Acts 14:10
in Acts 14In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
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ASV
said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.
KJV
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
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This verse in Acts 14
Commentary
13 notes on this verseSaid with a loud voice - After this clause the following is found in CD, and several others, either in the text or margin: σοι λεγω εν τῳ ονοματι του Κυριου Ιησου ΧριϚου, I say unto thee, In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, “stand upright on thy feet.” This reading is also in several versions; and though it may not stand on such evidence as to entitle it to a place in the text, yet it is not likely that St. Paul would not have used the sacred name on such an occasion; especially as this appears to have been the usual form.
This site's exposition
a man crippled in his feet
on Acts 14:8-10
In Lystra sat a man lame from birth who had never walked, as hopeless a case as the lame man Peter healed in 3:2. Paul saw that he had faith to be healed, and the man jumped up and began to walk.
This site's exposition
In a loud voice Paul called out
The lame man leaps as Isaiah 35:6 foretold of the day God comes to save. The loud voice let the whole crowd hear the command. Their cry in verse 11 answers what they heard and saw.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
"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 steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice" - why with a loud voice? that the multitude should believe - "Stand upright on thy feet." But observe, he gave heed, it says, to the things spoken by Paul. Do you mark the elevation of the man's mind? He was nothing defeated by his lameness for earnestness of hearing. "Who fixing his eyes upon him, and perceiving," it says, "that he had faith to be made whole." He was already predisposed in purpose of mind.
And yet in the case of the others, it was the reverse: for first receiving healing in their bodies, they were then taken in hand for cure of their souls, but this man not so. It seems to me, that Paul saw into his soul. "And he leaped," it says, "and walked." It was a proof of his perfect cure, the leaping.
Suppose now we revolve in our minds the superstitions of Numa Pompilius, and consider his priestly offices and badges and privileges, his sacrificial services, too, and the instruments and vessels of the sacrifices themselves, and the curious rites of his expiations and vows: is it not clear to us that the devil imitated the well-known moroseness of the Jewish law?
The Medieval Church2 voices
He said with a loud voice: Stand upright on your feet. In the Greek exemplar it is read: He said with a loud voice: I say to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, stand upright on your feet. We have added these …
Why did Paul "say with a loud voice"? So that the people would believe. That the lame man jumped up is proof of a complete healing.
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Said with a loud voice,....
The outrage of the people against Paul, at the instigation of the Jews, the effect of which was that they stoned him, as they thought, to death; but he was wonderfully restored to life,
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
I HAVE READ in your hearing the story of the preaching of Paul and Barnabas in the town of Lystra. The name of Christ was there totally unknown. They were a sort of country people, partly pastoral and partly agricultural, who seem to have been deeply sunken in superstition. At the gates of their city there stood a great temple dedicated to Jupiter, and they appear to have been his zealous votaries. Coming down from the mountainside Paul and Barnabas enter the town, and when a fitting time has come, they stand up in the marketplace, or the street, and begin to talk concerning Jesus, the Son of God, who had come down from heaven, had suffered and died, and had again ascended up on high. The people gather round them. Among the rest a cripple listens with very marked attention. They preach again. The crowds are still greater, and on one occasion, while Paul is in the middle of a sermon, using his eyes to watch the audience as all preachers should do, and not looking up at the ceiling, or at the gallery-front as some preachers are wont to do, he marks this cripple, fixes his eyes upon him, and looks earnestly in his face. Either by the exercise of his judgment, or by the promptings of revelation, the apostle gathers that this man has faith—faith to be healed. In order to attract the attention of the people, to glorify the name of Christ, to publish more widely his glorious fame, and to make the miracle well known, Paul stops the sermon, and with a loud voice cries, “Stand upright on thy feet.” The cripple leaps and praises God. The population are all amazed, and knowing that there was a tradition that Jupiter and Mercury had once appeared in that very town, a tradition preserved in the Metamorphoses of Ovid to the present day, they at once conclude that surely Jupiter and Mercury must be come again.
I HAVE READ in your hearing the story of the preaching of Paul and Barnabas in the town of Lystra. The name of Christ was there totally unknown. They were a sort of country people, partly pastoral and partly agricultural, who seem to have been deeply sunken in superstition. At the gates of their city there stood a great temple dedicated to Jupiter, and they appear to have been his zealous votaries.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Said with a loud voice - See the notes on Joh 11:43. And he leaped - See the notes on Act 3:8. Compare Isa 35:6.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἶπεν | eipen | said | G2036 → | 925 times |
| μεγάλῃ | megale | in a loud | G3173 → | 243 times |
| φωνῇ· | phonea | voice; | G5456 → | 139 times |
| ἀνάστηθι | anastethi | do stand | G450 → | 107 times |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 → | 883 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πόδας | podas | feet | G4228 → | 93 times |
| σου | sou | of you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ὀρθός. | orthos | upright! | G3717 → | |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἥλατο | helato | he sprang up | G242 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| περιεπάτει. | periepatei | was walking. | G4043 → | 94 times |
εἶπενsaid
eipenG2036 →925 times
μεγάλῃin a loud
megaleG3173 →243 times
φωνῇ·voice;
phoneaG5456 →139 times
ἀνάστηθιdo stand
anastethiG450 →107 times
ἐπὶon
epiG1909 →883 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
πόδαςfeet
podasG4228 →93 times
σουof you
souG4771 →2973 times
ὀρθός.upright!
orthosG3717 →
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἥλατοhe sprang up
helatoG242 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
περιεπάτει.was walking.
periepateiG4043 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 14:12Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
it leads to
- Matthew 21:21
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,…
- Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Luke 10:17–19
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
- Acts 16:18
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And…
- Acts 19:12
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
- Matthew 21:21
Through
Isaiah 35:6Then 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.
it leads to
- John 5:8–9
Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
- John 5:8–9
Through
Luke 7:14Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
it leads to
- John 11:43–44
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- John 5:25
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 11:43–44
Where this verse is studied
About Acts
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 559: “The Cripple at Lystra” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 30; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.