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Act 3:7. Αὐτὸν, him) It was the part of the blind man merely to give himself up to the power which was entering into him.-αἱ βάσεις καὶ τὰ σφυρὰ) As to both Greek words there is much disputation. Luke implies that all the parts in the lame man were strengthened, so as to enable him to walk. Βάσεις are the Feet, which have their principal strength in the knees: σφυρὰ, by a catachresis, are used to express the ankles, as in Callimachus, οὐδὲν ἐπὶ σφυρὸν ὀρθὸν ἀνέστη: strictly, little mallets, or the lowest parts of the leg. Luke, as being a physician, expressed himself accurately. Comp. Psa 18:36, “Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet (margin, ankles) did not slip.”