Acts 4:22

Acts 4:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
• New International Version (NIV)For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

Context of Acts 4:22

20We cannot stop talking about what we’ve seen and heard.” 21The authorities threatened them even more and then let them go. Since all the people were praising God for what had happened, the authorities couldn’t find any way to punish Peter and John. (The man who was healed by this miracle was over 40 years old.) 23When Peter and John were released, they went to their own people and told them everything the chief priests and leaders had said. 24When they heard this, they were united and loudly prayed to God, “Master, you made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them.

Acts 4:22 word by word

ἐτῶν γὰρ ἦν πλειόνων τεσσεράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐφ᾽ ὃν γεγόνει τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτο τῆς ἰάσεως.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• the manὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• aboveπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
• years oldἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• miracleσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• of healingἴασιςiasis · healingG2392
• was shewedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for Acts 4:22

• Acts 3:2At the same time, a man who had been lame from birth was being carried by some men. Every day these men would put the lame man at a gate in the temple courtyard. The gate was called Beautiful Gate. There he would beg for handouts from people going into the courtyard.
• Acts 9:33In Lydda Peter found a man named Aeneas who was paralyzed and confined to a cot for eight years.
• Matthew 9:20Then a woman came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his clothes. She had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.
• Luke 13:11A woman who was possessed by a spirit was there. The spirit had disabled her for 18 years. She was hunched over and couldn’t stand up straight.
• John 5:5One man, who had been sick for 38 years, was lying there.
• John 9:1As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind.

Commentaries on Acts 4:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The man was above forty years old - The disease was of long standing, and consequently the more inveterate; but all difficulties, small or great, yield equally to the sovereign power of God. It is as easy with God to convert a sinner of forty or four-score, as one of ten years old. But he who now refuses to obey the call of God has neither reason nor revelation to support himself even in the most distant hope that he shall get, in a future time, the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22For the man … - The age of the man is mentioned to show the certainty and greatness of the miracle. If it had been a man who had been lame but a few years, or if it had been a child or a very young man, the case would not been so remarkable. But after a continuance of 40 years, all hope of healing him by any ordinary means must have been abandoned, and all pretence that this was jugglery or deception must have been absurd.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 All the care of the rulers is, that the doctrine of Christ spread not among the people, yet they cannot say it is false or dangerous, or of any ill tendency; and they are ashamed to own the true reason; that it testifies against their hypocrisy, wickedness, and tyranny. Those who know how to put a just value upon Christ's promises, know how to put just contempt upon the world's threatenings. The apostles look with concern on perishing souls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22Throughout the Bible, God's people often experienced persecution. God's servants often encountered hostility and opposition (Deuteronomy 30:7; 1 Kings 18:13; Nehemiah 4:1–3; Jeremiah 37–38; Matthew 23:34–37; Luke 11:49–51; 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15). Jesus was also persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16). He warned his disciples to expect similar treatment (Matthew 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2). However, he promised that the Holy Spirit would…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2218-22. Whether it be right ... to hearken to you more than ... God, judge ye.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:22

• Caiaphas
• Miracles
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Hold
• Notable
• Possess
• Sanhedrim
• Threaten
• Threatening
• Acts of the Apostles
• Courts, Judicial
• Heal

Commentaries on Acts 4

• 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