Acts 9:33

He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because ¹  he was paralyzed.

Mr 2:3-11; Mr 5:25; Mr 9:21; Lu 13:16; Joh 5:5; Joh 9:1,21; Ac 3:2; Ac 4:22; Ac 14:8

¹ tn Since the participle κατακείμενον (katakeimenon), an adjectival participle modifying Αἰνέαν (Ainean), has been translated into English as a relative clause (“who had been confined to a mattress”), it would be awkward to follow with a second relative clause (Grk “who was paralyzed”). Furthermore, the relative pronoun here has virtually a causal force, giving the reason for confinement to the mattress, so it is best translated “because.”