Acts 4:9

9 if we to-day are under examination concerning the benefit conferred on a man helplessly lame, as to how this man has been cured;

Acts 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:9

If we this day be examined of the good deed
Or "seeing" we are; for it was not a matter of doubt, but a clear case, that they were brought into court, and were passing under an examination, about the cure of the lame man; which the apostle rightly calls a

good deed,
it being done in faith, and to the glory of God, and for the good of the man; and hereby tacitly suggests, that they were dealt very hardly with, to be seized and kept in custody, and be called in question, for doing an action so beneficent and kind, as this was, which was

done to the impotent man;
who could not help himself, nor get his bread any other way, than by begging:

by what means he is made whole;
restored to perfect health, and the proper use of his limbs; that is, by what power, and in what name this was done; the answer is ready, and it is as follows.

Acts 4:9 In-Context

7 So they made the Apostles stand in the centre, and demanded of them, "By what power or in what name have you done this?"

8 Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he replied, "Rulers and Elders of the people,

9 if we to-day are under examination concerning the benefit conferred on a man helplessly lame, as to how this man has been cured;

10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that through the name of Jesus the Anointed, the Nazarene, whom *you* crucified, but whom *God* has raised from among the dead-- through that name this man stands here before you in perfect health.

11 This Jesus is the Stone treated with contempt by you the builders, but it has been made the Cornerstone.