Acts 14:8 Parallel Translations

A man who was born lame was in Lystra. He was always sitting because he had never been able to walk.(GOD'S WORD®)

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

DBY:

And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, being lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

ERV:

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

WEY:

Now a man who had no power in his feet used to sit in the streets of Lystra. He had been lame from his birth and had never walked.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother -- who never had walked,

Acts 14:8 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 3:2 And a man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

Acts 14:6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;

Acts 14:21 After they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

Acts 16:1 Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek,

2 Timothy 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

14:8 {3} And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
(3) It is an old subtlety of the devil, either to cause the faithful servants of God to be immediately banished, or to be worshipped as idols: and he does this by taking occasion of miracles which they have done.

PNT:

14:8 There sat a certain man at Lystra. The account of the healing of this cripple is related, not as an unusual occurrence, but because it led to the attempt to defy Paul and Barnabas. As to the frequency of the miracles, see Ac 14:3.

MHC:

14:8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord. When Christ, the Son of God, appeared in the likeness of men, and did many miracles, men were so far from doing sacrifice to him, that they made him a sacrifice to their pride and malice; but Paul and Barnabas, upon their working one miracle, were treated as gods. The same power of the god of this world, which closes the carnal mind against truth, makes errors and mistakes find easy admission. We do not learn that they rent their clothes when the people spake of stoning them; but when they spake of worshipping them; they could not bear it, being more concerned for God's honour than their own. God's truth needs not the services of man's falsehood. The servants of God might easily obtain undue honours if they would wink at men's errors and vices; but they must dread and detest such respect more than any reproach. When the apostles preached to the Jews, who hated idolatry, they had only to preach the grace of God in Christ; but when they had to do with the Gentiles, they must set right their mistakes in natural religion. Compare their conduct and declaration with the false opinions of those who think the worship of a God, under any name, or in any manner, is equally acceptable to the Lord Almighty. The most powerful arguments, the most earnest and affectionate addresses, even with miracles, are scarcely enough to keep men from absurdities and abominations; much less can they, without special grace, turn the hearts of sinners to God and to holiness.

CONC:

Birth Cripple Crippled Impotent Lame Lystra Mother's Power Sat Sit Sitting Streets Strength Walked Walking Womb

Birth Crippled Feet Impotent Lystra Mother Mother's Power Sat Sit Sitting Streets Strength Use Used Walked Womb

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