Aeneas

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

(Αἰνέας)

The name occurs only once in the NT ( Acts 9:33-34). The person so called was a dweller in Lydda or Lod, a town on the plain of Sharon about ten miles south of Joppa, to which many of the Christians had fied after the persecution which dispersed the apostles and the church of Jerusalem. On a visit of St. Peter to the place, aeneas, who had for eight years been confined to bed as a paralytic, was healed by the Apostle. The cure seems to have had a very remarkable influence in the district, causing many of the dwellers in Sharon and Lydda to accept Christianity. Nothing further is known of the man. Probably he became a Christian at the date of his cure.

W. F. Boyd.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A man at Lydda who had kept his bed eight years. He was healed by Peter, who said, "Jesus Christ maketh thee whole."  Acts 9:33-35 . This was followed by the remarkable fruit that "all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him and turned to the Lord."

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Aene'as. (Laudble). A paralytic at Lydda healed by St. Peter.  Acts 9:33-34.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ÆNEAS . The name of a paralytic at Lydda who was cured by Peter (  Acts 9:33-34 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A paralytic, healed at Lydda by Peter ( Acts 9:33-34).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Acts 9:33-34

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Αἰνέας , a different form for the classical Aene ’ As), a paralytic of Lydda, cured by Peter ( Acts 9:33-34), A.D. 32.

bishop of Paris (843-877). About the year 863, taking part in the controversy with Photius, he wrote a treatise entitled Liber adversus Objectiones Graecorum, which is given by D ’ Achery, Spicil. 1, 113. — Cave, Hist. Litt. anno 859; Dupin, Eccl. Script. c. 9; Neander, Ch. Hist. 3, 567.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ē̇ - nē´as ( Ἀινέας , Ainéas ): A paralytic at Lydda, who, after he "had kept his bed eight years," was miraculously healed by Peter ( Acts 9:33 ,  Acts 9:34 ).