said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And he leaped and walked.
Parallel translations
- WEB said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He leaped up and walked.
- KJV Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
- BSB In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
- NASB and he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And the man leaped up and began to walk.
- NLT So Paul called to him in a loud voice, “Stand up!” And the man jumped to his feet and started walking.
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Quick answer
At Paul's command the man leaped up and walked. Christ's power, working through His apostle, instantly restored what nature never gave.
Overview
Paul's loud command made the miracle public and unmistakable. The man's leaping recalls Isaiah's promise that the lame would leap like a deer in the day of salvation (Isaiah 35:6). The sign authenticated the gospel and pictured the new life Christ gives to those once unable to walk in His ways.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- John 5:8–9Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
- John 14:12Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
- Acts 3:6–8But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
- Acts 9:33–34There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
- Luke 13:11–13Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
- Luke 7:14He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
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