Acts 4:9

Easy-to-Read Version

are you questioning us today about what we did to help this crippled man? Are you asking us what made him well?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed,

King James Version (1611)
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what meanes he is made whole,

King James Version
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

English Standard Version
if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

New American Standard Bible
if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

New Century Version
are you questioning us about a good thing that was done to a crippled man? Are you asking us who made him well?

Amplified Bible
if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

Legacy Standard Bible
if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man, as to how this man has been saved from his sickness,

Berean Standard Bible
If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

Contemporary English Version
You are questioning us today about a kind deed in which a crippled man was healed.

Complete Jewish Bible
If we are being examined today about a good deed done for a disabled person, if you want to know how he was restored to health,

Darby Translation
if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For as much as we this day are examined of the good deede done to the impotent man, to wit, by what meanes he is made whole,

George Lamsa Translation
If we are convicted today by you, concerning the good which has been done to a sick man, on the ground of by what means he was healed;

Good News Translation
if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed,

Lexham English Bible
if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed—

Literal Translation
if we are being examined today on a good work of an infirm man, by what this one has been healed,

American Standard Version
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

Bible in Basic English
If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

Hebrew Names Version
if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

International Standard Version
If we are being questioned today for a good deed to someone who was sick or to learn how this man was healed,

Etheridge Translation
hear: If we this day are judged of you concerning the good which has been done to the infirm man, insomuch that he is cured;

Murdock Translation
If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If we this day be examined of the good deede done to the sicke man, by what meanes he is made whole:

English Revised Version
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

World English Bible
if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If we are examined this day, of the benefit done to the impotent man,

Weymouth's New Testament
if we to-day are under examination concerning the benefit conferred on a man helplessly lame, as to how this man has been cured;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If we to dai be demyd in the good dede of a sijk man, in whom this man is maad saaf,

Update Bible Version
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to a lame man, how this man is made whole;

Webster's Bible Translation
If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made sound.

New English Translation
if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed—

New King James Version
If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,

New Living Translation
are we being questioned today because we've done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?

New Life Bible
are you asking us today about the good work we did to a man who needed help? Are you asking how he was healed?

New Revised Standard
if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, we, this day, are to be examined for doing good to a sick man, - in whom, this, man hath been made well,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:

Revised Standard Version
if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
yf we this daye are examined of the good dede done to the sycke man by what meanes he is made whoale:

Young's Literal Translation
if we to-day are examined concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he hath been saved,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf we this daye be examyned concernynge this good dede vpon the sicke ma, by what meanes he is made whole,

Mace New Testament (1729)
since we are this day to be examined about the cure of a cripple, and by what means he was recovered; be it known to you all,

Simplified Cowboy Version
If y'all are here today to punish us for committing a great act of kindness on a fellow who was lame, and you want to know how he was healed,

Contextual Overview

⁵ The next day the Jewish rulers, the older Jewish leaders, and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. ⁶ Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander were there. Everyone from the high priest's family was there. ⁷ They made Peter and John stand before all the people. They asked them over and over, "How did you make this crippled man well? What power did you use? By whose authority did you do this?" ⁸ Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, "Rulers of the people and you older leaders, ⁹ are you questioning us today about what we did to help this crippled man? Are you asking us what made him well? ¹⁰ We want all of you and all the people of Israel to know that this man was made well by the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. You nailed Jesus to a cross, but God raised him from death. This man was crippled, but he is now well. He is able to stand here before you because of the power of Jesus! ¹¹ Jesus is ‘the stone that you builders thought was not important. But this stone has become the cornerstone.' ¹² Jesus is the only one who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save anyone. We must be saved through him!" ¹³ The Jewish leaders understood that Peter and John had no special training or education. But they also saw that they were not afraid to speak. So the leaders were amazed. They also realized that Peter and John had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ They saw the crippled man standing there beside the apostles. They saw that he was healed, so they could say nothing against the apostles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the good: Acts 3:7, John 7:23, John 10:32, 1 Peter 3:15-17, 1 Peter 4:14

Reciprocal: Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 10:8 - Heal Matthew 11:5 - blind Matthew 14:36 - perfectly Mark 6:56 - touch John 14:12 - the Acts 14:8 - impotent

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"

Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can bear!

Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."

Genesis 37:32
Then the brothers showed the coat to their father. And the brothers said, "We found this coat. Is this Joseph's coat?"

Psalms 9:12
He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.

Proverbs 28:13
Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

John 8:44
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If we this day be examined of the good deed,.... Or "seeing" we are; for it was not a matter of doubt, but a clear case, that they were brought into court, and were passing under an examination, about the cure of the lame man; which the apostle rightly calls a

good deed, it being done in faith, and to the glory of God, and for the good of the man; and hereby tacitly suggests, that they were dealt very hardly with, to be seized and kept in custody, and be called in question, for doing an action so beneficent and kind, as this was, which was

done to the impotent man; who could not help himself, nor get his bread any other way, than by begging:

by what means he is made whole; restored to perfect health, and the proper use of his limbs; that is, by what power, and in what name this was done; the answer is ready, and it is as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we this day - If as is the fact; or since we are thus examined.

Examined - Questioned; if the purpose is to institute an inquiry into this case, or since it is the purpose to institute such an inquiry.

The good deed - The act of benevolence; the benefit conferred on an infirm man. He assumes that it was undeniable that the deed had been done.

To the impotent man - To this man who was infirm or lame. The man was then present, Acts 4:10, Acts 4:14. He may have been arrested with the apostles; or he may have been present as a spectator; or, as Neander supposes, he may have been summoned as a witness.

By what means - This was the real point of the inquiry. The fact that he had been made whole was not denied. The only question was whether it had been done by the authority and power of Jesus of Nazareth, as Peter declared it to be, Acts 3:6, Acts 3:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:9. The good deed done — επι ευεργεσια, The benefit he has received in being restored to perfect soundness.