Acts 4:22
4:22 For the man, on whom this miraculous sign
of healing had been performed,
was over forty years old.
Acts 14:8
Paul and Barnabas at Lystra
14:8 In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
John 1:9-30
1:9 The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.
1:10 He was in the world, and the world was created
by him, but
the world did not recognize
him.
1:11 He came to what was his own,
but
his own people
did not receive him.
1:12 But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name
– he has given the right to become God’s children
1:13 – children not born
by human parents
or by human desire
or a husband’s
decision,
but by God.
1:14 Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory – the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.
1:15 John testified about him and shouted out, “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”
1:16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist
1:19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
1:20 He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ!”
1:21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No!”
1:22 Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
1:23 John said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
1:24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
1:25 So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
1:26 John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
1:27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”
1:28 These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.
1:29 On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1:30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’