Acts 9:43

“And it came to pass, etc.] Or so it was; that he tarried many days in Joppa; conversing with the saints, confirming the disciples, and preaching the Gospel, to the conversion of sinners; and his abode was with one Simon a tanner; it seems as if persons of this trade used to dwell in towns near the sea, as fit for their business; so we read of some at Sidon, a city on the sea coast, as Joppa was; “it happened at Sidon that a certain ysrwb, “tanner”, (the same word here used, adopted into the Hebrew language,) died, and he had a brother a tanner, etc. f521” where the Gemara f522 distinguishes between a great tanner and a little tanner; the latter, the gloss says, is one that is poor and has…”

“with one Simon a tanner--a trade regarded by the Jews as half unclean, and consequently disreputable, from the contact with dead animals and blood which was connected with it. For this reason, even by other nations, it is usually carried on at some distance from towns; accordingly, Simon's house was "by the seaside" (Act 10:6). Peter's lodging there shows him already to some extent above Jewish prejudice. Next: Acts Chapter 10”

“9:43 living with Simon, a tanner of hides: Tanning was an unclean business in Jewish eyes, which might suggest that Peter was not scrupulous in observing Jewish traditions (cp. Gal 2:11-14).”

“one: Act 10:6, Act 10:32 Next: Acts Chapter 10”