Acts 4:22

22 The man who had been miraculously healed was over forty years old.

Acts 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:22

For the man was above forty years old
So that the miracle was the greater, that a man born lame, and who had been so above forty years, should have a cure; and he was the more known to the people, and his testimony met with more credit: on whom this miracle of healing was showed;
both for the good of men, for the glory of God, and for the confirmation of the Gospel of Christ.

Acts 4:22 In-Context

20 As for us, there's no question - we can't keep quiet about what we've seen and heard."
21 The religious leaders renewed their threats, but then released them. They couldn't come up with a charge that would stick, that would keep them in jail. The people wouldn't have stood for it - they were all praising God over what had happened.
22 The man who had been miraculously healed was over forty years old.
23 As soon as Peter and John were let go, they went to their friends and told them what the high priests and religious leaders had said.
24 Hearing the report, they lifted their voices in a wonderful harmony in prayer: "Strong God, you made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
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