Acts 4:9 Meaning and Explanation
“If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Peter notes the irony that they are on trial for a good deed done to a helpless man, and for how he was made whole.
What Does Acts 4:9 Mean?
Peter opens his defense by stating the charge plainly: a kindness is being examined. The man — without strength, lame from birth, past forty (v. 22) — now stands whole, and the only question before the court is how.
The word translated 'made whole' is the same Greek word for 'saved,' and Peter will press that link in verse 12. The mended legs at the temple gate are a picture of a larger mending. Every work of Jesus is a window into his salvation: what he did for one man's body he offers to every man's soul.
Acts 4:9 in the Original Language
sozo (σῴζω), 'made whole' -- to save, heal, and rescue; the same verb rendered 'saved' in verse 12.
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What does Acts 4:9 mean?
Peter notes the irony that they are on trial for a good deed done to a helpless man, and for how he was made whole.