Acts 14:8

Acts 14:8

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

a. NLT: While they were at Lystra, Paul and Barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet. He had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. He was sitting

b. NIV: In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

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

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Now at Lystra a man sat who found it impossible to use his feet, for he was a cripple from birth and had never walked.

e. Worrell Translation: And at Lystra there was sitting a certain man, impotant in his feet; lame from his mother’s womb, who never walked.

1. “And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet…”

a. And [Strong: 2532 *  kai kahee apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]

b. there sat [Strong: 2521 * kathemai kath'-ay-mahee from 2596; and hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside:--dwell, sit (by, down).]

c. a certain [Strong: 5100 * tis tis an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).]

d. man [Strong: 435 * aner an'-ayr a primary word (compare 444); a man (properly as an individual male):--fellow, husband, man, sir.]

e. at [Strong: 1722 * en en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.]

f. Lystra [Strong: 3082 * Lustra loos'-trah of uncertain origin; Lystra, a place in Asia Minor:--Lystra.]

g. impotent [Strong: 102 * adunatos ad-oo'-nat-os from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1415; unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible:--could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible, weak.] [Thayer:  without strength, impotent, powerless, weakly, disabled, unable to be done, impossible.]

h. in the [Strong: tois from 3588 * ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

i. feet [Strong: 4228 * pous pooce a primary word; a "foot" (figuratively or literally):--foot(-stool).]

2. “…being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.”

a. being [Strong: 5225 * huparcho hoop-ar'-kho from 5259 and 756; to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb):--after, behave, live.]

b. a cripple [Strong: 5560 *  cholos kho-los' apparently a primary word; "halt", i.e. limping:--cripple, halt, lame.] [Thayer:  lame, deprived of a foot, maimed.]

c. from [Strong: 1537 * ek ek or ex ex a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote):--after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.]

d. his [Strong: 846 * autos ow-tos' from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.]

e. mother’s [Strong: 3384 * meter may'-tare apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):--mother.]

f. womb [Strong: 2836 * koilia koy-lee'-ah from koilos ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:--belly, womb.]

g. who [Strong: 3739 * hos hos, including feminine he hay, and neuter ho ho probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc.]

h. never [Strong: 3763 * oudepote oo-dep'-ot-eh from 3761 and 4218; not even at any time, i.e. never at all:--neither at any time, never, nothing at any time.]

i. had walked [Strong: 4043 * peripateo per-ee-pat-eh'-o from 4012 and 3961; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):--go, be occupied with, walk (about).]

1). This was a hard case. It wasn’t that he hurt his foot yesterday and was beginning to limp. No this guy had never walked in his life, since his birth. The whole town knew it.