Hechos 3:7

7 Y asiéndolo de la mano derecha, lo levantó; al instante sus pies y tobillos cobraron fuerza,

Hechos 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:7

And he took him by the right hand
In imitation of Christ, whom he had often seen using the same action on such occasions:

and lift him up;
believing he was cured, and that it might be manifest. The word him is expressed in the Alexandrian copy, and in some others, and in the Oriental versions, which is a supplement in our translation:

and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength;
where, it seems, his lameness lay. The Vulgate Latin renders it, his bases and soles, which may include his legs and thighs, as well as feet; and the Syriac version, "his feet and soles"; and the Arabic version, "his soles, and the muscles adjoining to his heels"; and the Ethiopic version furthest off of all, "he was strengthened in his feet, and in his loins"; his disorder might be of the paralytic kind.

Hechos 3:7 In-Context

5 Y él los miró atentamente, esperando recibir algo de ellos.

6 Pero Pedro dijo: No tengo plata ni oro, mas lo que tengo, te doy: en el nombre de Jesucristo el Nazareno, ¡anda !

7 Y asiéndolo de la mano derecha, lo levantó; al instante sus pies y tobillos cobraron fuerza,

8 y de un salto se puso en pie y andaba. Entró al templo con ellos caminando, saltando y alabando a Dios.

9 Todo el pueblo lo vio andar y alabar a Dios,