Acts 14:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In Lystra, there was a man who could not use his feet; he was lame from birth and had never walked.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καί τις ἀνὴρ ἐν Λύστροις, ἀδύνατος τοῖς ποσὶν ἐκάθητο, χωλὸς ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων, ὃς οὐδέποτε περιπεπατήκει:

Transliteration

And a certain anēr in Lystrois, adynatos in the posin ekathēto, chōlos from koilias mētros of him hyparchōn, who oudepote peripepateikei:

Grammar Details

• *anēr*: nominative masculine singular - man
• *Lystrois*: dative neuter plural - in Lystra
• *adynatos*: nominative masculine singular - powerless/disabled
• *posin*: dative masculine plural - feet
• *ekathēto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular - was sitting
• *chōlos*: nominative masculine singular - lame/crippled
• *koilias*: genitive feminine singular - womb/belly
• *mētros*: genitive feminine singular - mother
• *hyparchōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - being/existing
• *oudepote*: adverb - never
• *peripepateikei*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - had walked

Word Meanings

• *adynatos tois posin*: powerless in his feet/disabled in his feet/unable to use his feet
• *chōlos ek koilias mētros*: lame from mother's womb/crippled from birth
• *hyparchōn*: being/existing/was (with emphasis on state of being)

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, powerless in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And ther sate a certayne man at Listra weake in his fete beinge creple from his mothers wombe and never walkyd.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And amonge them of Lystra, there was a man, which sat beynge impotent of his fete, and was crepell fro his mothers wombe, and had neuer walked,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe there sate a certaine man at Lystra, impotent in his feete, which was a creeple fro his mothers wombe, who had neuer walked.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there sate a certayne man at Lystra, weake in his feete, beyng a creple from his mothers wombe, and neuer had walked.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother -- who never had walked,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

• World English Bible (2000)

  At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 3:2 : 2 And a man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day they would set him at the temple gate called Beautiful so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple.
• Acts 4:9 : 9 'If we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—how this man was healed—'
• John 5:3-5 : 3 In these lay a great multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For at certain times, an angel would come down into the pool and stir the water. The first one who stepped in after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. 5 Now there was a man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
• John 5:7 : 7 The sick man answered Him, 'Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, someone else goes in ahead of me.'
• John 9:1-2 : 1 As Jesus was passing by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked Him, 'Teacher, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'