Acts 14:8
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
Acts 14:8 in other translations
| BSB | In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother--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. |
| BBE | And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking. |
| Webster | And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked. |
What does Acts 14:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 14:8-10
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Impotent in his feet--αδυνατος. Without any power. Entirely deprived of the use of his feet.
Being a cripple. Lame.
Who never had walked. The miracle, therefore, would be more remarkable, as the man would be well known, and there could be no plea that there was an imposition. As they were persecuted from place to place, and opposed in every manner, it was desirable that a signal miracle should be performed to carry forward and establish the work of the gospel.
(*) "impotent" "infirm" (g) "cripple" Acts 3:2
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 14:8-18
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Acts 14:8 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 14:8
- 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;
- John 5:7
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
- John 5:3-5
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
- John 9:1-2
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
- Acts 4:9
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
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Context
- Acts 14:7
And there they preached the gospel.
- Acts 14:8
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
- Acts 14:9
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
Acts 14:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y un hombre de Listra, impotente de los pies, estaba sentado, cojo desde el vientre de su madre, que jamás había andado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il y avait à Lystre un homme impotent de ses pieds, qui se tenait assis; perclus dès le ventre de sa mère, il n’avait jamais marché. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ein gewisser Mann in Lystra saß da, kraftlos an den Füßen, lahm von seiner Mutter Leibe an, der niemals gewandelt hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hic audivit Paulum loquentem. Qui intuitus eum, et videns quia fidem haberet ut salvus fieret, |