Acts 14:8
New International Version
In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

New Living Translation
While they were at Lystra, Paul and Barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet. He had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. He was sitting

English Standard Version
Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked.

Berean Standard Bible
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

Berean Literal Bible
And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, crippled in the feet, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked.

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

New King James Version
And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

New American Standard Bible
In Lystra a man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother’s womb, and had never walked.

NASB 1995
At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

NASB 1977
And at Lystra there was sitting a certain man, without strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

Legacy Standard Bible
And at Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

Amplified Bible
Now at Lystra a man sat who was unable to use his feet, for he was crippled from birth and had never walked.

Christian Standard Bible
In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And a certain man was sitting in the city of Lystra who was lame in his feet, crippled from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

Contemporary English Version
In Lystra there was a man who had been born with paralyzed feet and had never been able to walk.

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

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

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

Good News Translation
In Lystra there was a crippled man who had been lame from birth and had never been able to walk.

International Standard Version
Now in Lystra there was a man sitting down who couldn't use his feet. He had been crippled from birth and had never walked.

Literal Standard Version
And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother—who never had walked;

Majority Standard Bible
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

New American Bible
At Lystra there was a crippled man, lame from birth, who had never walked.

NET Bible
In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

New Revised Standard Version
In Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet and had never walked, for he had been crippled from birth.

New Heart English Bible
At Lystra a certain man sat, without strength in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

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

Weymouth New Testament
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.

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

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Visit to Lystra and Derbe
7where they continued to preach the gospel. 8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. 9This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.…

Cross References
Acts 3:2
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

Acts 14:6
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

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

Acts 16:1
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.


Treasury of Scripture

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

impotent.

Acts 4:9
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

John 5:3,7
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water…

being.

Acts 3:2
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

John 5:5
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

John 9:1,2
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth…

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Acts 14
1. Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium.
8. At Lystra Paul heals a cripple, whereupon they are reputed as gods.
19. Paul is stoned.
21. They pass through various churches, confirming the disciples in faith and patience.
26. Returning to Antioch, they report what God had done with them.














(8) Being a cripple from his mother's womb.--We note, as in Acts 3:2; Acts 9:33, the characteristic care to record the duration of the infirmity which was supernaturally cured.

Verse 8. - At Lystra there sat, etc., for there sat... at Lystra, A.V.; a cripple for being a cripple, A.V. and T.R.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
In
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Lystra
Λύστροις (Lystrois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3082: Lystra, a place in Asia Minor.

sat
ἐκάθητο (ekathēto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2521: To sit, be seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside. From kata; and hemai; to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside.

a
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

man
ἀνὴρ (anēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

crippled
ἀδύνατος (adynatos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 102: Of persons: incapable; of things: impossible; either the inability, or that which is impossible. Passively, impossible.

in [his]
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

feet,
ποσὶν (posin)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'.

who was lame
χωλὸς (chōlos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5560: Lame, deprived of a foot, limping. Apparently a primary word; 'halt', i.e. Limping.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

birth
κοιλίας (koilias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2836: From koilos; a cavity, i.e. the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart.

[and]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

{had} never
οὐδέποτε (oudepote)
Adverb
Strong's 3763: Never. From oude and pote; not even at any time, i.e. Never at all.

walked.
περιεπάτησεν (periepatēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.


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