This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.