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Commentaries on Acts 14:8

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And there sat a certain man at Lystra,.... Where the apostle was preaching; and perhaps he sat there to beg, where there was a great concourse of people, and which might be in the open street: this man was impotent in his feet; so weak, as not to be able to walk, and even to stand on them, and therefore is said to sit: being a cripple from his mother's womb; he was born lame, as was the man cured...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We have, in this chapter, a further account of the progress of the gospel, by the ministry of Paul and Barnabas among the Gentiles; it goes on conquering and to conquer, yet meeting with opposition, as before, among the unbelieving Jews. Here is, I. Their successful preaching of the gospel for some time at Iconium, and their being driven thence by the violence of their persecutors, both Jews and...