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LYDDA

(Gk. Lýdda )

A city (modern Lod/el-Ludd; 140151) 18 km. (11 mi.) SE of Joppa, known in the OT as Lod. During the Hellenistic period, Lod became known as Lydda, and was the capital of one of the 11 districts of Judea after having been transferred from Samaritan control (1 Macc. 11:34). Years later the city suffered under Pompey. Cassius sold the inhabitants into slavery, but Mark Antony soon granted their release by decree. Cestius Gallus burned the city in 66 c.e. while the inhabitants were celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 c.e., Lydda (now Diospolis) was known both as a center for rabbinic thinking and for its strong Christian community. The Crusaders renamed it St. George, commemorating his martyrdom there.

Lydda is the place where Peter healed the paralytic Aeneas (Acts 9:32), an event that caused many to convert in response to the Christian mission to that region.

Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr./
Stephen Von Wyrick

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LYDDA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)