Lame Man Healed at Lystra
A man crippled from birth heard Paul preach and was told to stand up. He leaped and walked - and the whole city tried to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods.
At Lystra sat a man who had been crippled from his mother's womb and had never walked. He listened as Paul preached, and Paul, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, 'Stand upright on thy feet.' The man leaped and walked. The astonished crowd cried out in the speech of Lycaonia that the gods had come down in the likeness of men, calling Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercurius, and the priest of Jupiter brought oxen and garlands to sacrifice to them. Paul and Barnabas tore their clothes and urged the people to turn from such vanities to the living God who made heaven and earth.
Details
- Category
- Healing
- Testament
- New Testament
- Performed by
- God through Paul
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Stand Upright on Thy Feet
Acts 14:8-10
A man who had never walked hears the gospel with faith and leaps to his feet at Paul's command.
8nd there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
We Also Are Men
Acts 14:11-18
When the crowd tries to worship them, Paul and Barnabas point away from themselves to the living God, the true source of the miracle.
11nd when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Explore Related
Did You Know?
The man had never walked a single step.
The crowd called Paul 'Mercurius' because he was the chief speaker.
Soon after, Jews from Antioch and Iconium stirred the same city to stone Paul (Acts 14:19).
On a later visit Paul found a disciple named Timothy at Lystra (Acts 16:1), and he afterward reminded Timothy of the persecutions he endured there (2 Timothy 3:11).