Acts 4:22

22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

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Acts 4:22 in Other Translations

KJV

22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

ESV

22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

NLT

22 for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.

MSG

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

CSB

22 for the man was over 40 years old on whom this sign of healing had been performed.

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Acts 4:22 In-Context

20 As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.

22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.

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