He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
Parallel translations
- WEB Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
- KJV And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
- NKJV So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
- NASB And leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
- NLT He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.
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The healed man leaped up, walked, and entered the temple praising God. His joyful response showed the reality and depth of his cure.
Overview
The man's leaping fulfills the imagery of Isaiah 35:6, where the lame leap like a deer in the day of God's salvation. His first instinct is worship, entering the temple he had only sat outside before. His restored body and overflowing praise picture the wholeness God gives in Christ, who came to make the broken new and to draw them into the worship of God.
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- Acts 14:10In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
- Isa 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Ps 107:20–22He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
- Ps 103:1–2Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Luke 17:15–18When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- Luke 6:23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
- John 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- John 5:8–9Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
- Luke 18:43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.
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