Acts 4:22

22 For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

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 keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard."
21 After threatening them again, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because of the people, for all of them praised God for what had happened.
22 For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.
23 After they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
24 When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them,
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