22
Forγὰρthe manὁ ἄνθρωποςonἐφ’whomὃνthisτοῦτοsignτὸ σημεῖονof healingτῆς ἰάσεωςhad been doneγεγόνειwasἦνmore thanπλειόνωνfortyτεσσεράκονταyears old.ἐτῶν
Acts 4:22
Study it in the app“For the man on whom this sign of healing had been done was more than forty years old.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 4:22, word by word
- the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- signσημεῖονsēmeion
sign
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “sēmeion” appears- of healingἰάσεωςiaseōs
healing
Healing, cure.
Where else “iaseōs” appears- had been doneγεγόνειgegonei
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “gegonei” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- more thanπλειόνωνpleionōn
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleionōn” appears- fortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
forty
Forty.
Where else “tesserakonta” appears- years oldἐτῶνetōn
year
Year.
Where else “etōn” appears
The context
21And they, after threatening them further, released them, finding nothing as to how they might punish them, because of the people, for all were glorifying God for what had happened.
22 · This verse (above)
23And when they were released, they went to their own people and reported all that the high priests and the elders had said to them.
To study Acts 4 in a group
1. What it says
Peter and John are questioned by the council. What do they say, and what do the rulers notice about them? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Peter and John answer that they cannot stop speaking about what they saw and heard? (vv. 19-20)
3. How I live it
The believers were of one heart, and no one lacked anything (vv. 32-35). Whom around you could you help today in a concrete way?