Actes 14:8

La Bible Ostervald

Or, il y avait à Lystra un homme impotent de ses jambes, qui était assis; il était perclus dès le sein de sa mère, et n'avait jamais marché.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Or il y avait � Lystre un homme, impotent de ses pieds, perclus d�s le ventre de sa m�re, qui n'avait jamais march�, et qui se tenait l� assis.

Darby's French Translation
Et il y avait � Lystre un homme impotent de ses pieds, qui se tenait assis; perclus d�s le ventre de sa m�re, il n'avait jamais march�.

Louis Segond (1910)
A Lystre, se tenait assis un homme impotent des pieds, boiteux de naissance, et qui n'avait jamais march�.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

impotent: Acts 4:9, John 5:3, John 5:7

being: Acts 3:2, John 5:5, John 9:1, John 9:2

Reciprocal: Isaiah 35:6 - shall the lame Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 11:5 - the lame Matthew 15:31 - the lame Mark 9:21 - How Mark 16:20 - the Lord Luke 7:22 - the lame Luke 8:43 - twelve Luke 13:11 - eighteen Acts 5:12 - by Acts 8:7 - lame Acts 9:33 - which Acts 14:21 - Lystra

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there sat a certain man at Lystra,.... Where the apostle was preaching; and perhaps he sat there to beg, where there was a great concourse of people, and which might be in the open street: this man was

impotent in his feet; so weak, as not to be able to walk, and even to stand on them, and therefore is said to sit:

being a cripple from his mother's womb; he was born lame, as was the man cured by Peter, Acts 3:2

who never had walked; these circumstances are mentioned, to show that his case was incurable by any human art, and to illustrate the following miracle.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there sat - There dwelt, Matthew 9:16; Acts 18:11 (margin). The word “sat,” however, indicates his usual posture, his helpless condition. Such persons commonly sat by the wayside, or in some public place, to ask for alms, Mark 10:46.

Impotent in his feet - ἀδύνατος adunatos. Without any power. Entirely deprived of the use of his feet.

Being a cripple - Lame.

Who never had walked - The miracle, therefore, would be more remarkable, as the man would be well known. As they were persecuted from place to place, and opposed in every manner, it was desirable that a signal miracle should be performed to carry forward and establish the work of the gospel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 14:8. Impotent in his feet — αδυνατος τοις ποσιν, He had no muscular power, and probably his ancle bones were dislocated; or he had what is commonly termed club feet; this is the more likely, as he is said to have been lame from his mother's womb, and to have never walked.