Acts 4:22
New International Version
For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

New Living Translation
for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.

English Standard Version
For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

Berean Standard Bible
For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

Berean Literal Bible
For the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was more than forty years old.

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

New King James Version
For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

New American Standard Bible
for the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

NASB 1995
for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

NASB 1977
for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

Legacy Standard Bible
for the man was more than forty years old on whom this sign of healing had occurred.

Amplified Bible
for the man to whom this sign (attesting miracle) of healing had happened was more than forty years old.

Christian Standard Bible
For this sign of healing had been performed on a man over forty years old.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for this sign of healing had been performed on a man over 40 years old.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(The man who was healed by this miracle was over 40 years old.)

Good News Translation
The man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.

International Standard Version
since the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than 40 years old.

Majority Standard Bible
For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

NET Bible
For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

New Heart English Bible
For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was performed.

Weymouth New Testament
For the man was over forty years of age on whom this miracle of restoration to health had been performed.

World English Bible
For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for above forty years of age was the man on whom had been done this sign of the healing.

Berean Literal Bible
For the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was more than forty years old.

Young's Literal Translation
for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

Smith's Literal Translation
For the man was more than forty years, upon whom this sign of healing was done.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the man was above forty years old, in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For the man in whom this sign of a cure had been accomplished was more than forty years old.

New American Bible
For the man on whom this sign of healing had been done was over forty years old.

New Revised Standard Version
For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For the man on whom this miracle of healing had been wrought, was more than forty years old.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the man in whom this sign of healing had occurred was more than 40 years old.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
for the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

Godbey New Testament
for the man on whom this miracle of healing was wrought was more than forty years old.

Haweis New Testament
For the man was more than forty years of age, upon whom this miracle of healing was performed.

Mace New Testament
for the man who was so miraculously cured, was above forty years old.

Weymouth New Testament
For the man was over forty years of age on whom this miracle of restoration to health had been performed.

Worrell New Testament
for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been done, was more than forty years old.

Worsley New Testament
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miraculous cure was wrought.

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Context
The Name Forbidden
21After 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. 22For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. 23On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.…

Cross References
John 9:1-7
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. ...

Matthew 15:30-31
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.

Luke 7:22
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.

John 5:5-9
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.” ...

Mark 2:10-12
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!”

Matthew 9:6-8
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.

John 11:43-44
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.

Luke 18:35-43
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. ...

Mark 10:46-52
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!” ...

John 4:46-54
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.” ...

Isaiah 35:5-6
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.

Psalm 146:8
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Isaiah 29:18-19
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.

Isaiah 42:7
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Exodus 4:10-12
“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.”


Treasury of Scripture

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

forty.

Acts 3:2
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;

Acts 9:33
And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Matthew 9:20
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

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Acts 4
1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,
3. imprison him and John.
5. After, upon examination
8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus,
11. and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,
13. they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,
23. whereupon the church flees to prayer.
31. And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer;
34. confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.














For the man
This phrase refers to the specific individual who was the recipient of a miraculous healing. In the context of Acts 3 and 4, this man was lame from birth and was healed by Peter and John at the temple gate called Beautiful. The Greek word for "man" here is "ἀνήρ" (anēr), which often denotes an adult male, emphasizing his maturity and the significance of his healing. This healing serves as a testament to the power of Jesus' name and the authority given to the apostles.

who was miraculously healed
The phrase highlights the supernatural nature of the healing. The Greek word for "healed" is "ἰάομαι" (iaomai), which means to cure or restore to health. This miraculous event was not just a physical restoration but also a sign pointing to the spiritual restoration available through Christ. The healing was a public demonstration of God's power and served as a catalyst for the apostles' bold proclamation of the gospel.

was over forty years old
This detail underscores the gravity and authenticity of the miracle. The Greek phrase "πλειόνων τεσσεράκοντα ἐτῶν" (pleionōn tesserakonta etōn) indicates that the man was more than forty years old. In the cultural and historical context of the time, being lame for such a long period would have been seen as a permanent condition, making the healing even more astonishing. This age detail also serves to validate the miracle, as many in the community would have known the man and his condition, leaving no room for doubt about the authenticity of the apostles' testimony.

(22) The man was above forty years old.--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 (Luke 8:43); of 'neas (Acts 9:33); of the cripple at Lystra (Acts 14:8).

Verse 22. - More than for above, A.V.; wrought for showed, A.V. Wrought; literally, as in ver. 16, came to pass, or happened, or took place.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

who
ὃν (hon)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

was miraculously
σημεῖον (sēmeion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4592: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of semaino; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally.

healed
ἰάσεως (iaseōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2392: A cure, healing. From iaomai; curing.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

over
πλειόνων (pleionōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural - Comparative
Strong's 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.

forty
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

years [old].
ἐτῶν (etōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.


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