Lydda
LYD`DA, Greek form of Lud or Lod. It stands in the plain of
Sharon nine miles from Joppa, and is called Lidd or Ludd.
It acquired great importance during the Crusades as the
native place of St. George, patron saint of England. Acts
9:33-34....
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Also called LOD
-A city of the tribe of Benjamin
1Ch 8:12; Ezr 2:33; Ne 11:35
-Peter heals Aeneas in
Ac 9:32-35...
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(strife), the Greek form of the name, Ac 9:32,35,38 which
appears in the Hebrew records as LOD a town of Benjamin,
founded by Shamed or Shamer.
1Ch 8:12; Ezr 2:33; Ne 7:37; 11:35 It is still called
Lidd or Ludd, and stands in part of the great maritime plain
which anciently bore the name of Sharon. It is nine miles from
Joppa, and is the firs...
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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...
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(See LOD.) The result of Peter's cure of the paralytic Aeneas,
one of the "saints which dwelt at Lydda," was, "all that dwelt
in Lydda and Saron (the adjoining maritime plain, Sharon) saw
him and turned to the Lord" (Acts 9:32-35). Now Ludd, nine
miles from Jaffa, the first town on the northernmost of the
two roads between Jaffa and Jerusalem....
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And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples
had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men,
desiring [him] that he would not delay to come to them....
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And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
[quarters], he came down also to the saints which dwelt at
Lydda....
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And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to
the Lord....
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