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: AND THERE SAT A CERTAIN MAN AT LYSTRA, IMPOTENT IN HIS FEET, BEING A CRIPPLE FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB [ huparchoon (G5225), after meetros (G3384) autou, is evidently not genuine] WHO NEVER HAD WALKED - [ periepateekei (G4043)] preferable to Tischendorf's aorist, [ periepateesen (G4043).]...

− 8._A certain man at Lystra. _Luke reciteth one miracle which we may think − (14) was one of many; but there was mention made of it alone by reason of the famous event. For we shall see by and by what happened. Luke reckoneth up the circumstances, which do more plainly set forth the power of God, when he saith that the man did never walk, and that he was a cripple even from his mother’s womb, and that he was suddenly healed by the voice of Paul alone before the eyes of all men, and that his legs, which were dead, were made nimble, so that he leapt up without making any stop. − (15) − “ Probabile est,” it is probable. “ Sine difficultate,” without difficulty....

8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord. When Christ, the Son of God, appeared in the likeness of men, and did many miracles, men were so far from doing sacrifice to him, that they made him a sacrifice to their pride and malice; but Paul and Barnabas, upon their working one miracle, were treated as gods. The same power of the god of this world, which closes the carnal mind against truth, makes errors and mistakes find easy admission. We do not learn that they rent their clothes when the people spake of stoning them; but when they spake of worshipping them; they could not bear it, being more concerned for God's hono...

Verse Acts 14:8. _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_....

AND THERE SAT - There dwelt, Matthew 9:16; Acts 18:11 (margin). The word “sat,” however, indicates his usual posture, his helpless condition. Such persons commonly sat by the wayside, or in some public place, to ask for alms, Mark 10:46. IMPOTENT IN HIS FEET - ἀδύνατος adunatos. 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. As they were persecuted from place to place, and opp

EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the synagogue. SO SPAKE, etc. This illustrates the statement in Romans 10:17, that "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." ACTS 14:2 _The Jews that were disobedient _for _the unbelieving Jews, _A.V. and T.R.; _stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them, _etc., for _stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds, _etc., A.V. The Jews that were disobedien

AND THERE SAT A CERTAIN MAN AT LYSTRA,.... Where the apostle was preaching; and perhaps he sat there to beg, where there was a great concourse of people, and which might be in the open street: this man was IMPOTENT IN HIS FEET; so weak, as not to be able to walk, and even to stand on them, and therefore is said to sit: BEING A CRIPPLE FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB; he was born lame, as was the man cured by Peter, Acts 3:2 WHO NEVER HAD WALKED; these circumstances are mentioned, to show that his case was incurable by any human art, and to illustrate the following miracle....

ACTS 14:8 avdu,natoj evn Lu,stroij The omission of the phrase evn Lu,stroij in D E copsa is to be accounted for either because it was felt to be unnecessary owing to its presence in the immediately previous sentence (in D), or because it dropped out due to palaeographical similarity with the adjacent avdu,natoj, when written in uncials. Despite the rather slender external support for the reading avnh.r avdu,natoj evn Lu,stroij toi/j posi,n (only a* B 1175), a majority of the Committee preferred it to the reading avnh.r evn Lu,stroij avdu,natoj toi/j posi,n (î74 ac...

CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Acts 14:19). 4. The Return to Antioch (Acts 14:25). Iconium was a Phrygian town, bordering on Lycaonia. Here again the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles. They abode there a long time, and in spite of opposition and persecution they spoke with much boldness the Word of God. Signs and wonders were also done by their hands. When their lives were threatened by the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles, they fled to Lystra and Der

LYSTRA. Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route, in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there, and Lystra was a Roman colony. The cure of a lame man in connexion with the preaching leads to serious consequences. The incident reminds us forcibly of Acts 3:2; in both cases the lameness is congenital, and the man leaps. In this case, however, faith plays the part it does in the Gospels; it is awakened apparently by Paul's preaching. Of the language of Lycaonia nothing is now known; _the_ mention of it is like a mist over the whole story. It is not asserted that Paul and Barnabas understood that language; but we know that Greek was currently spoken in the district. The recognition of the missionaries as divine beings (cf....