Acts 14:8 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 14:8

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

BSB

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ASV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Impotent in his feet - Αδυνατος τοις ποσιν, He had no muscular power, and probably his ancle bones were dislocated; or he had what is commonly termed club feet; this is the more likely, as he is said to have been lame from his mother’s womb, and to have never walked.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That introduced the gospel among the Jews, this among the Gentiles; both that and this were designed to represent the impotency of all the children of men in spiritual things: they are lame from their birth, till the grace of God puts strength into them; for it was when we were yet without strength that Christ died for the ungodly, Rom. v. 6 .

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Herein the scripture was fulfilled, that when the wilderness of the Gentile world is made to blossom as the rose then shall the lame man leap as a hart, Isa. xxxv. Those that by the grace of God are cured of their spiritual lameness must show it by leaping with a holy exultation and walking in a holy conversation.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καί	Kai	And	G2532 →
τις	tis	a certain	G5100 →
ἀνὴρ	anēr	man	G435 →
ἀδύνατος	adunatos	crippled	G102 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Λύστροις	Lustrois	Lystra	G3082 →
τοῖς	tois	in the	G3588 →
ποσὶν	posin	feet	G4228 →
ἐκάθητο,	ekathēto	was sitting,	G2521 →
χωλὸς	chōlos	lame	G5560 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
κοιλίας	koilias	[the] womb	G2836 →
μητρὸς	mētros	of [the] mother	G3384 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
οὐδέποτε	oudepote	never	G3763 →
περιεπάτησεν.	periepatēsen	walked.	G4043 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 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.”
leads to
- Psalms 72:12
  For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Deuteronomy 32:36
  For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24
  Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
- Psalms 142:4
  Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
  We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired…
Through
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.
leads to
- John 9:8
  At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
- Luke 16:20
  And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
Through
Acts 4:9
If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
leads to
- Acts 3:7
  Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts