Verse | Translation | Text |
Ac 4:22 | King James | For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For the man ... - The age of the man is mentioned to show the certainty and greatness of the miracle. If it had been a man who had been lame but a few years, or if it had been a child or a very young man, the case would not been so remarkable. But after a continuance of 40 years, all hope of healing him by any ordinary means must have been abandoned, and all pretence that this was jugglery or deception must have been absurd. |