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Apostelgeschichte 14:8

Listen to Apostelgeschichte 14:8
8 Und ein gewisser Mann in Lystra saß da, kraftlos an den Füßen, lahm von seiner Mutter Leibe an, der niemals gewandelt hatte.

Apostelgeschichte 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.

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Apostelgeschichte 14:8 In-Context

6 entflohen sie, als sie es inne wurden, in die Städte von Lykaonien: Lystra und Derbe, und die Umgegend;
7 und daselbst verkündigten sie das Evangelium.
8 Und ein gewisser Mann in Lystra saß da, kraftlos an den Füßen, lahm von seiner Mutter Leibe an, der niemals gewandelt hatte.
9 Dieser hörte Paulus reden, welcher, als er unverwandt auf ihn hinblickte und sah, daß er Glauben hatte, geheilt zu werden, mit lauter Stimme sprach:
10 Stelle dich gerade hin auf deine Füße! Und er sprang auf und wandelte.
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