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# Connecting Statement:
Here the story shifts from Saul to a new part of the story about Peter.
# Now it came about
This phrase is used to mark a new part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent]])
# throughout the whole region
This is an generalization for Peter's visiting the believers in many places in the region of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
# he came down
The phrase "came down" is used here because Lydda is lower in elevation than the other places where he was traveling.
# Lydda
Lydda is a city located about 18 kilometers southeast of Joppa. This city is called Lod in the Old Testament and in modern Israel.