Apostelgeschichte 9:33

33 Daselbst fand er einen Mann mit Namen Äneas, acht Jahre lang auf dem Bette gelegen, der war gichtbrüchig.

Apostelgeschichte 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.

Apostelgeschichte 9:33 In-Context

31 So hatte nun die ganze Gemeinde Frieden durch ganz Judäa und Galiläa und Samarien und baute sich und wandelte in der Furcht des HERRN und ward erfüllt mit Trost des Heiligen Geistes. {~}

32 Es geschah aber, da Petrus durchzog allenthalben, daß er auch zu den Heiligen kam, die zu Lydda wohnten.

33 Daselbst fand er einen Mann mit Namen Äneas, acht Jahre lang auf dem Bette gelegen, der war gichtbrüchig.

34 Und Petrus sprach zu ihm: Äneas, Jesus Christus macht dich gesund; stehe auf und bette dir selber! Und alsobald stand er auf.

35 Und es sahen ihn alle, die zu Lydda und in Saron wohnten; die bekehrten sich zu dem HERRN.