Acts 14:8

Mistaken for Gods in Lystra

8 In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth,^[a] and who had never walked, sat

Acts 14:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 14:8

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 In-Context

6 they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.

7 And there they kept evangelizing.

8 In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat

9 and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

10 [Paul] said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" And he jumped up and started to walk around.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit from his mother's womb