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Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John went up together into the Temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Now Peter and John went up together into the Temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
ACTS 3:1 Pe,troj de, Haenchen observes (_in loc._) that the scribe of codex Bezae regarded the absence of a connection as a deficiency and therefore introduced evn de. tai/j h`me,raij tau,taij at the...
CHAPTER III. _Peter and John go to the temple at the hour of prayer, and heal_ _a man who had been lame from his mother's womb_, 1-8. _The people are astonished, and the apostles inform them that i...
PETER AND JOHN WENT UP ... - In Luke 24:53, it is said that the apostles were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. From Acts 2:46, it is clear that all the disciples were accustomed d...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Healing of the lame Man (Acts 3:1)._ 2. Peter's address and appeal (Acts 3:12). The lame man, forty years old, at the gate called Beautiful is the type of the moral condition of t...
EXAMPLE OF THE WORKS OF THE APOSTLES. The cure of lame persons is frequently spoken of in the Synoptic Gospels, as a mark of the Messianic age; but no such cure is there recorded. Paul deals with a si...
A NOTABLE DEED IS DONE (Acts 3:1-10)...
Peter and John used to go up to the Temple at the hour of prayer at three o'clock in the afternoon, and a man who had been lame from the day of his birth was in the habit of being carried there. Every...
PETER AND JOHN. Mentioned together seven times in Acts, John always in subordination to Peter. WENT. were going. TEMPLE. See Acts 2:46. AT. upon. App-104. PRAYER. App-134. THE NINTH HOUR. About 3p...
Acts 3:1. Healing of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple 1. _Now Peter and John went up together_ The word _together_has been transferred to the previous verse. See the last note. The ve...
ΠΈΤΡΟΣ ΔΈ. In accordance with the change made in the last verse of chap. 2. 1. ἈΝΈΒΑΙΝΟΝ, _were going up_. The verb is in the imperfect tense and to render it exactly adds much to the vividness of th...
Acts 3:1-10. HEALING OF THE LAME MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE...
_A LAME MAN NEEDED HELP ACTS 3:1-5:_ Peter and John were together often. Here they go together into the Temple. Their purpose was not to make sacrifice. The Jewish sacrifices were abolished by the sac...
ΆΝΈΒΑΙΝΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подходить; описательный _impf._ Они поднимались на террасы храмового двора (RWP). ΈΝΑΤΗ (G1766) девятый. Послеполуденная молитва, связанная с вечерним ж...
NOW PETER AND JOHN WENT UP TOGETHER, &C.— _About that time,_ according to Grotius and several others; as it does not seem to suit so well with the original, to take it to imply no more than that Peter...
AT THE GATE BEAUTIFUL ACTS 3:1-10. Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. Acts 3:2 And a certain man that was lame from his mother's...
III. 1–10. Thus far, the labors of the apostles had met with uninterrupted and most astonishing success. Luke is now about to introduce us to a series of conflicts, in which success and temporary defe...
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. The Lame Man Healed (3:1-8) How long after Pentecost the following incident occurred it is impossibl...
38 Repentance and baptism lead to a probationary pardon, which may be withdrawn. This pardon is extended by Christ as the King. Its operation is illustrated by the parable of the ten thousand talent d...
3:1 temple (d-10) _ Hieron_ , the general buildings. together (g-7) Some omit 'to the assembly,' ch. 2.47, and link 'together' with the end of ch. 2. Probably we should read 'the Lord added together d...
THE NINTH _hour_] The hours of prayer were the third (Acts 2:15), when the morning sacrifice was offered; the sixth (noon); and the ninth, the time of the evening sacrifice....
THE LAME MAN HEALED 1-26. Healing of the lame man. Speech of Peter. St. Luke here singles out from the multitude of 'wonders and signs done by the Apostles' (Acts 2:43), the one which led to the firs...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 PETER CURES A MAN WHO CANNOT WALK, 3:1-10 V1 One day, Peter and John were going to the *Temple to pray. This was at three o’clock in the afte...
III. (1) NOW PETER AND JOHN WENT UP. — Better, _were going up._ The union of the two brings the narratives of the Gospels into an interesting connection with the Acts. They were probably about the sam...
CHAPTER 8 THE FIRST MIRACLE. Acts 3:1 THE Acts of the Apostles considered as the first history of the Church may be viewed as typical of all ecclesiastical history. It is in this respect a microcosm...
St. Luke selects out of the number of τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα the one which was the immediate antecedent of the first persecution. “Non dicitur primum hoc miraculum fuisse, sed fuit, quanquam unum e multis,...
UPLIFTING POWER Acts 3:1-10 Peter and John differed greatly, in age, in gift, and in point of view. They had been rivals; now they walked together. It was at three in the afternoon that this incident...
The men at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple is the illustration of a constant fact: approximation to God is a habit of humanity in its need. Mendicants are not often found at the doors where an infide...
The Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate Peter and John, who once had been partners in the fishing business, are depicted by Luke as going to the temple at the ninth hour, which was one of the hours of pray...
Now (1) Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour]. (1) Christ, in healing a man that was born lame and well known to all men, both in a famous pl...
To the temple. Though the Jewish ceremonies wee shortly to cease, yet it was not unlawful to follow them; and they went to the temple as a proper place for prayer. (Witham) --- The ninth hour, that is...
Mt. Zion, where the Holy Ghost fell on the disciples, is in the southwestern part of the city, which is, throughout, the most densely built I ever saw; the streets eight to sixteen feet wide, and freq...
CONTENTS Peter and John heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple. Peter takes Occasion therefrom to preach to the People. Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
1.We saw before that many signs were showed by the hands of the apostles; now Luke reciteth one of many for example’s sake, after his common custom; namely, that a lame man, which was lame of his feet...
