Actes 9:33

33 Et il y trouva un homme, nommé Énée, couché sur un lit depuis huit ans, et paralytique.

Actes 9:33 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man
In a house in that city, into which he entered:

named Aeneas;
which is a Gentile name, and so might the person be; though there is mention made of this name among the Jews. We read of one R. Samuel Bar, (ayyna) "Aenea, or Aeneas" ^F12; but it was more common among the Greeks. Aeneas the Trojan is well known in history, who, after the destruction of Troy, went into Italy, and settled there; and from him the Trojans are sometimes called Aeneadae. The name comes from the Greek word (ainw) , "ainoo", which signifies "to praise"; and Aeneas is one "worthy of praise": though Jerom ^F13 takes it to be an Hebrew name, which he interprets "one that answers", or a "poor man", or "misery"; as if it came from the Hebrew word (hne) , "anah", which signifies "to answer, or to afflict".

Which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy;
so that the distemper was grown stubborn, and thought incurable; nor perhaps had he, or his friends, any hope of his ever being restored to health again.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 T. Hieros. Yebamot, fol. 6. 2. & Midrash Kohelet, fol. 73. 3.
F13 De Nominibus Hebraicis, fol. 105. H.

Actes 9:33 In-Context

31 Cependant, les Églises étaient en paix dans toute la Judée, la Galilée et la Samarie, étant édifiées et marchant dans la crainte du Seigneur; et elles se multipliaient par le secours du Saint-Esprit.

32 Il arriva, comme Pierre les visitait toutes, qu'il descendit aussi vers les Saints qui demeuraient à Lydda.

33 Et il y trouva un homme, nommé Énée, couché sur un lit depuis huit ans, et paralytique.

34 Et Pierre lui dit: Énée, Jésus, le Christ, te guérit; lève-toi, et arrange ton lit. Et aussitôt il se leva.

35 Et tous ceux qui demeuraient à Lydda et à Saron, le virent, et ils se convertirent au Seigneur.