by the Greeks called Diospolis. It lay in the way from Jerusalem
to Cæsarea, four or five leagues to the east of Joppa. Lydda belonged to
the tribe of Ephraim. It seems to have been inhabited by the Benjamites,
at the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, Neh. xi, 35.
St. Peter coming to Lydda, cured a sick man of the palsy named Eneas,
Acts ix, 33, 34.
to Cæsarea, four or five leagues to the east of Joppa. Lydda belonged to
the tribe of Ephraim. It seems to have been inhabited by the Benjamites,
at the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, Neh. xi, 35.
St. Peter coming to Lydda, cured a sick man of the palsy named Eneas,
Acts ix, 33, 34.