Acts 4:9

Acts 4:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
• New International Version (NIV)If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed,
• English Standard Version (ESV)if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
• New Living Translation (NLT)are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?

Context of Acts 4:9

7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, “By what power or by what name have you done this?” 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, 10let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’

Acts 4:9 word by word

εἰ ἡμεῖς σήμερον ἀνακρινόμεθα ἐπὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ ἀνθρώπου ἀσθενοῦς, ἐν τίνι οὗτος σέσωται,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• this dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• be examinedἀνακρίνωanakrinō · to investigateG350
• ofἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the good deed doneεὐεργεσίαeuergesia · good deedG2108
• toἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• the impotentἀσθενήςasthenēs · weakG772
• byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• what meansτίςtis · which?G5101
• heοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• is made wholeσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Cross-references for Acts 4:9

• Acts 3:7And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
• John 7:23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
• John 10:32Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
• 1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

Commentaries on Acts 4:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The good deed done - ͅ, The benefit he has received in being restored to perfect soundness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9If we this day - If as is the fact; or since we are thus examined. Examined - Questioned; if the purpose is to institute an inquiry into this case, or since it is the purpose to institute such an inquiry. The good deed - The act of benevolence; the benefit conferred on an infirm man. He assumes that it was undeniable that the deed had been done. To the impotent man - To this man who was infirm or lame. The man was then present, Acts 4:10, Acts 4:14. He…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and this confirmed their testimony to his resurrection from the dead, which proved him to be the Messiah. These rulers must either be saved by that Jesus whom they had crucified, or they must perish for ever. The name of Jesus is given to men of every age and…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. 1-131-12. the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Ac 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:9

• Caiaphas
• Courage
• Court
• Defense
• Government
• John
• Minister, Christian
• Persecution
• Peter
• Priest
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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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