Acts 9:32
in Acts 9As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda.
KJV
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
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This verse in Acts 9
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAs 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 Act 11:30, which is supposed to be about five years after this time; eight in all from his conversion.
This site's exposition
he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda
on Acts 9:32-35
Peter passed throughout all quarters, a phrase describing a pastoral circuit rather than a single mission trip, and comes down to the saints at Lydda on the coastal plain, a town on the road between Jerusalem and Joppa. Eneas, who had kept his bed eight years sick of the palsy, is healed with the same formula Peter had used at the temple gate years before, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole, the credit placed on Christ's name rather than the apostle's own touch. All that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him and turned to the Lord, the healing serving the same evangelistic purpose signs and wonders serve everywhere else in the book.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"And it came to pass that Peter, as he passed through, visiting all, came to the saints who dwelt at Lydda," etc. When Peter came to Lydda, he found there a man named Aeneas who, being ill of the palsy, had kept his bed for …
"And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda." 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 to be made, he is before the rest: when the rulers were to be spoken to, he was the man; when Ananias, he: when healings were wrought by the shadow, still it was he. And look: where there was danger, he was the man, and where good management was needed; but where all is calm, there they act all in common, and he demands no greater honor than the others. When need was to work miracles, he starts forward, and here again he is the man to labor and toil.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass, as Peter passed through all quarters,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Upon the occasion of the regular hearers vacating their seats to allow strangers to fill the house. I MAY not hope that I shall see you all again, and so, as I have the opportunity of only preaching one sermon to you, I must make it as full as I can of the essence of the Gospel, from beginning to end. We have heard of a chaplain who preached in a jail, who selected a subject which he divided into two heads. The first part was the sinner's disease. This he took for his topic on one Sabbath and closed the sermon by saying that he would preach upon the sinner's remedy upon the following Sunday. Now, there were several of the prisoners hanged on Monday, according to the custom of the bad old times, so that they did not hear that part of the discourse which it was most necessary for them to hear. It would have been well to have told out the great news of salvation at once to men so near their end. And I think that in every sermon, if the preacher confines himself to one subject, and leaves out essential Gospel Truths under the notion that he will preach salvation by Jesus another day, he is very unwise, for some of his congregation may be dead and gone—alas, some of them lost—before he will have the opportunity of coming to the grand and all-important point, namely, the way of salvation! By the Grace of God we will not fall into that evil tonight! We will try to shoot at the very center of our target and preach the plan of salvation as completely as we can. And may God grant that His blessing may rest on it, the Holy Spirit working with it. I shall only preach this one sermon to some of you. You will, therefore, have the greater patience with me as I shall not inflict myself upon you again. But, if we are to have only one communication with each other, let us come to real practical business and waste no time.
Upon the occasion of the regular hearers vacating their seats to allow strangers to fill the house. I MAY not hope that I shall see you all again, and so, as I have the opportunity of only preaching one sermon to you, I must make it as full as I can of the essence of the Gospel, from beginning to end. We have heard of a chaplain who preached in a jail, who selected a subject which he divided into two heads. The first part was the sinner's disease.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
14 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἐγένετο | egeneto | It came to pass that | G1096 → | 667 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| Πέτρον | petron | Peter | G4074 → | 155 times |
| διερχόμενον | dierchomenon | passing | G1330 → | 43 times |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → | 664 times |
| πάντων | panton | all [quarters] | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| κατελθεῖν | katelthein | descending | G2718 → | 16 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → | 700 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἁγίους | hagious | saints | G40 → | 220 times |
| τοὺς | tous | those | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κατοικοῦντας | katoikountas | inhabiting | G2730 → | 44 times |
| Λύδδα. | ludda | Lydda. | G3069 → | 3 times |
ἘγένετοIt came to pass that
egenetoG1096 →667 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
ΠέτρονPeter
petronG4074 →155 times
διερχόμενονpassing
dierchomenonG1330 →43 times
διὰthrough
diaG1223 →664 times
πάντωνall [quarters]
pantonG3956 →1235 times
κατελθεῖνdescending
kateltheinG2718 →16 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
πρὸςto
prosG4314 →700 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
ἁγίουςsaints
hagiousG40 →220 times
τοὺςthose
tousG3588 →19766 times
κατοικοῦνταςinhabiting
katoikountasG2730 →44 times
Λύδδα.Lydda.
luddaG3069 →3 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 2:8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
it leads to
- Psalms 23:3
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- John 10:28–29
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Psalms 23:3
Through
Matthew 27:52The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
it leads to
- Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- John 5:25–29
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Isaiah 26:19
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cassiodorus, Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1315: “Untitled Sermon” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 21 and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).