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Acts 4:22

What does Acts 4:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Acts 4:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Acts 4:22 means

The text confirms the remarkable nature of the miracle by specifying the age of the healed man: he was over forty years old. This detail underscores that his lameness was not a recent affliction but a lifelong condition, making his instantaneous healing all the more astonishing and undeniable. His advanced age gave greater weight to his testimony and the miracle's authenticity, further validating the apostles' claims.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the man was above forty years old, in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

Context

This verse provides a crucial detail about the healed man, reinforcing the undeniable nature of the miracle that silenced the Sanhedrin. It serves as a parenthetical explanation for why the people glorified God and why the council could not punish the apostles. This specific detail adds factual weight to the narrative, ensuring the reader fully grasps the significance of the event.

v.21And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.

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v.23And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 9:1

    And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.

  • Luke 13:11

    And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

  • John 5:5

    And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

  • Acts 9:33

    And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.

  • Acts 3:2

    And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

  • Matthew 9:20

    And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

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