“And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.”
Peter said to him, 'Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.' Immediately Aeneas got up.—the formula 'Jesus Christ heals you' (Iesous Christos iasetai se) is a declaration of Christ's present healing power working through Peter. The command mirrors Jesus's word to the paralytic ('Get up, take your mat,' Mark 2:9-11), showing apostolic continuity with Jesus's miraculous power. The immediate obedience (eutheōs) demonstrates the Spirit's direct action through the apostle.
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