Acts 14:9

⁷ And there they preached the gospel.

⁸ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

¹⁰ Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

¹¹ And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

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: This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
KJV: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
WEB: He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
ASV: The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
DARBY: This [man] heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
BLB: This [man] heard Paul speaking, who, having looked intently at him and having seen that he has faith to be healed,

ÅB: Han hørte Paulus tale; denne så skarpt på ham, og da han så at han hadde tro til å bli helbredet, sa han med høy røst:
OTB: Denne mannen lyttet til Paulus mens han talte. Paulus så nøye på ham og så at han hadde tro til å bli helbredet,
B1930: Han hørte Paulus tale; denne så skarpt på ham, og da han så at han hadde tro til å bli helbredet, sa han med høi røst:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 15:28
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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Acts 3:4
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
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Matthew 9:28–29
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
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Mark 2:11–12
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
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Mark 10:52
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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Matthew 8:10
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
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Mark 1:40–41
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
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Matthew 9:22
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
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