Acts 9:35

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron, saw him: who were converted to the Lord.

Free Bible Version

Everyone living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and became believers in the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron, sawe him, and turned to the Lord.

King James (Authorized) Version

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

Plain English Version

When the people in Lydda saw him, a lot of those people changed their ways and believed in Jesus. Lydda was in the country called Sharon, and the people there saw him, and a lot of them changed their ways and believed in Jesus too.

Translation for Translators

Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon Plain saw Aeneas after the Lord had healed him, so they believed in the Lord Jesus.

Unlocked Literal Bible

So everyone who lived in Lydda and in Sharon saw the man and they turned to the Lord.

Noah Webster Bible

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

World English Bible

All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation

and all those dwelling at Lydda, and Saron saw him, and did turn to the Lord.

Context

The Healing of Aeneas

³⁴“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,³⁵and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

Summary

Acts 9:35 recounts the miraculous healing of Aeneas by the power of Jesus Christ through the Apostle Peter. This demonstration of divine power resulted in the conversion of many people in the region of Lydda and Sharon to the Christian faith. The healing of Aeneas served as a powerful testimony to the reality of Jesus' resurrection and the authority given to His followers. This event showcases the compassion of God and His desire to bring physical and spiritual restoration to those in need, ultimately glorifying His name and expanding the early church.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him - Saron was that champaign country that lay between Joppa and Lydda. The long affliction of this man had been well known; and his cure, consequently, became a subject of general examination: it was found to be real. It was known to have been performed by the grace and mercy of Christ; and the consequence of all this conviction was that all these people became Christians.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Now there was at Joppa,.... The same with Japho, Jos 19:46 a sea port town in the tribe of Dan, said by some historians (w) to be a very ancient one, even before the flood. It is now called Jaffa, and its name, in the Hebrew tongue, signifies beauty: some say it had its name from Jope, the daughter of Aeolus, the wife of Cepheus, the founder of it; and others derive it from the name of Japhet, because it looks towards Europe, which is inhabited by the sons of Japhet. It was built upon a hill, as Pliny (x) says; and so high, as Strabo (y) reports, that Jerusalem, the metropolis of Judea, might be seen from thence, which was distant from it forty miles; as may be concluded from what Jerom, (z) says, who lived at Bethlehem many years: his words are; from Joppa, to our little village Bethlehem, are forty six miles; now Bethlehem was six miles distant from Jerusalem, to the south of it, and Joppa was to the west of it. The place is well known by Jonah's taking ship there, and going for Tarshish, when he was cast into the sea, and devoured by a fish; from whence the Ionian sea might have its name: and this was the occasion of the fable of Andromeda being exposed to a fish of a prodigious size at this place; the bones of which, Pliny (a) relates, were brought to Rome from hence, being forty foot long; and, the stones, to which she was bound, Jerom (b) says, were shown in his time on this shore: and here also, the inhabitants report, may be seen some stones in the sea, on which Peter stood and fished, when he dwelt in this place. A certain disciple, called Tabitha; this was a woman's name, the masculine name was Tabi. R. Gamaliel had a manservant of this name (c), and also a maidservant, whose name was Tabitha (d); yea, every maidservant of his was called mother Tabitha, and every manservant father Tabi (e): which by interpretation is called Dorcas; which signifies a roe in the Greek language, as Tabitha does in the Syriac: this woman was full of good works; was constantly employed in doing good; her works were both many and good: and alms deeds which she did; she was very kind and beneficent to the poor; she wrought with her hands much for their sakes, as appears by what follows. (w) Mela, l. 1. Solin. Polyhistor. c. 47. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 13. (x) Nat. Hist. ib. (y) Geograph. l. 16. (z) Epist. ad Dardanum, Tom. 3, fol. 23. K. (a) Nat. Hist. l. 9. c. 5. (b) Comment. in Jonam, c. 1. v. 3. (c) Misn. Beracot, c. 2. sect. 7. (d) T. Hieros. Nidda, fol. 49. 4. Vajikra Rabba, sect. 19. fol. 160. 4. (e) Massecheth Semachot, c. 1. sect. 13.

Acts 9:35

The Healing of Aeneas

³⁴“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,³⁵and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.