And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength.
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. Such actions of the apostle were so strikingly like those of his Lord in the performance of several of his miracles (Matthew 8:15; Matthew 9:27; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 20:34; Mark 8:25; Luke 7:14) that he would seem to have been conscious that his now glorified Lord was now only repeating through him His wonderful works upon earth.
And immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. This specification of the soles х baseis (G939)] and ankles х sfudra (G4973a)] comes fitly from "the beloved physician," and is one of several internal confirmations of his being the author of this History.