We give overleaf the expansion of the member C 14:6-20:

A 14:6,7.  They preached the gospel.

a Impotent on feet.

B 14:8-15.

C 8-10.

b Never had walked.

The miracle

The first

c Heard Paul speak.

of the

lame man.

c Faith to be healed.

a Stand upright on feet.

b He leaped and walked.

D 11-15.

e Jupiter. Mercury.

f  Sacrifice.

e Barnabas. Paul.

d Men.

A 14:15-17. Paul and Barnabas preach.

g With these sayings.

h Scarce restrained.

The miracle

of Paul's

h Not done sacrifice.

g Unto them.

i  Jews came thither.

j  Paul stoned.

j  Paul arose.

i  Came into the city.

The reader will no doubt remember the dispensational character of Peter's healing of the lame man, as recorded

in Acts 3 and 4, and will see that the healing of the lame man by Paul is an intentional parallel. The English reader

is handicapped by the fact that the words `save' and `salvation' and the verb `to heal' are sometimes translations of

the Greek sozo. In Acts 4:9 Peter speaks of the impotent man being made `whole', and in Acts 4:12 he uses the

word `salvation'. The word `whole' here is sozo, and `salvation' soteria. So, in Acts 14:9, when Paul perceived that

the man had faith to be `healed', the word used is sozo, `saved'. Isaiah 6, quoted in Acts 28:27, ends with the words:

`I should heal them', using the ordinary word for `healing'. This is followed immediately by the words:

`Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation (soterion) of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will

hear it' (Acts 28:28).

The lame man of Lystra is said to have `heard' Paul speak, and his faith came by `hearing'. In this respect Israel

failed, and Romans 10, which gives us the text: `Faith cometh by hearing', is a sad indictment against them.

Paul's two miracles on his first missionary journey are prophetic:

A Jew is blinded, upon which a Gentile (named Paul) is saved. This foreshadows the setting aside of

Israel and the salvation of the Gentile as recorded in Acts 28.

A lame Gentile is healed, the language of the account being identical with that of Peter's miracle of

With reference to the parallel between Paul's miracle in Acts 14 and Peter's miracle in Acts 3, we note that both

miracles take place in the proximity of a temple, and both are followed by an outbreak of persecution. Peter is put

into prison and brought before the High Priest; Paul is stoned and left for dead. Peter, and those with him, after his

release, address their prayer to God, saying:

`Lord, Thou art God, Which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is' (Acts 4:24).