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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/acts/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was more than forty years <i>old</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />for the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />for the man was more than forty years old on whom this sign of healing had occurred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />for the man to whom this sign (attesting miracle) of healing had happened was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this sign of healing had been performed on a man over forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for this sign of healing had been performed on a man over 40 years old. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />(The man who was healed by this miracle was over 40 years old.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />since the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than 40 years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For the man was over forty years of age on whom this miracle of restoration to health had been performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for above forty years of age was the man on whom had been done this sign of the healing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was more than forty years <i>old</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the man was more than forty years, upon whom this sign of healing was done.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the man was above forty years old, in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the man in whom this sign of a cure had been accomplished was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the man on whom this sign of healing had been done was over forty years old. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the man on whom this miracle of healing had been wrought, was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For the man in whom this sign of healing had occurred was more than 40 years old.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />for the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />for the man on whom this miracle of healing was wrought was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For the man was more than forty years of age, upon whom this miracle of healing was performed.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for the man who was so miraculously cured, was above forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For the man was over forty years of age on whom this miracle of restoration to health had been performed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been done, was more than forty years old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miraculous cure was wrought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/4-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=1077" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/4.htm">The Name Forbidden</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpos (N-NMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: eph’ (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. "></a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hon (RelPro-AMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-NNS) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4592.htm" title="4592: sēmeion (N-NNS) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of semaino; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally.">was miraculously</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2392.htm" title="2392: iaseōs (N-GFS) -- A cure, healing. From iaomai; curing.">healed</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: gegonei (V-LIA-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">was</a> <a href="/greek/4119.htm" title="4119: pleionōn (Adj-GNP-C) -- Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.">over</a> <a href="/greek/5062.htm" title="5062: tesserakonta (Adj-GNP) -- Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.">forty</a> <a href="/greek/2094.htm" title="2094: etōn (N-GNP) -- A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.">years old.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">23</span>On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Matthew 15:30-31</a></span><br />Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them. / The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-5.htm">John 5:5-9</a></span><br />One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. / When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?” / “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-10.htm">Mark 2:10-12</a></span><br />But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, / “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” / And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-6.htm">Matthew 9:6-8</a></span><br />But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” / And the man got up and went home. / When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-43.htm">John 11:43-44</a></span><br />After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” / The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm">Luke 18:35-43</a></span><br />As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. / When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. / “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-46.htm">Mark 10:46-52</a></span><br />Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road. / When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” / Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-46.htm">John 4:46-54</a></span><br />So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5-6</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. / Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8</a></span><br />the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18-19</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. / The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a></span><br />to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Exodus 4:10-12</a></span><br />“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.” / And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? / Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.</p><p class="hdg">forty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Acts 3:2</a></b></br> And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/9-33.htm">Acts 9:33</a></b></br> And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20</a></b></br> And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind <i>him</i>, and touched the hem of his garment:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/4-9.htm">Act</a> <a href="/john/14-16.htm">Age</a> <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/acts/4-14.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/acts/3-16.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/acts/4-10.htm">Health</a> <a href="/acts/4-16.htm">Miracle</a> <a href="/acts/4-16.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/acts/4-7.htm">Power</a> <a href="/acts/3-21.htm">Restoration</a> <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/4-16.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/john/6-2.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/17-7.htm">Act</a> <a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Age</a> <a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/acts/5-16.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/acts/4-30.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/acts/8-7.htm">Health</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-28.htm">Miracle</a> <a href="/acts/5-12.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/acts/4-28.htm">Power</a> <a href="/romans/11-12.htm">Restoration</a> <a href="/acts/7-26.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/7-8.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/acts/5-12.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-1.htm">The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-3.htm">imprison him and John.