Acts 14:9

Acts 14:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
• New International Version (NIV)He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed
• English Standard Version (ESV)He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
• New King James Version (NKJV)This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Context of Acts 14:9

7In all these places, they continued to tell people the good news about Jesus. 8There was a man who lived in Lystra. His feet had been weak since he was born. So he had never been able to walk. While Paul was speaking God's message, this man listened to him. Paul looked at him carefully. He could see that the man believed in Jesus. The man believed that God could make him well. 10So Paul said to him loudly, ‘Stand up on your feet!’ Immediately the man jumped up and he began to walk about. 11The crowd saw what Paul had done. They began to shout in their own language that the people of Lycaonia spoke. ‘The gods have become like men and they have come down from the sky to us,’ they said.

Acts 14:9 word by word

οὗτος ἤκουσεν τοῦ Παύλου λαλοῦντος, ὃς ἀτενίσας αὐτῷ καὶ ἰδὼν ὅτι ἔχει πίστιν τοῦ σωθῆναι,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• Paulὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• stedfastly beholdingἀτενίζωatenizō · to gazeG816
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• perceivingὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• he hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• to be healedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Cross-references for Acts 14:9

• Acts 3:4Peter looked carefully at the man and so did John. Peter said to him, ‘Look at us!’
• Matthew 8:10Jesus heard what the officer said. He was very surprised. He spoke to the crowd that was following him. ‘I tell you this: I have never found anyone like this man in all of Israel. Nobody else believes in me as well as he does.
• Matthew 9:22Jesus turned round and he saw the woman. He said to her, ‘Young woman, do not be afraid. You are now well again because you believed in me.’ And immediately the woman became well again.
• Matthew 13:58Jesus did not do many powerful things in that town because the people would not believe in him.
• Matthew 15:28Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, you show clearly that you believe in God. God will do what you have asked.’ At that moment the woman's daughter became well again.
• Mark 1:40One day, a man who had a disease of the skin came to Jesus. He went down on his knees in front of Jesus. The man said. ‘If you want, you can make me well. Please do it.’
• Mark 2:5Jesus saw the man and his friends. He knew that they believed in him. So he said to the man who could not walk, ‘My friend, I forgive you for your sins.’
• Mark 9:23Jesus said to the father, ‘You should not say, “If you can do anything.” Everything is possible for those people who believe.’
• Mark 10:52‘Go,’ Jesus said to him. ‘You are well now, because you believed in me.’ Immediately, Bartimaeus could see again. He followed Jesus along the road.

Commentaries on Acts 14:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9That he had faith to be healed - How did this faith come to this poor heathen? Why, by hearing the word of God preached: for it is said, the same heard Paul speak. And it appears that he credited the doctrine he heard, and believed that Jesus could, if he would, make him whole. Besides, he must have heard of the miracles which the apostles had wrought, see Acts 14:3; and this would raise his expectation of receiving a cure.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Who stedfastly beholding him - Fixing his eyes intently on him. See the notes on Acts 1:10. And perceiving - How he perceived this is not said. Perhaps it was indicated by the ardor, humility, and strong desire depicted in his countenance. He had heard Paul, and perhaps the apostle had dwelt particularly on the miracles with which the gospel had been attested. The miracles performed also in Icontium had doubtless also been heard of in Lystra. Had faith to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-18Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9saw that he had faith to be healed: Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, sensed the man's spiritual openness and hope for God's help and intervention (see 9:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. there sat there a certain man ... a cripple from his mother's womb ... The same heard Paul speak--in the open air and (Ac 14:11) to a crowd of people.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 14:9

• Faith
• Lycaonia
• Lystra
• Minister, Christian
• Miracles
• Paul
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Paul
• Paul, Saul
• Confirm
• Cripple
• Raise
• Unbelieving
• Acts of the Apostles
• Galatians, Epistle to the
• Heal
• Healing, Gifts of

Commentaries on Acts 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings