Acts 4:22

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Now the man who was healed was over forty years old.

Cross References

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who had been [confined to his] bed, paralyzed for eight years.

John 5:5

And a certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years [Note: He was probably a crippled person].

Acts 3:2

[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.

John 9:1

As Jesus was walking along He saw a man [who had been] blind from birth.

Luke 13:11

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].

Matthew 9:20

But just then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the edge of His robe.

Acts 4:21

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.

Acts 4:23

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.