“For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.”
For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. — the specification (tessarēkonta, forty years, a significant number in OT narrative) of the healed man's age confirms the miracle's reality; he was not a youth whose healing might be attributed to youthful vigor but a man of middle age or older. The detailed information (age 40+, crippled from birth, daily begging) provides the concrete historical grounding that makes the miracle incontestable.
Church Fathers on Acts 4:22
For all men glorified God for that which was done. For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed. Acts 4:22 But let us look over what has been said from the beginning. And as they spoke unto the people, etc. Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection of the dead. (Recapitulation, v. 1, 2.) So then at first they did all for the sake of man's opinion (or glory): but now another motive was added:…
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