King James Version
What Does Acts 9:35 Mean?
“And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.”
Context
33
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
34
And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
35
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
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. Dorcas: or, Doe, or, Roe
37
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed , they laid her in an upper chamber.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(35) **All that dwelt at Lydda and Saron.**—The latter name indicates a district rather than a town. The presence of the article with it, and its absence from Lydda, indicates that men spoke of “*the* Saron”—*the* plain—*the* woodlands (so it is rendered by the LXX.: 1Chronicles 5:16; 1Chronicles 27:29; Song of Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 35:2)—as we speak of “*the* weald.” It lay between the central mountains of Palestine and the Mediterranean, and was proverbial for its beauty and fertility (Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 65:10).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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