Acts 9:33

Αἰνέαν : the name in this form is found in Thuc, Xen., Pindar. and is not to be identified with that of the Trojan Αἰνείας, although in a fragment of Sophocles we have for the sake of the verse Αἰνέας instead of Αἰνείας; see Wendt, seventh edition, and Wetstein, in loco. The name is also used of a Jew, Jos., Ant., xiv., 10, 22. Probably a Hellenistic Jew; but although he is not expressly named a disciple (as in the case of Tabitha), yet as Peter visited him, and he knew the name of Jesus Christ, he may have become a Christian (so Blass); the fact that Peter went to the “saints” may imply this; but see Alford's note, and so too Hilgenfeld. ἐξ ἐτων ὀκτώ : characteristic of Luke as a medical man; in the cases of disease which he alone mentions, St. Luke frequently gives their duration, e.g., Acts 13:11; Acts 3:2; Acts 4:22; Acts 14:8, see Hobart, p. 40, Zahn, Einleitung in das N.T., ii., p. 427. κραββάτῳ, see above on Acts 5:15, and spelling. παραλελυμένος, see above on Acts 8:7, and cf. also Zahn, Einleitung in das N. T., ii., p. 436 (1899).