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AndΚαίinἐνLystraΛύστροιςa certainτιςmanἀνὴρwas sitting,ἐκάθητοwithout strengthἀδύνατοςin his feet,τοῖς ποσὶνlameχωλὸςfromἐκhis mother’sμητρὸς αὐτοῦwomb,κοιλίαςwhoὃςhad neverοὐδέποτεwalked.περιεπάτησεν
Acts 14:8
Study it in the app“And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, without strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 14:8, word by word
- LystraΛύστροιςLystrois
Lystra
Lystra, a city of Lycaonia, the hometown of Timothy.
Where else “Lystrois” appears- manἀνὴρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- was sittingἐκάθητοekathēto
sit
To be seated somewhere, or riding on an animal.
Where else “ekathēto” appears- without strengthἀδύνατοςadynatos
powerless
Powerless, unable to help oneself.
Where else “adynatos” appears- in his feetποσὶνposin
foot
Foot.
Where else “posin” appears- lameχωλὸςchōlos
lame
Lame.
Where else “chōlos” appears- his mother’sμητρὸςmētros
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētros” appears- wombκοιλίαςkoilias
womb
The place where a mother carries her child before birth.
Where else “koilias” appears- had neverοὐδέποτεoudepote
never
Never.
Where else “oudepote” appears- walkedπεριεπάτησενperiepatēsen
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “periepatēsen” appears
The context
7and there they were announcing the good news.
8 · This verse (above)
9This man heard Paul speaking; and he, staring at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
To study Acts 14 in a group
1. What it says
In Lystra, what does Paul do for the man who had never walked, and how does the crowd react? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Paul and Barnabas refuse to be treated as gods, and what do they say about themselves? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Paul and Barnabas encouraged the disciples to stay firm through hardship (v. 22). How can you encourage someone going through a hard time?