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Acts 9:33

9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

KJV

There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.

And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

What does Acts 9:33 mean?

Acts 9:33 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), ἐκεῖ (ekei), εὑρίσκω (heurisko).

Greek interlinear

Andδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

thereἐκεῖekei/ek-i'/G1563of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither:--there, thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place).

he

foundεὑρίσκωheurisko/hyoo-ris'-ko/G2147heuro hyoo'-ro, which (together with another cognate form) heureo hyoo-reh'-o is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find (literally or figuratively):--find, get, obtain, perceive, see.

a

certainτὶςtis/tis/G5100an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

manἄνθρωποςanthropos/anth'-ro-pos/G444from 435 and ops (the countenance; from 3700); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.

namedὄνομαonoma/on'-om-ah/G3686from a presumed derivative of the base of 1097 (compare 3685); a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character):--called, (+ sur-)name(-d).

Aeneas,ΑἰνέαςAineas/ahee-neh'-as/G132of uncertain derivation; Aeneas, an Israelite:--Aeneas.

which

had

keptκατάκειμαιkatakeimai/kat-ak'-i-mahee/G2621from 2596 and 2749; to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal:--keep, lie, sit at meat (down).

his

bedκράβαττοςkrabbatos/krab'-bat-os/G2895probably of foreign origin; a mattress:--bed.

eightὀκτώokto/ok-to'/G3638a primary numeral; "eight":--eight.

years,ἔτοςetos/et'-os/G2094apparently a primary word; a year:--year.

andὅς ἥ ὅhosG3739he hay, and neuter ho ho probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.

wasεἰμίen/ane/G2258imperfect of 1510; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):--+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.

sick

of

the

palsy.παραλύωparaluo/par-al-oo'-o/G3886from 3844 and 3089; to loosen beside, i.e. relax (perfect passive participle, paralyzed or enfeebled):--feeble, sick of the (taken with) palsy.

Topics

Lydda Miracles Paralysis Peter

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And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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What does Acts 9:33 say?

Acts 9:33 (King James Version) reads: "And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy."

Is Acts 9:33 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 9:33 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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