Acts 9:33

Modern

There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

Traditional

And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Literal

And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed, lying on a bed for eight years.

Latin

Invenit autem ibi hominem quemdam, nomine Æneam, ab annis octo jacentem in grabato, qui erat paralyticus.

Greek

English

There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

These verses describe Peter’s traveling ministry in Judea, especially in towns along the seacoast. As he traveled, God gave him power to do miracles. Peter healed a man named Aeneas and raised a woman named Dorcas from the dead.
Jesus had promised that his disciples would do such works (John 14:12).
Luke often tells stories in pairs. For example, he tells of a man being healed and then a woman being healed (see Luke 13:10–17; 14:1–6). In this passage, Peter heals both a man and a woman.
The people in that area were deeply affected by these miracles. Many people turned to the Lord and believed (Acts 9:35, 42).

Theme notes and profiles

Luke 13:16
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
Acts 4:22
For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
Mark 5:25
And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
Mark 9:21
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
Mark 2:3–11
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
Acts 14:8
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
John 5:5
One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
Acts 3:2
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
John 9:1
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
John 9:21
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

Aeneas: Paralyzed man in Lydda healed by Peter