Acts 14:8

Paul Preaches in Lystra

8 In Lystra there sat a man who couldn't walk. He hadn't been able to use his feet since the day he was born.

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 But Paul and Barnabas found out about the plan. They escaped to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding area.

7 There they continued to preach the good news.

8 In Lystra there sat a man who couldn't walk. He hadn't been able to use his feet since the day he was born.

9 He listened as Paul spoke. Paul looked right at him. He saw that the man had faith to be healed.

10 So he called out, "Stand up on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk.