Bible Strands
Acts 9:33
There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter travels to Lydda to visit the local believers and encounters Aeneas, a man confined to bed by paralysis. This discovery occurs during Peter’s systematic visitation of the saints in the region before he pronounces healing.
The words — The Greek εὗρεν (heuren) literally means "he found," marking Peter’s deliberate encounter with Aeneas. The preposition ἐξ (ex) translates to "for," specifying the eight-year duration of the man's immobility.
The thread — Extended periods of paralysis or chronic illness appear in Luke 13:16 and Mark 5:25, where long durations underscore the scope of subsequent divine action. Mark 2:3 similarly records a paralytic brought to Jesus, establishing a consistent biblical pattern of healing the immobilized.
Why it lands — The text states that prolonged physical breakdown does not remove a person from the sphere of divine attention. It requires the reader to acknowledge that immediate intervention follows prolonged suffering without diminishing the reality of the affliction.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Cross-references
- 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?”
- Mark 2:3 Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
- 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.
- John 5:5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Acts 4:22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
- Acts 14:8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.