Acts 4:22 KJV

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

  • Peter and John refuse to be silencedAll 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;...

Cross References

  • Acts 9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
  • Matthew 9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
  • Luke 13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
  • John 5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
  • John 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

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Topics

  • Caiaphas Peter and other disciples accused before
  • Miracles Design of Miracles
  • Peter Accused by the council; his defense

Timeline

Greek and Strong’s

  • For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
  • the man ὁ ho Article · nominative masculine singular ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos ἄνθρωπος Noun · nominative masculine singular
  • was ἦν ēn Verb · imperfect active indicative, third person singular ἦν ēn
  • above πλειόνων pleionōn πλείων Adjective · genitive neuter plural
  • forty τεσσαράκοντα tessarakonta τεσσαράκοντα Article · genitive neuter plural
  • years old Ἐτῶν Etōn ἔτος Noun · genitive neuter plural
  • on ἐφʼ eph’ ἐπί Preposition
  • whom ὃν hon ὅς Pronoun · accusative masculine singular
  • this τοῦτο touto Article · nominative neuter singular τοῦτο toûto
  • miracle τὸ to Article · nominative neuter singular σημεῖον sēmeion σημεῖον Noun · nominative neuter singular
  • of healing τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular ἰάσεως iaseōs ἴασις Noun · genitive feminine singular
  • was shewed ἐγεγόνει egegonei γίνομαι Verb · pluperfect active indicative, third person singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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