Acts 9:32

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܰܗܘܳܐ ܕ݁ܟ݂ܰܕ݂ ܡܶܬ݂ܟ݁ܪܶܟ݂ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܫܶܡܥܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܰܡܕ݂ܺܝܢܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܢܚܶܬ݂ ܐܳܦ݂ ܠܘܳܬ݂ ܩܰܕ݁ܺܝܫܶܐ ܕ݁ܥܳܡܪܺܝܢ ܒ݁ܠܽܘܕ݂ ܡܕ݂ܺܝܢ݈ܬ݁ܳܐ ܀

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Cir am 4041, ad 37

as: Acts 1:8, Acts 8:14, Acts 8:25, Galatians 2:7-9

the saints: Acts 9:13, Acts 9:41, Acts 26:10, Psalms 16:3, Proverbs 2:8, Matthew 27:52, Romans 1:7, Ephesians 1:1, Philippians 1:1

Lydda: Acts 9:38

Reciprocal: Acts 1:13 - Peter

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, as Peter passed through all quarters,.... The Arabic version reads, "all the foresaid places", as Judea, Galilee, and Samaria; through which he took a tour, in order to visit the new churches here planted, fix pastors over them, and confirm the Gospel by miracles, which they had received:

he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda: a city which lay on the west of Jerusalem, and is said u to be a day's Journey from it; and a day's journey were ten parsas, or forty miles w: it was but thirty two miles from Jerusalem, and was a place famous for Jewish doctors; for which reason it is frequently mentioned in the Talmudic writings, under the name of Lod or Lud. Mention is made of R. Simlai, who was of Lydda x, and of the chambers of Beth Nithzah, and of Arum in Lydda y where the doctors disputed; there was a school here, of which R. Akiba was president z here also the sanhedrim sometimes sat, since we are told that Ben Sutda was tried and stoned at Lud or Lydda a; and here likewise they intercalated the year b, it being in Judea: this place was situated in a plain; so says Jerom c,

"they that dwell in Sephela, that is, in the plain, Lydda and Emmaus, which design Diospolls and Nicopolis, shall possess the Philistines.''

And with this agrees the account the Talmudists d give of it,

"the country of Judea was divided into three parts, the hill country, the plain, and the valley; from Bethhoron to Emmaus was the hill country; from Emmaus to Lydda was the plain or champaign country; and from Lydda to the sea, the valley.''

Hence also we read e of שפלת לוד, "the plain of Lydda": and now Peter coming from Jerusalem, and the hill country of Judea, into this plain and champaign country, is properly said to come down to the saints there. So Quadratus in Josephus f is said to come up from Lydda to Jerusalem. This place was near the Mediterranean sea; and was in Jerom's time called Diospolis g, and in the time of R. Benjamin h Seguras; it is the same with Lod in Ezra 2:33 The builder of it was Shamed the son of Elpaal, 1 Chronicles 8:12. It was in the times of Josephus i a village, yet not inferior to a city for greatness. It is now called S. Georgia. And here it seems some saints or Christians dwelt, whom Peter, among the rest, visited; and which is mentioned for the sake of the miracle he there wrought, next related. And these saints at Lydda very likely were converted under Philip's ministry, as he passed from Azotus to Caesarea, Acts 8:40 and, it may be, were in a church state, or, however, were afterwards. Zenas the lawyer, the Apostle Paul speaks of in Titus 3:13 is said to be bishop of Diospolis, or Lydda; in the beginning of the fourth century Aetius was bishop of this place, who assisted in the council of Nice; and in the same century, anno 331, Dionysius, another bishop of this place, was present at a council at Constantinople; and in the fifth century Photinus wrote himself bishop of Lydda, in the Chalcedon council, anno 451 k.

u Misn. Maasersheni, c. 5. sect. 2. T. Bab. Betza, fol. 5. 1. & Roshhashana, fol. 31. 2. & Juchasin, fol. 37. 1. w T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 93. 2. & Gloss. in ib. x Juchasin, fol. 105. 1. y T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 40. 2. T. Hieros. Pesachim, fol. 30. 2. z Misn. Roshhashana, c. 1. sect. 6. a T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 25. 4. b Ib. fol. 18. 3. c In Obad. 1. 19. d T. Hicros. Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. e Misn. Sheviith, c. 9. sect. 2. f De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 8. g Epitaph. Paulae, fol. 59. A. h ltinerar. p. 52. i Antiqu. l. 20. c. 5. sect. 2. k Reland. Palestina Illustrata, 1. 3. p. 878, 879. Vid. Magdeburg. Hist. Eccles. cent. 4. c. 2. p. 2. cent. 5. c. 2. p. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the saints - To the Christians.

Which dwelt at Lydda - This town was situated on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea Philippi. It was about 10 or 12 miles southeast from Joppa, and belonged to the tribe of Ephraim. It was called by the Greeks Diospolis, or city of Jupiter, probably because a temple was at some period erected to Jupiter in that city. It is now so entirely ruined as to be a miserable village. Since the Crusades, it has been called by the Christians George, on account of its having been the scene of the martyrdom of a saint of that name. Tradition says that in this city the Emperor Justinian erected a church.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. As Peter passed throughout all quarters] δια παντων, Bp. Pearce thinks, should be translated, not through all quarters, but through all the saints. The Churches having rest, the apostles made use of this interval of quiet to visit the different congregations, in order to build them up on their most holy faith. Of Saul we hear no more till Acts 11:30, which is supposed to be about five years after this time; eight in all from his conversion. Peter, it seems, had continued in Jerusalem all the time that the Churches were in a state of persecution throughout the whole land. Great as he was, he never evidenced that steady determinate courage by which St. Paul was so eminently distinguished; nor did he ever suffer half so much for God and his truth.

To the saints — The Jews, who had been converted to Christianity.

Which dwelt at Lydda. — A town in the tribe of Ephraim, almost on the border of Judea, and nigh unto Joppa: it was about ten leagues from Jerusalem, and was afterwards known by the name of Diospolis, or the city of Jupiter.