Acts 4:9

Examined. Gr. anakrind. This word often has the technical sense of a judicial interrogation, as in Luke 23:14. It is used in the NT only by Paul and Luke (Acts 12:19; 24:8; 1 Cor. 2:14, 15; 4:3, 4).

The good deed. This passage may be read, “a good deed done to an impotent man.” Both nouns are without articles. Peter emphasized the unquestionably “good deed” the Lord had accomplished through John and him. By so doing he made obvious the unreasonableness of the trial he and John were now undergoing. His words may imply that he anticipated the possibility that some other charge might also be brought against them, arising from his sermon (ch. 3:12-26), as in the case of Stephen, who was accused of blasphemy “against this holy place [the Temple], and the law” (ch. 6:13).

He. Or, “this [man].” The wording implies that the man who had been healed also was present before the Sanhedrin (see v. 14).

Made whole. Gr. sozo, “to save” either physically or spiritually. This word has a strong underlying meaning suggesting spiritual as well as bodily restoration (see Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50).