Acts 4:9

Amplified Bible

if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For as much as we this day are examined of the good deede done to the impotent man, to wit, by what meanes he is made whole,

Christian Standard Bible®
If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed,

Hebrew Names Version
if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Darby Translation
if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

Easy-to-Read Version
are you questioning us today about what we did to help this crippled man? Are you asking us what made him well?

American Standard Version
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

Berean Standard Bible
If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

Contemporary English Version
You are questioning us today about a kind deed in which a crippled man was healed.

Complete Jewish Bible
If we are being examined today about a good deed done for a disabled person, if you want to know how he was restored to health,

International Standard Version
If we are being questioned today for a good deed to someone who was sick or to learn how this man was healed,

Etheridge Translation
hear: If we this day are judged of you concerning the good which has been done to the infirm man, insomuch that he is cured;

Murdock Translation
If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed;

King James Version (1611)
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what meanes he is made whole,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If we this day be examined of the good deede done to the sicke man, by what meanes he is made whole:

English Revised Version
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

King James Version
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

Lexham English Bible
if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed—

Literal Translation
if we are being examined today on a good work of an infirm man, by what this one has been healed,

New Century Version
are you questioning us about a good thing that was done to a crippled man? Are you asking us who made him well?

New English Translation
if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed—

New King James Version
If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,

New Living Translation
are we being questioned today because we've done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?

New Life Bible
are you asking us today about the good work we did to a man who needed help? Are you asking how he was healed?

New Revised Standard
if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, we, this day, are to be examined for doing good to a sick man, - in whom, this, man hath been made well,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:

George Lamsa Translation
If we are convicted today by you, concerning the good which has been done to a sick man, on the ground of by what means he was healed;

Good News Translation
if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed,

Webster's Bible Translation
If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made sound.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If we are examined this day, of the benefit done to the impotent man,

Weymouth's New Testament
if we to-day are under examination concerning the benefit conferred on a man helplessly lame, as to how this man has been cured;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If we to dai be demyd in the good dede of a sijk man, in whom this man is maad saaf,

Young's Literal Translation
if we to-day are examined concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he hath been saved,

World English Bible
if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Revised Standard Version
if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
yf we this daye are examined of the good dede done to the sycke man by what meanes he is made whoale:

Update Bible Version
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to a lame man, how this man is made whole;

Bible in Basic English
If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

New American Standard Bible
if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf we this daye be examyned concernynge this good dede vpon the sicke ma, by what meanes he is made whole,

Mace New Testament (1729)
since we are this day to be examined about the cure of a cripple, and by what means he was recovered; be it known to you all,

Simplified Cowboy Version
If y'all are here today to punish us for committing a great act of kindness on a fellow who was lame, and you want to know how he was healed,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

Legacy Standard Bible
if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man, as to how this man has been saved from his sickness,

Contextual Overview

⁵On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem; ⁶and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent. ⁷When they had put the men in front of them, they repeatedly asked, "By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?" ⁸Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court], ⁹if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,¹⁰let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health. ¹¹"This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. ¹²"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]." ¹³Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the good: Acts 3:7, John 7:23, John 10:32, 1 Peter 3:15-17, 1 Peter 4:14

Reciprocal: Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 10:8 - Heal Matthew 11:5 - blind Matthew 14:36 - perfectly Mark 6:56 - touch John 14:12 - the Acts 14:8 - impotent

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;

Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:11
"And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:13
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Genesis 4:14
"Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Your face (presence) I will be hidden, and I will be a fugitive and an [aimless] vagabond on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

Genesis 37:32
and they brought the multicolored tunic to their father, saying, "We have found this; please examine it and decide whether or not it is your son's tunic."

Psalms 9:12
For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people); He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.

Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But whoever confesses and turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy.

John 8:44
"You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If we this day be examined of the good deed,.... Or "seeing" we are; for it was not a matter of doubt, but a clear case, that they were brought into court, and were passing under an examination, about the cure of the lame man; which the apostle rightly calls a

good deed, it being done in faith, and to the glory of God, and for the good of the man; and hereby tacitly suggests, that they were dealt very hardly with, to be seized and kept in custody, and be called in question, for doing an action so beneficent and kind, as this was, which was

done to the impotent man; who could not help himself, nor get his bread any other way, than by begging:

by what means he is made whole; restored to perfect health, and the proper use of his limbs; that is, by what power, and in what name this was done; the answer is ready, and it is as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we this day - If as is the fact; or since we are thus examined.

Examined - Questioned; if the purpose is to institute an inquiry into this case, or since it is the purpose to institute such an inquiry.

The good deed - The act of benevolence; the benefit conferred on an infirm man. He assumes that it was undeniable that the deed had been done.

To the impotent man - To this man who was infirm or lame. The man was then present, Acts 4:10, Acts 4:14. He may have been arrested with the apostles; or he may have been present as a spectator; or, as Neander supposes, he may have been summoned as a witness.

By what means - This was the real point of the inquiry. The fact that he had been made whole was not denied. The only question was whether it had been done by the authority and power of Jesus of Nazareth, as Peter declared it to be, Acts 3:6, Acts 3:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:9. The good deed done — επι ευεργεσια, The benefit he has received in being restored to perfect soundness.