And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
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, who had believed through the miracles.— Let us look then again at what has been said.