King James Version
Acts 9:32 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
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.
And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it came”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“the saints”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
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