Acts 4:14

Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

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WEBBE

Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

BSB

And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

KJV

And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

ASV

And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

BBE

And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

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τόν ton (the) G3588 τε te And G5037 ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon the man G444 βλέποντες blepontes beholding G991 σὺν sun with G4862 αὐτοῖς autois them G846 ἑστῶτα hestōta already standing G2476 τὸν ton who G3588 τεθεραπευμένον tetherapeumenon healed G2323 οὐδὲν ouden no [thing] G3762 εἶχον eichon they had G2192 ἀντειπεῖν.¶ anteipein to contradict G471

The early church

"And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it." Great was the boldness of the man; that even in the judgment-hall he has not left them. For had they said that the fact was not so, there was he to refute them.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

But not less than the voice of these, the miracle uttered a voice of its own: and that sign itself stopped their mouths. "And beholding the man," etc. So that they would have been peremptory with them, if the man had not been with them. "We cannot deny it." So that they would have denied it, if the thing had not been so: if the testimony had not been that of the people in general.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 5–14

Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and this confirmed their testimony to his resurrection from the dead, which proved him to be the Messiah. These rulers must either be saved by that Jesus whom they had crucified, or they must perish for ever. The name of Jesus is given to men of every age and nation, as that whereby alone believers are saved from the wrath to come. But when covetousness, pride, or any corrupt passion, rules within, men shut their eyes, and close their hearts, in enmity against the light; considering all as ignorant and unlearned, who desire to know nothing in comparison with Christ crucified. And the followers of Christ should act so that all who converse with them, may take knowledge that they have been with Jesus. That makes them holy, heavenly, spiritual, and cheerful, and raises them above this world.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.