18 Bible Verses about Cripples
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they were carrying a man who had been lame from his birth, one whom they daily laid at the gate of the temple called, Beauty-gate, to ask alms of those that pass'd into the temple.
Now at Lystra there was a man, who could not stand upon his feet, he was born a cripple, and had never walked about.
by faith Jacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped leaning upon the top of his staff.
who had been kept infirm by a spirit eighteen years: and stooped in such a manner, she was not able to hold up her head strait.
and must not this daughter of Abraham, whom satan has held bound these eighteen years, be disengag'd from this bond, on a sabbath-day?
then he gave them this answer, go, and tell John what you have seen, and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the gospel is proclaim'd to the poor.
Jesus answered them, go and relate to John, what you hear and what you see: the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
there a great crowd of people came to him, bringing with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus feet, and he healed them: insomuch that the people wondred when they perceived the dumb to speak, the maimed to be heal'd, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Some time after this the feast of the Jews being come, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. now there was at Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a bath, called in Hebrew, Bethesda, which had five portico's. where a great number of infirm, blind, lame, and paralytic people lay waiting for the moving of the water:read more.
(for a messenger went down at certain times into the pool, and agitated the water: the first then that stepped in after this commotion of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.) now a certain man was there, who had been sick eight and thirty years. Jesus seeing him lie there, and knowing that he had been sick a long time, said to him, will you be cured? the sick man answered him, sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water has been agitated: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. rise, said Jesus to him, take up thy bed, and go your way. and immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and went his way: but that day being the sabbath,
and taking him by the right hand, he lift him up; and immediately his feet and ancle-bones received strength.
since we are this day to be examined about the cure of a cripple, and by what means he was recovered; be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you entirely recover'd.
for the impure spirits, with great outcries, came out of many that were possessed: many paralytic, and lame people were cured.
one day he heard Paul preach, who fixing his eyes upon him, and perceiving that he expected to be cured, he said to him aloud, rise and stand right upon your feet: upon which he leap'd up and walk'd.
wherefore if thy hand or thy foot occasions thee to relapse, lop them off, and cast them away: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
and immediately the source of her disorder was dried up: and she sensibly perceived she was healed of that indisposition. Jesus conscious of the influence he had exerted, immediately turned towards the crowd, and said, who touched my clothes?
if even thy hand should make thee transgress, saw it off, and cast it away, it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to have both hands and go into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire:
clear the way for your feet, lest that which is lame should be quite out of joint, instead of being redress'd."
