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Acts 14:8-19. Common English Bible. Healing a crippled man in Lystra. 8 In Lystra there was a certain man who lacked strength in his legs. He had been crippled since birth and had never walked. Sitting there, he 9 heard Paul speaking. Paul stared at him and saw that he believed he could be healed.
Paul simply knew the crippled had faith to be healed. It wasn’t his action (none was described), for you might want to argue that Jesus saw the faith of the four friends who lowered the paralytic. If that was true, then all actions towards God would be counted as faith.
Oct 19, 2020 · In each case the cripple was lame from birth (3:2; 14:8); both Peter and Paul gazed at the one to be healed (3:4; 14:9); and both healed men responded by jumping and walking (3:8; 14:10). This shows Paul was equal to Peter in his apostleship.”
At Lystra Paul Healing a Cripple, the People Are Scarce Restrained from Sacrificing to Them as Gods, but Afterwards, Their Minds Being Poisoned, They Stone Paul, Leaving Him for Dead—Withdrawing to Derbe, They Preach and Teach There.
In Lystra, Paul heals a man crippled from birth, which leads the crowd to mistake Paul and Barnabas for gods. They call Paul, Hermes, and Barnabas, Zeus, planning to offer sacrifices to them.
The case of the cripple resembles that of the man at the gate Beautiful; and a particular statement of it is given, to show the reality and the greatness of the miracle. It was not an incidental, but a radical infirmity which was removed. He had been lame from his birth.
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It was His plan for Jesus to heal the lame man through the apostles. And as a result of his healing, the gospel was proclaimed and many believed. This man’s suffering was not a waste, and as we know, it was not punishment for his sins or the sins of his parents (see John 9:1-3; 11:1-4, 12-15).