Apostelgeschichte 9:34

34 Und Petrus sprach zu ihm: Äneas! Jesus, der Christus, heilt dich; stehe auf und bette dir selbst! Und alsbald stand er auf.

Apostelgeschichte 9:34 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:34

And Peter said unto him, Aeneas
He called him by his name, which he might without divine revelation know, though he was a stranger to him, by the people of the house, where he was:

Jesus Christ maketh thee whole;
Peter knew, by some secret impulse upon his mind, that Christ would cure this man by him as an instrument at this time, and therefore said these words; not as a prayer, as some render them, "may Jesus Christ heal thee", though was it so, it was a prayer of faith; but as a promise that he would, or rather as a declaration of the then present exertion of his power to heal him; which he ascribes not to himself, but to Christ, in whose name, and by whose power the apostles wrought all their miracles; ( Acts 3:12 Acts 3:14 ) ( Acts 4:9 Acts 4:10 ) "arise, and make thy bed"; which would be a full demonstration that he was perfectly whole:

and he arose immediately;
and also, no doubt, made his bed, as the man at Bethesda's pool was bid by Christ, to take up his bed and carry it, as a proof of his soundness.

Apostelgeschichte 9:34 In-Context

32 Es geschah aber, daß Petrus, indem er allenthalben hindurchzog, auch zu den Heiligen hinabkam, die zu Lydda wohnten.

33 Er fand aber daselbst einen gewissen Menschen, mit Namen Äneas, der seit acht Jahren zu Bett lag, welcher gelähmt war.

34 Und Petrus sprach zu ihm: Äneas! Jesus, der Christus, heilt dich; stehe auf und bette dir selbst! Und alsbald stand er auf.

35 Und es sahen ihn alle, die zu Lydda und Saron wohnten, welche sich zum Herrn bekehrten.

36 In Joppe aber war eine gewisse Jüngerin, mit Namen Tabitha, was verdolmetscht heißt: Dorkas; diese war voll guter Werke und Almosen, die sie übte.