In Chapter 3 the Spirit addresses His testimony to the people by the mouth of Peter. God still acted in patience towards His foolish people, and with more than patience. He acts in grace towards them,...
NOW PETER AND JOHN WENT UP TOGETHER INTO THE TEMPLE,.... These two disciples were intimate companions, and great lovers of each other; they were often together: they are thought, by some, to have been...
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, _being_ the ninth _hour_. Ver. 1. _At the hour of prayer_] The Jews had their _stata precibus tempora, _ set hours of prayer...
_Now Peter and John_, &c. We are not informed when the fact here recorded took place; but it is probable it was during the days of the feast of pentecost, and while the city was still full of people;...
NINTH HOUR; three o'clock in the afternoon. The Jews had daily three hours of prayer, the third, sixth, and ninth, or at nine, twelve, and three o'clock. Daniel 6:10; PSALMS 55:17. Those who love God...
In this great work the apostles were not dealing only with large numbers. As Peter and John went to the temple, not to speak, but at the mid afternoon hour of prayer, they contacted a man lame from hi...
NOW PETER AND JOHN WENT UP TOGETHER TO THE TEMPLE AT THE HOUR OF PRAYER, THE NINTH _HOUR._ 1. Went to the temple - Why? Were the still observing Jewish worship? 1. There were not IN the temple. Only...
Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 'PETER AND JOHN'-We often find these two men mentioned together. They had been partners in. fishing busine...
1-11 The apostles and the first believers attended the temple worship at the hours of prayer. Peter and John seem to have been led by a Divine direction, to work a miracle on a man above forty years...
ACTS CHAPTER 3 ACTS 3:1 The lame man healed by Peter and John. ACTS 3:12 Peter declares to the people that this cure was not wrought by any power or holiness in himself or John, but by the power of Go...
III. 1 10. Thus far, the labors of the apostles had met with uninterrupted and most astonishing success. Luke is now about to introduce us to a series of conflicts, in which success and temporary defe...
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third Having fasted frequently, and having prayed to the Lord that He would show me the revelation which He promised to show me through that old woman, the same night that o...
Acts 3:1 Now G1161 Peter G4074 and G2532 John G2491 up G305 (G5707) together G1909 G846 to G15
THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLES (3:1-6:7). The pouring out of the Holy Spirit having taken place, and the infant church having been shown to be established, Luke now goes on to deal with the way in which...
THE HEALING OF THE LAME MAN (3:1-11). ‘Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.' Peter and John being together (compare Acts 1:13) seems to sugges...
_Healing of the Lame Man by Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple,_ 1-11. The writer of the ‘Acts,' after describing the inner life of the new society, takes up the thread of the story ag...
Acts 3:1. PETER AND JOHN WENT UP TOGETHER INTO THE TEMPLE. These two apostles are constantly mentioned as being together in the later portions of the Gospel, and the earlier ones of the ‘Acts.' They w...
WERE GOING UP (ανεβαινον). Descriptive imperfect active. They were ascending the terraces to the temple courts.THE NINTH (την ενατην). Our three o'clock in the afternoon, the time of the evening...
Acts 3 The Lame Man Healed We are reminded by this incident: I. That there are some things more valuable than money. Peter with his gift of healing was of infinitely greater service to this lame ma...
Acts 3:1 Look (1) at the social side, and (2) at the Apostolic side of this incident. I. The social side. (1) We may be able to carry the cripple while we are unable to heal him. Do what you can. (2)...
Acts 3:1 _(with Acts 4:4)_ St. Peter's Second Apology If the latter portion of this speech of St. Peter's be examined, it will be found that its central point, on which is thrown the chief weight of...
Acts 3:1. _Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour._ Peter and John seem to have been linked in closest friendship. Peter had been brought back...
CONTENTS: The lame man healed at the temple gate. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, John, lame man, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Pilate, Moses, Samuel. CONCLUSION: The hand of compassion, extended by Spirit-...
Acts 3:1. _Peter and John went into the temple at the hour of prayer._ Some read, At the same time Peter and John went into the temple, intimating that this was the afternoon of the day of pentecost....
One day Peter and John. These two worked together. The Jewish Christians naturally made the temple the center of their worship, and continued to keep many of the rituals (Acts 21:20-21). They also mad...
_Now Peter and John._ PETER AND JOHN The union of the two brings the narratives of the Gospels into an interesting connection with the Acts. They were probably about the same age (the idea that Peter...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 3:1. PETER AND JOHN.—The old companionship which had existed between these two disciples before the crucifixion (John 1:20; Matthew 17:1), and was resumed after the resurrectio...
EXPOSITION ACTS 3:1 _Were going up _for _went up together, _A.V. and T.R. PETER AND JOHN. The close friendship of these two apostles is remarkable. The origin of it appears to have been their partner...
Shall we turn to Acts, the third chapter. Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour (Acts 3:1). The day started at six o'clock in the morning, su...
1 Kings 18:36; Acts 10:3; Acts 10:30; Acts 2:46; Acts 4:13;...
Went up [α ν ε β α ι ν ο ν]. The imperfect : were going up. So Rev., ascending the terraces, on the highest of which the temple stood. Ninth hour. The time of the evening sacrifice; or, as the words...
A PITIFUL PAUPER AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE Acts 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is impossible for us even to suggest the many striking lessons that surround the story of the pitiful pauper at the Beautiful G...
The ninth hour — The Jews divided the time from sunrise to sunset into twelve hours; which were consequently of unequal length at different times of the year, as the days were longer or shorter. The t...
Observe here, 1. The remarkable diligence and industry of St. Peter and the other apostles in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. At the third hour of the day on the feast of Pentecost, that is, at...