Acts 4:9

9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed,

Acts 4:9 in Other Translations

9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

9 are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?

9 if we have been brought to trial today for helping a sick man, put under investigation regarding this healing,

9 if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

9 today you are cross-examining us about the good we did for a crippled man. You want to know how he was made well.

9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man-by what means he was healed-

9 Are you asking us to explain our actions today? Do you want to know why we were kind to a disabled man? Are you asking how he was healed?

Acts 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:9

If we this day be examined of the good deed
Or "seeing" we are; for it was not a matter of doubt, but a clear case, that they were brought into court, and were passing under an examination, about the cure of the lame man; which the apostle rightly calls a

good deed,
it being done in faith, and to the glory of God, and for the good of the man; and hereby tacitly suggests, that they were dealt very hardly with, to be seized and kept in custody, and be called in question, for doing an action so beneficent and kind, as this was, which was

done to the impotent man;
who could not help himself, nor get his bread any other way, than by begging:

by what means he is made whole;
restored to perfect health, and the proper use of his limbs; that is, by what power, and in what name this was done; the answer is ready, and it is as follows.

Acts 4:9 In-Context

7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!

9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed,

10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

11 Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

Cross References

• 1. Acts 3:6