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-5.htm">After, upon examination </a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-8.htm">Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-11.htm">and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-13.htm">they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-23.htm">whereupon the church flees to prayer.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-31.htm">And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm">confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For the man who was miraculously healed</b><br>This phrase refers to the healing of the lame man at the temple gate called Beautiful, as described earlier in <a href="/acts/3.htm">Acts 3:1-10</a>. The miracle was performed by Peter and John, emphasizing the power of Jesus' name and the apostles' authority. Miraculous healings in the New Testament often served as signs to authenticate the message of the Gospel and the authority of the apostles. This healing also fulfilled the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Isaiah 35:6</a>, which speaks of the lame leaping like a deer, pointing to the messianic age inaugurated by Jesus.<p><b>was over forty years old</b><br>The mention of the man's age highlights the chronic nature of his condition, underscoring the miraculous nature of his healing. In biblical times, reaching the age of forty was significant, often symbolizing a generation or a period of testing and trial, as seen in the Israelites' forty years in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). The fact that the man was over forty emphasizes the long duration of his suffering and the undeniable power of the miracle, as he had been known to the community for many years as a beggar at the temple gate. This detail adds credibility to the miracle, as it was witnessed by many who could attest to the man's previous condition.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/peter_and_john.htm">Peter and John</a></b><br>Apostles of Jesus Christ who were instrumental in the healing of the lame man and were subsequently arrested for preaching about Jesus and His resurrection.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lame_man.htm">The Lame Man</a></b><br>A man over forty years old who had been lame from birth and was healed by Peter and John at the temple gate called Beautiful.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanhedrin.htm">The Sanhedrin</a></b><br>The Jewish ruling council that questioned Peter and John about the healing and their teaching about Jesus.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_gate_called_beautiful.htm">The Temple Gate Called Beautiful</a></b><br>The location where the healing took place, a significant place of worship and gathering for the Jewish people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_believers.htm">The Believers</a></b><br>The early Christian community that was growing in number and faith, witnessing the power of God through the apostles.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_jesus'_name.htm">The Power of Jesus' Name</a></b><br>The healing of the lame man underscores the authority and power inherent in the name of Jesus. Believers are encouraged to have faith in Jesus' name for healing and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_boldness_of_faith.htm">The Boldness of Faith</a></b><br>Peter and John's courage in proclaiming the gospel despite opposition serves as a model for believers to stand firm in their faith and witness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_evidence_of_god's_work.htm">The Evidence of God's Work</a></b><br>The undeniable miracle of the healed man, who was known to be lame for over forty years, serves as a testament to God's power and a catalyst for faith in the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_church_community.htm">The Role of the Church Community</a></b><br>The early church's response to the apostles' arrest and the subsequent prayer for boldness highlights the importance of communal support and prayer in facing challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>The events in <a href="/bsb/acts/4.htm">Acts 4</a> fulfill Old Testament prophecies, reinforcing the continuity of God's plan and the centrality of Jesus as the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_life-saving_above_religious_laws.htm">Is saving a life more important than religious laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_priest_violence_sanctioned_(1_sam_22_19).htm">Why does this text present such severe violence against priests as sanctioned or uninterrupted (1 Samuel 22:19)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/acts_3_2-10__scientific_explanation.htm">Acts 3:2-10: How can this miracle be scientifically explained if the man was lame from birth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'i_will_never_cast_out'_mean.htm">What was the purpose of Jesus' miracles?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The man was above forty years old.</span>--This precision in noting the duration of disease or infirmity is again characteristic of the writer. Comp. the case of the woman with an issue of blood (<a href="/luke/8-43.htm" title="And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living on physicians, neither could be healed of any,">Luke 8:43</a>); of 'neas (<a href="/acts/9-33.htm" title="And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.">Acts 9:33</a>); of the cripple at Lystra (<a href="/acts/14-8.htm" title="And there sat a certain man at Lystra, weak in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:">Acts 14:8</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> <span class="accented">- More than</span> for <span class="accented">above</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">wrought</span> for <span class="accented">showed</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Wrought</span>; literally, as in ver. 16, <span class="accented">came to pass</span>, or <span class="accented">happened</span>, or <span class="accented">took place.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/4-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">man</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄνθρωπος</span> <span class="translit">(anthrōpos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">ὃν</span> <span class="translit">(hon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">was miraculously</span><br /><span class="grk">σημεῖον</span> <span class="translit">(sēmeion)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of semaino; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">healed</span><br /><span class="grk">ἰάσεως</span> <span class="translit">(iaseōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2392.htm">Strong's 2392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cure, healing. From iaomai; curing.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="grk">ἦν</span> <span class="translit">(ēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="grk">πλειόνων</span> <span class="translit">(pleionōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural - Comparative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4119.htm">Strong's 4119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forty</span><br /><span class="grk">τεσσεράκοντα</span> <span class="translit">(tesserakonta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5062.htm">Strong's 5062: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years [old].</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(etōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2094.htm">Strong's 2094: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/4-22.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 4:22 For the man on whom this miracle (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/4-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 4:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 4:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/4-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 4:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 4:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>