20. Jopa

Wakatarisa nechekuchamhembe pamusoro pechiteshi chengarava cheguta reJopa.

Zviitiko Zvinokosha: Jona akaenda kuJopa kuno tora ngarava kuenda kuTarshisi (Jona 1:1–3). Jopa ndicho chaive chiteshi chengarava Soromoni uye mumashure Zerubaberi chavaishandisa pavaiunza mapango kubva mumasango esidha eRebanoni kuti vavakise temberi dzavo (Ⅱ Mak. 2:16; Ezra 3:7). Pano Petro akamutsa Tabita, anozivikanwa zvakare kunzi Dorkasi, kudzokera muupenyu (Mabasa 9:36–43). Petro akaonawo chiratidzo chemhuka dzakachena nedzakasviba, zvichiratidza kwaari kudikanwa kwekutanga kushumira shoko pakati pemaJentairi (Mabasa 10). Orson Hyde akasvika pano kuzokumikidza Nyika Tsvene mugore ra1841.