Bible Location
Meaning: Lydia · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Lydda was the New Testament form of Lod in the coastal plain. It is important because Peter's healing ministry there helped spread awareness of the gospel through the Sharon region. First appears in Acts 9:32.1
Place meaning
Lydia
Coordinates
31.95, 34.89
First appears
Acts 9:32
AI summary: Lydda is significant because Acts uses it to show apostolic ministry moving through the plain beyond Jerusalem. Peter's healing of Aeneas there becomes a sign that turns many toward the Lord and prepares the narrative bridge toward Joppa and Caesarea. The cross references present Lydda as a coastal plain town of healing, witness, and expanding mission.1
Place meaning
Lydia
Latitude
31.95
Longitude
34.89
Bible references
3
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, and was known by the name of Diospolis. Its modern name is Ludd. The so-called patron saint of England, St. George, is said to have been born here. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.