Acts 4:22
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
Acts 4:22 in other translations
| BSB | For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. |
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| WEB | For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old. |
| ASV | For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought. |
| YLT | for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing. |
| DARBY | for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old. |
| BBE | For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old. |
| Webster | For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was performed. |
What does Acts 4:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 4:18-22
18-22. Whether it be right ... to hearken to you more than ... God, judge ye.
Barnes' Notes
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 4:15-22
All the care of the rulers is, that the doctrine of Christ spread not among the people, yet they cannot say it is false or dangerous, or of any ill tendency; and they are ashamed to own the true reason; that it testifies against their hypocrisy, wickedness, and tyranny. Those who know how to put a just value upon Christ's promises, know how to put just contempt upon the world's threatenings. The apostles look with…
Acts 4:22 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 4:22
- Acts 9:33
And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
- John 5:5
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
- 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;
- 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:
- John 9:1
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
- Luke 13:11
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
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Context
- Acts 4:21
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
- Acts 4:22
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
- Acts 4:23
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Acts 4:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque el hombre en quien había sido hecho este milagro de sanidad, era de más de cuarenta años. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car l’homme en qui avait été faite cette miraculeuse guérison, avait plus de 40 ans. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn der Mensch war mehr als vierzig Jahre alt, an welchem dieses Zeichen der Heilung geschehen war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Annorum enim erat amplius quadraginta homo, in quo factum fuerat signum istud sanitatis. |