Acts 4:22

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

Acts 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:22

For the man was above forty years old
So that the miracle was the greater, that a man born lame, and who had been so above forty years, should have a cure; and he was the more known to the people, and his testimony met with more credit: on whom this miracle of healing was showed;
both for the good of men, for the glory of God, and for the confirmation of the Gospel of Christ.

Acts 4:22 In-Context

20 for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

21 And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.

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

23 And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is: