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John Gill's Exposition on Acts 9:33
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And there he found a certain man, etc.] In a house in that city, into which he entered: named Aeneas; which is a Gentile name, and so might the person be; though there is mention made of this name among the Jews. We read of one R. Samuel Bar, ayyna “Aenea, or Aeneas” f491; but it was more common among the Greeks. Aeneas the Trojan is well known in history, who, after the destruction of Troy, went into Italy, and settled there; and from him the Trojans are sometimes called Aeneadae. The name comes from the Greek word ainw, “ainoo”, which signifies “to praise”; and Aeneas is one “worthy of praise”: though Jerom f492 takes it to be an Hebrew name, which he interprets “one that answers”, or a “poor man”, or “misery”; as if it came from the Hebrew word hn[, “anah”, which signifies “to answer, or to afflict”. Which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy; so that the distemper was grown stubborn, and thought incurable; nor perhaps had he, or his friends, any hope of his ever being restored to health again.
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