Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
Bible References
Forty
Acts 3:2
[On their way] they met a certain man who had been crippled from birth. Every day he had been carried [by friends] and placed at the "Beautiful Gate" [as it was called] of the Temple [enclosure] where he begged for money from those entering the Temple.
Acts 9:33
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who had been [confined to his] bed, paralyzed for eight years.
Matthew 9:20
But just then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the edge of His robe.
Luke 13:11
And just then [He met] a woman who had an [evil] spirit that had caused her to be deformed for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not raise herself up. [Note: This was probably osteomyelitis or osteoporosis].
John 5:5
And a certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years [Note: He was probably a crippled person].
John 9:1
As Jesus was walking along He saw a man [who had been] blind from birth.