Acts 14:8

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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:

• 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 certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who entered the temple;
• Acts 4:9 : 9 If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,
• John 5:3-5 : 3 In these lay a great multitude of invalid people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred the water; whoever then first stepped in after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease they had. 5 And a certain man was there who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years.
• John 5:7 : 7 The invalid man answered Him, 'Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.'
• John 9:1-2 : 1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?