Peter visits the saints in Lydda (today Lod). The city lies on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem. It has been an important transport hub since ancient times.
In Acts 9:32, the believers in Jesus are referred to as saints for the second time.
Hananias had previously referred to the believers in Jerusalem as such in the same chapter (Acts 9:13).
Whoever invites Jesus into their life, the Father and the Son come to them through the Holy Spirit (John 14:23). The person is thereby sanctified and, according to biblical usage, is a saint.
In 1 Corinthians 1:2, Paul writes: ‘To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours.’
According to Paul, anyone who prays to Jesus is a saint. Holy means destined for God or belonging to him.
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