But just then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the edge of His robe.
Acts 4:22 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Now the man who was healed was over forty years old. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the man on whom this sign (miracle) of healing was performed was more than forty years old. American Standard Version (1901) For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought. Common English Bible because the man who had experienced this sign of healing was over 40 years old. Catholic Public Domain Version For the man in whom this sign of a cure had been accomplished was more than forty years old. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the man was above forty years old, in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought. |
But just then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the edge of His robe.
And just then [He met] a woman who had an [evil] spirit that had caused her to be deformed for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not raise herself up. [Note: This was probably osteomyelitis or osteoporosis].
And a certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years [Note: He was probably a crippled person].
As Jesus was walking along He saw a man [who had been] blind from birth.
[On their way] they met a certain man who had been crippled from birth. Every day he had been carried [by friends] and placed at the “Beautiful Gate” [as it was called] of the Temple [enclosure] where he begged for money from those entering the Temple.
And when the Council had threatened them some more, they [finally] released them because they could not find any reason to punish them. [Actually] they were worried about how the people felt [about the matter], since everybody was giving honor to God for the miracle that had been performed.
So, after Peter and John were released, they went [back to the other disciples] and reported everything the leading priests and elders [of the Jews] had said to them.
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who had been [confined to his] bed, paralyzed for eight years.