Acts 14:8
6 they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
7 where they continued to preach the gospel.
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
9 This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
10 In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
- KJV
- And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
- WEB
- At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
- ASV
- And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother`s womb, who never had walked.
- DARBY
- And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, [being] lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
- BLB
- And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, crippled in the feet, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked.
- ÅB
- Og i Lystra satt det en mann som ikke hadde makt i føttene, da han var vanfør fra mors liv av, og som aldri hadde kunnet gå.
- OTB
- I Lystra var det en mann som satt og var lam. Han hadde vært ufør fra fødselen av og hadde aldri gått.
- B1930
- Og i Lystra satt det en mann som ikke hadde makt i føttene, da han var vanfør fra mors liv av, og som aldri hadde kunnet gå.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:2
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
Read in contextJohn 5:7
“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.”
Read in contextJohn 5:3–5
On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
Read in contextJohn 9:1–2
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
Read in contextActs 4:9
If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
Read in context