Acts 14:8

In Lystra and Derbe

8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

Acts 14:8 in Other Translations

8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked.

8 While they were at Lystra, Paul and Barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet. He had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. He was sitting

8 There was a man in Lystra who couldn't walk. He sat there, crippled since the day of his birth.

8 And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

8 A man who was born lame was in Lystra. He was always sitting because he had never been able to walk.

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

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 they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,

7 where they continued to preach the gospel.

8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed

10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 3:2