Acts 4:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the man on whom this miraculous sign of healing was performed was over forty years old.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐτῶν γὰρ ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἐφʼ ὃν ἐγεγόνει τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτο τῆς ἰάσεως.

Transliteration

Of etōn gar was pleionōn forty the anthrōpos, upon whom egegonei the sēmeion this of the iaseōs.

Grammar Details

• *etōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - years
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *pleionōn*: genitive, neuter, plural, comparative - more
• *anthrōpos*: nominative, masculine, singular - man
• *egegonei*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - had happened
• *sēmeion*: nominative, neuter, singular - sign/miracle
• *iaseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - healing

Word Meanings

• *pleionōn*: more than/over/above
• *egegonei*: had happened/occurred/been done
• *sēmeion*: sign/miracle/wonder
• *iaseōs*: healing/cure

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the man was above forty years old, on whom this mirle of healing was shewed.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  for the man was above fourty yeare olde on whom this myracle of healinge was shewed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the man, vpon whom this token of health was done, was aboue fourtye yeare olde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the man was aboue fourtie yeeres olde, on whome this miracle of healing was shewed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the man was about fourtie yere olde, on whom this miracle of healyng was shewed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:33 : 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years; he was paralyzed.
• Matt 9:20 : 20 Just then, a woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
• Luke 13:11 : 11 And there was a woman who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
• John 5:5 : 5 Now there was a man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
• John 9:1 : 1 As Jesus was passing by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.
• 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.