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So all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
Acts 9:35 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
  • KJV And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
  • BSB and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
  • NASB And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
  • NLT Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and they turned to the Lord.

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Quick answer

All who saw Aeneas turned to the Lord. The miracle led many to genuine faith.

Overview

The widespread conversion in Lydda and Sharon shows that signs served to point people to Christ. The healing was not an end in itself but a means of drawing many to the Lord. God uses visible mercy to open hearts to the saving message of the gospel.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
  • Acts 9:42And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
  • 1 Chr 5:16They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
  • Isa 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
  • 2 Cor 3:16But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
  • Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
  • 1 Chr 27:29and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai;
  • Isa 31:6Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
  • Hos 12:6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
  • Acts 26:18–20to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Isa 33:9The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
  • Acts 19:20So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
  • Acts 15:19“Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
  • Acts 19:10This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
  • Acts 5:12–14By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
  • Isa 65:10Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
  • Deut 4:30When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice.
  • Hos 14:2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
  • Luke 1:16–17He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
  • Isa 66:8Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children.
  • Acts 4:4But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
  • 1 Th 1:9–10For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
  • Acts 6:7The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • Lam 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
  • Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
  • Joel 2:13Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

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    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 9:35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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