Acts 9 · Verse 32

Acts 9:32

And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
Acts 9:32, King James Version

Acts 9:32 in other translations

BSBAs Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
WEBAs Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
ASVAnd it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda.
YLTAnd it came to pass that Peter passing throughout all quarters, came down also unto the saints who were dwelling at Lydda,
DARBYNow it came to pass that Peter, passing through all quarters, descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.
BBEAnd it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda.

What does Acts 9:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 9:32-35
32-35. as Peter passed throughout all quarters--not now fleeing from persecution, but peacefully visiting the churches. to the saints which dwelt at Lydda--about five miles east of Joppa.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 32. To the saints. To the Christians.

Which dwelt at Lydda. This town was situated on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea Philippi. It was about fifteen miles east of Joppa, and belonged to the tribe of Ephraim. It was called by the Greeks Diospolis, or city of Jupiter, probably because a temple was at some period erected to Jupiter in that city. It is now so entirely ruined as to be a miserable village. Since the crusades, it has been called by the Christians St. George, on account of its having been the scene of the martyrdom of a saint of that name. Tradition says, that in this city the emperor Justinian erected a church.

() "all quarters" "all parts"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 As Peter passed throughout all quarters - Δια παντων, Bp. Pearce thinks, should be translated, not through all quarters, but through all the saints. The Churches having rest, the apostles made use of this interval of quiet to visit the different congregations, in order to build them up on their most holy faith. Of Saul we hear no more till Act 11:30, which is supposed to be about five years after this time; eight in all from his conversion. Peter, it seems, had continued in Jerusalem all the time that the Churches were in a state of persecution throughout the whole land. Great as he was, he never evidenced that steady determinate courage by which St. Paul was so eminently distinguished; nor did he ever suffer half so much for God and his truth. To the saints - The Jews, who had been converted to Christianity. Which dwelt at Lydda - A town in the tribe of Ephraim, almost on the border of Judea, and nigh unto Joppa: it was about ten leagues from Jerusalem, and was afterwards known by the name of Diospolis, or the city of Jupiter.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 9:32-35
Christians are saints, or holy people; not only the eminent ones, as Saint Peter and Saint Paul, but every sincere professor of the faith of Christ. Christ chose patients whose diseases were incurable in the course of nature, to show how desperate was the case of fallen mankind. When we were wholly without strength, as this poor man, he sent his word to heal us. Peter does not pretend to heal by any power of his own, but directs Eneas to look up to Christ for help. Let none say, that because it is Christ, who, by the power of his grace, works all our works in us, therefore we have no work, no duty to do; for though Jesus Christ makes thee whole, yet thou must arise, and use the power he gives thee.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Acts 9:32 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἘγένετοEgenetoIt came to pass thatG1096
δὲdenowG1161
ΠέτρονPetronPeterG4074
διερχόμενονdierchomenonpassingG1330
διὰdiathroughG1223
πάντωνpantōnall [quarters]G3956
κατελθεῖνkateltheindescendingG2718
καὶkaialsoG2532
πρὸςprostoG4314
τοὺςtoustheG3588
ἁγίουςhagioussaintsG40
τοὺςtousthoseG3588
κατοικοῦνταςkatoikountasinhabitingG2730
Λύδδα.LuddaLydda.G3069

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 9:32

  • Acts 9:13

    Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

  • Acts 8:25

    And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

  • Proverbs 2:8

    He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

  • Acts 9:41

    And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

  • Romans 1:7

    To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Psalms 16:3

    But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

  • Matthew 27:52

    And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

  • Ephesians 1:1

    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

  • Acts 26:10

    Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

  • Acts 8:14

    Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

  • Acts 1:8

    But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

  • Galatians 2:7-9

    But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Cir A.M. 4041. A.D. 37. as.
1:8; 8:14,25; Ga 2:7-9
the saints.
13,41; 26:10; Ps 16:3; Pr 2:8; Mt 27:52; Ro 1:7; Eph 1:1; Php 1:1
Lydda.
38

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Context

  • Acts 9:31

    Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

  • Acts 9:32

    And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

  • Acts 9:33

    And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

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Acts 9:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que Pedro, andándolos á todos, vino también á los santos que habitaban en Lydda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Or il arriva que, comme Pierre parcourait toute la contrée, il descendit aussi vers les saints qui habitaient Lydde.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es geschah aber, daß Petrus, indem er allenthalben hindurchzog, auch zu den Heiligen hinabkam, die zu Lydda wohnten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos, deveniret ad sanctos qui habitabant Lyddæ.