And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
And there he found a certain man named Eneas - probably, from his Greek name, a Hellenistic Jew. Since he is simply called 'a man' of such a name, Bengel, Humphry, and Lechler conclude he was not then a believer, though he must have heard of the cures which Jesus performed. Meyer, Alford, and Alexander are doubtful. But since the historian tells us that a general conversion of the district resulted from the cure of this man, is it likely that he would have said nothing of Aeneas' own conversion if he had not been a believer before? Accordingly (with Hackett and Webster and Wilkinson), we judge that he was himself one of "the saints which dwelt at Lydda."
Which had kept his bed (or 'pallet:' see the note at Acts 5:15 ) eight years, and was sick of the palsy (or 'paralyzed').