Aeneas

Aeneas was a resident of Lydda who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years when Peter visited that city (Acts 9:33–35). Peter healed him in the name of Jesus Christ, commanding him to get up and make his own bed. The miracle produced an immediate and dramatic response among the inhabitants of the Sharon plain, as 'all those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.' Aeneas's healing thus served as a catalyst for large-scale evangelism in the coastal regions of Judea, marking a significant expansion of the early church beyond Jerusalem.