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Lydda

Named in 3 verses, first in Acts 9:32.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Lod.

In the Bible

All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 9:32
As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
Acts 9:35
and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
Acts 9:38
Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

Events here

Events the dataset sets at Lydda. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 38
Peter heals Aeneas and DorcasActs 9:32–43

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

A town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter’s miracle in healing the paralytic AEneas. It lay about 9 miles east of Joppa, on the road from the sea-port to Jerusalem. In the Old Testament (1 Chr. 8:12) it is called Lod. It was burned by the Romans, but was afterwards rebuilt, and was known by the name of Diospolis. Its modern name is Ludd. The so-called patron saint of England, St. George, is said to have been born here.

In the Bible

Acts

Events here

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