<p>4:22 <i>For the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was done</i>- A strange way to put it, if simply referring to 'the healing'. The healing was a <em>semeion</em>, a sign, of healing. The man was representative of all Israel; hence the mention of his age. For effectively, Israel were 40 years in the wilderness, unable to enter the promised land without Joshua-Jesus. Just as the man was left lame at the entrance to the temple for the same period.</p>