Acts 14:9

9 This man listened [while] Paul was speaking. {Paul}, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 14:9

The same heard Paul speak
That is, preach the Gospel; he was one of his hearers, and faith came to hint by hearing; the Arabic version adds, "he cried unto him"; that is, to Paul, whom he heard:

who steadfastly beholding him;
not the lame man beholding Paul, but Paul beholding the lame man, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions both express it, as also Beza's ancient copy and others; so Peter looked on the man he cured, ( Acts 3:4 ) .

And perceiving that he had faith to be healed;
as he might by his looks, his gestures, his attention in hearing, and it may be by somewhat that he said, as well as by revelation, or a spirit of discerning, which he had.

Acts 14:9 In-Context

7 And there they were continuing to proclaim the good news.

8 And in Lystra a certain man was sitting powerless in his feet, lame from {birth}, who had never walked.

9 This man listened [while] Paul was speaking. {Paul}, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

10 said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And he leaped up and began walking.

11 And [when] the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, "The gods have become like men [and] have come down to us!"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was speaking")
• [b] Literally "who"