Acts 4:22

22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shown.

Acts 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:22

For the man was above forty years old
So that the miracle was the greater, that a man born lame, and who had been so above forty years, should have a cure; and he was the more known to the people, and his testimony met with more credit: on whom this miracle of healing was showed;
both for the good of men, for the glory of God, and for the confirmation of the Gospel of Christ.

Acts 4:22 In-Context

20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way how they might punish them because of the people, for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shown.

23 And being let go, they went to their own company and reported all that the princes of the priests and the elders had said unto them.

24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, thou art the God, who hast made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them,