Acts 9:32

"So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the spiritual transformation and growth of early Christian communities. Through their devotion to the Lord and the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit, these assemblies not only found peace but also flourished numerically and spiritually.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 32. To the saints. To the Christians. Which dwelt at Lydda. This town was situated on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea Philippi. It was about fifteen miles east of Joppa, and belonged to the tribe of Ephraim. It was called by the Greeks Diospolis, or city of Jupiter, probably because a temple was at some period erected to Jupiter in that city. It is now so entirely ruined as to be a miserable village. Since the crusades, it has been called by the Christians St. George, on account of its having been the scene of the martyrdom of a saint of that name. Tradition says, that in this city the emperor Justinian erected a church.

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