“If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;”
If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to an old man and are being asked how he was healed, — Peter frames the healing as an 'act of kindness' (euergesia, good deed, good work, benefit, favor), not a violation of law. The healed man is an 'old man' (anthropos asthenes, infirm/weak man, aged man), emphasizing the miracle's compassion. Peter's rhetorical strategy: they are condemning acts of mercy.
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