Aeneas

A man bedridden eight years at Lydda, healed by Peter in the name of Jesus.

Role: Paralytic healed by Peter

Lived: 1st century

What we know — and how we know it

Scholarly — supported scholarly belief · 1

Name & titles

ScholarlyAeneas (Greek Aineas) is a well-attested Greek personal name of the era, famous from the Trojan hero of epic; its use for a resident of Lydda fits the Hellenized character of the coastal Judean plain in the first century. There is no external attestation of this particular individual.

Onomastic point: Aineas as a common Hellenistic Greek name

Where in scripture

Acts

Acts 9:33 Acts 9:34