It is supposed this Aeneas was a Jew, though now living at Lydda; and that St. Luke here names him by the name the Grecians called him by, he being amongst his own countrymen called Hillel. Kept his bed eight years; to show the difficulty of the cure, and greatness of the miracle.
Verse 33. _A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ENEAS_] This name has been celebrated in the annals of heathen poetry, in that beautiful work of the poet Virgil, called the _AEneid_; which gives an account of the mis...
ENEAS - This is a Greek name; and probably he was a Hellenist. See the notes on Acts 6:1. SICK OF THE PALSY - See the notes on Matthew 4:24....
CHAPTER 9 __ 1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1). 2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10). 3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is the Son...
Æ NEAS. His name shows him to have been probably a Hellenist. This story is modelled on that of the paralytic in Mark 2:1. Many of the words are the same; the case is similar, and only the command to...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
In the course of a tour of the whole area, Peter came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years. He was paralysed. So Peter said...
WHICH HAD KEPT HIS BED. lying on. bed (Greek. _krabbaton._ See note on Mark 2:4). EIGHT YEARS. from (Greek. _ek._ App-104.) eight years. SICK OF THE PALSY. paralyzed. See note on Acts 8:7....
_which had kept his bed eight years_ There could therefore be no doubt cast upon the miraculous nature of his cure....
ἘΞ ἘΤΩ͂Ν ὈΚΤῺ ΚΑΤΑΚΕΊΜΕΝΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _which had kept his bed eight years_. There could therefore be no doubt cast upon the miraculous nature of his cure....
PETER HEALS A PARALYTIC AT LYDDA...
_THE MIRACLE AT LYDDA ACTS 9:32-35:_ While Peter was traveling from place to place preaching the gospel he came to Lydda. There he met Aeneas, a man that had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight yea...
ΕΎΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΚΑΤΑΚΕΊΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΚΑΤΆΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G2621) лежать. ΚΡΆΒΑΤΤΟΣ (G2895) матрас, тюфяк. В папирусах это слово обозначает "по...
See notes on verse 32...
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. AND THERE HE FOUND A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ENEAS - probably, from his Greek name, a Helleni...
30 Other details of Paul's stay in Jerusalem (not pertinent in this treatise) are interesting. Not only did the brethren lead him away, but the Lord Himself warned him to flee. While he was praying in...
Activity of Peter at Lydda and Joppa. 32. Throughout all _quarters_] or, 'throughout all the saints.' LYDDA] in the plain of Sharon, about 10 m. SE. of Joppa, on the way to Jerusalem....
ÆNĚAS] the name is different from that of the hero of Virgil's poem (¯nças)....
SAUL BECOMES A CHRISTIAN 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Christia...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF SAUL, 9:1-9 V1 Saul was still saying that he would hurt the *Lord’s *disciples. He said that he would kill them. He...
_Healing of Aeneas_....
Αἰνέαν : the name in this form is found in Thuc, Xen., Pindar. and is not to be identified with that of the Trojan Αἰνείας, although in a fragment of Sophocles we have for the sake of the verse Αἰνέας...
STRENGTH AND LIFE THROUGH CHRIST Acts 9:32-43 Peter was now free for a visit of apostolic inspection, of which the two incidents here preserved are the only record. Lydda was a village on the great p...
Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent t...
The Growth of the Church and Two of Peter's Miracles After Saul went to Tarsus, Luke reported that a period of peace ensued during which the church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria was strengthened, walk...
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. (33) And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight yea...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
A work and a workman of another character begin now to dawn upon the scene. We have seen the inveterate opposition of the heads of Israel to the testimony of the Holy Ghost, their obstinacy in repelli...
AND THERE HE FOUND A CERTAIN MAN,.... In a house in that city, into which he entered: NAMED AENEAS; which is a Gentile name, and so might the person be; though there is mention made of this name amon...
And there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. Ver. 33. _Had kept his bed eight years_] A long while surely; but what was this to an eter...
_And as Peter passed through all quarters_ Where the disciples that were dispersed had planted churches; _he came to the saints that were at Lydda_ A town of Phœnicia, situated in the tribe of Ephraim...
AND THERE HE FOUND A CERTAIN MAN NAMED AENEAS, WHICH HAD KEPT HIS BED EIGHT YEARS, AND WAS SICK OF THE PALSY....
TWO MIRACLES PERFORMED BY PETER. Peter at Lydda:...
Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
THERE HE FOUND A CERTAIN MAN NAMED AENEAS, WHO HAD BEEN BEDRIDDEN EIGHT YEARS AND WAS PARALYZED. 1. While visiting the Christians at Lydda, Peter learns of a paralyzed man. 2. He was a "shut in" for...
"And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda"Peter" Who was last mentioned in Acts 8:25. "Went throughout all parts" The territory ment...
"And there he found. certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied"A certain man". real person. "Aeneas" (ee NEE us). "Kept his bed" "Bed-ridden for eight years with p...
32-35 Christians are saints, or holy people; not only the eminent ones, as Saint Peter and Saint Paul, but every sincere professor of the faith of Christ. Christ chose patients whose diseases were in...
Acts 9:33 G1161 There G1563 found G2147 (G5627) certain G5100 man G444 named G3686 Aeneas G132 bedridden...
‘And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years, for he was paralysed.' The mention of a specific miracle in the light of the ‘many signs and wonders' performed must a...
PETER HEALS A PARALYSED MAN AND MINISTERS IN LYDDA (9:32-35). In Acts 2-3 the coming of the life of God and of the Risen Jesus to His people is followed by the ministry to ‘the lame'. Here that sequen...
Acts 9:33. A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ÆNEAS. From the name, which is Greek, Æn ě as (not to be confounded with the name of the Trojan hero Ænças), the palsied man was probably a Hellenistic Jew....
AENIAS (Αινεαν). Old Greek name and so probably a Hellenistic Jew. He was apparently a disciple already (the saint, verse Acts 9:32). Luke the physician notes that he had been bed ridden for eight y...
CONTENTS: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, hi...
Acts 9:1. _Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord._ Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If what i...
PETER TRAVELED EVERYWHERE. Visiting the communities of Christians in Judea. IN LYDDA. Near Joppa. Here Peter heals a man who had been paralyzed for eight years. Note he credits the healing to Christ....
_And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda._ LYDDA The Lud of the Old Testament (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37;...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 9:32. LYDDA.—The Old Testament Lod (Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35; 1 Chronicles 8:12), now called Lucid.
EXPOSITION ACTS 9:1 _But _for _and, _A.V.; _breathing _for _breathing out, _A.V.; _threatening _for _threatenings, _A.V. THREATENING AND SLAUGHTER. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ., is rather a...
When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquer...
Acts 14:8; Acts 3:2; Acts 4:22; John 5:5; John 9:1;...
Eight years. The duration of the malady, and the fact of his having been bedridden for the whole time, are characteristic of the physician's narrative. Bed. See on Mark 2:14. Sick of the palsy. Bett...
AMONG THE CHURCHES Acts 9:31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For the while we turn from Saul and the record of his ministry, and we return to the early Church and her dominant figure, Peter. We ask your attenti...
SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a pa...