Peter heals Aeneas and Dorcas
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Date: c. AD 35–40
At Lydda, Peter heals Aeneas, who has been paralyzed for eight years. Called to nearby Joppa, he raises Tabitha, also called Dorcas, a disciple known for her good works, and stays there with Simon the tanner.
Primary Scripture
9:32 As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
9:33 There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
9:34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
9:35 and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
9:37 At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
9:38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
9:39 So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
9:40 Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
9:41 Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
9:42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
9:43 And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Location evidence
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [34.89528, 31.95139]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Joppa: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [34.75043, 32.05352]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Lydda: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [34.89528, 31.95139]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Saron: Approximate region. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [34.94593, 32.63907]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
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