Lydda (Λυδδα). In O.T. Lod (1 Chronicles 8:12) and near Joppa. Later Diospolis.

To the saints. To the Christians.

Which dwelt at Lydda. This town was situated on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea Phil…

As Peter pa ed throughout all quarters.—The plan of the writer, arranging his materials, leads him from this point of Acts 12:18 t…

Lydda was located twenty-five miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the crucial intersection of the highways from Egypt to Syria and from coastal Joppa …

Luke sets down how the Church was increased by miracles. And he recounts two miracles: that a man who had been bedridden for eight years, having pa…

And it came to pass, as Peter passed through all quarters ,
&c.] The Arabic version reads, "all the foresaid places"…

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…