“And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.”
There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years.—Aeneas (Greek: Aineas, a Hellenistic name) represents a chronic, apparently hopeless condition; eight years suggests medical despair and social isolation. The paralysis echoes Jesus's healing of the paralytic in Mark 2, and Peter's authority as the successor to that healing ministry. The specificity of duration emphasizes the miracle's magnitude.
Church Fathers on Acts 9:33
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. Acts 9:32 Like the commander of an army, he went about, inspecting the ranks, what part was compact, what in good order, what needed his presence. See how on all occasions he goes about, foremost. When an Apostle was to be chosen, he was the foremost: when the Jews were to be told, that these were not drunken, when the lame man was to be healed, when harangues…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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