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.”
Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.—the practical detail (Peter's residence with a tanner) foreshadows the next chapter's vision about clean and unclean. A tanner works with animal skins, a trade Jews considered ritually unclean; Peter's willingness to lodge with Simon suggests his consciousness is already being prepared for the vision-revelation to come. The chapter ends not with triumph but with preparation for further instruction.
Church Fathers on Acts 9:43
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. Acts 9:42-43 Mark the unassuming conduct, mark the moderation of Peter, how he does not make his abode with this lady, or some other person of distinction, but with a tanner: by all his acts leading men to humility, neither suffering the mean to be ashamed, nor the great to be elated! Many days; for they needed his instruction,…
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