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Selected Verse: Acts 9:33 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 9:33 |
King James |
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Eneas - This is a Greek name; and probably he was a Hellenist. See the notes on Act 6:1.
Sick of the palsy - See the notes on Mat 4:24. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
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 Mar 2:4.
Sick of the palsy
Better, as Rev., palsied. See on Luk 5:18. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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 misfortunes, travels, wars, etc., of a Trojan prince of this name, after the destruction of his native city, Troy. On the difference of names which so frequently occurs in some pasts of the Scriptures, Calmet makes the following judicious remarks: As both Greek and Hebrew, or Syriac, were commonly spoken in Palestine, most persons had two names, one Greek and the other Hebrew. Thus Peter was called Cephas in Hebrew, and Petros in Greek. Paul was called Saul in Hebrew, and Paulos in Greek. The person in Act 9:36, Tabitha in Hebrew, and Dorcas in Greek. And the paralytic person cured by Peter, Hananiah in Hebrew, and Aineas in Greek. So Thomas was the Hebrew name of the apostle who in Greek was called Didymus.
Had kept his bed eight years - This was occasioned by a palsy; and now inveterate and hopeless, through its long standing. |
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.