Lod

 

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We arrived in Israel via Ben Gurion International Airport, which is located in a city called Lod. Former names of this airport include Lod Airport and Lydda Airport. Lod is mentioned in I Chronicles 8:12, Ezra 2:33, and Nehemiah 7:37. In the New Testament the same city is called Lydda (Acts 9:32-42). There Aeneas was healed of the palsy by Peter’s spoken word. While Peter was at Lydda, he received word that Dorcas had died in Joppa. He left Lydda when he heard that news and her life was restored. In 1996 a remarkable mosaic was discovered in Lod. Said to be 1,700 years old, it is approximately 1,800 square feet. Among its detailed pictures are birds, fish, and ships.