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Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
Verse Acts 3:13. _THE GOD OF ABRAHAM_, c.] This was wisely introduced, to show them that HE whom they called _their God_ had acknowledged Jesus Christ for _his Son_, and wrought this miracle in his na...
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM - He is called the God of Abraham because Abraham acknowledged him as his God, and because God showed himself to be his friend. Compare Matthew 22:32; Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:15;...
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...
SPEECH OF PETER. Acts 3:12. The Facts. The idea and arrangement of the speech closely resemble that of Acts 2:14; it exhibits the style of controversy with the Jews. The hearers are addressed as men o...
A NOTABLE DEED IS DONE (Acts 3:1-10)...
As he clung to Peter and John everyone came running to them in the colonnade which is called Solomon's, in a state of complete astonishment. When Peter saw them he said to them, "Men of Israel, why ar...
GLORIFIED. Greek. _doxazo._ See note on p. 1511. SON. Servant. App-108. Compare Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:6; Matthew 12:18. DELIVERED UP. Greek. _paradidomi._ See note on...
_hath glorified his Son Jesus_ The Greek is not υἱός but παῖς, and should be rendered SERVANT, and this would carry the mind back, as St Peter no doubt intended, to Isaiah 42:1, "Behold my _servant_wh...
Omit αὐτὸν after ἨΡΝΉΣΑΣΘΕ with אABC and many cursives. _Vulg_. ‘et negastis ante faciem Pilati.’ 13. Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ἈΒΡΑᾺΜ Κ.Τ.Λ. The crowd of listening Jews must have been sorely troubled to be told that t...
ST PETER’S DISCOURSE TO THE CROWD...
_AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL ACTS 3:11-18:_ The man that was healed to Peter and John. He knew that they were instruments through whom God had worked. The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of...
ΈΔΌΞΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΞΆΩ (G1392) прославлять, почитать, возвышать, превозносить, являть величие (TLNT, 1:376; GELTS, 119). ΠΑΪΔΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΠΑΙΣ (G3816) дитя, слуга (TDNT). Должно быть...
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, &C.— This was wisely introduced here by St. Peter in the beginning of his discourse, that it might be evident he taught no new religion inconsistent with the Mosaic, and was far fr...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH ACTS 3:11-26. Acts 3:11 And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon'S, greatly wondering. Acts 3:12 And when Peter sa...
See notes on verse 11...
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him...
13 The word "Boy" is here used because it, like its Greek equivalent, may be used both of a child and a servant. The common version renders it _ servant_, _ child _ and _ son_. Each of these, however,...
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...
PETER'S SPEECH. Peter affirms that the miracle has been performed through faith in Jesus, who, though crucified, was truly the Messiah, as was shown by His Resurrection. The Apostle takes a lenient vi...
HATH GLORIFIED] viz. by raising Him from the dead, seating Him at His right hand, and enduing Him with almighty power, of which the miracle upon the lame man is a proof. HIS SON] or, 'Child.' But man...
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...
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB. — Here again we have an echo of our Lord’s teaching. That Name had been uttered in the precincts of the Temple, not improbably in the self-same portico,...
ὁ Θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ κ. τ. λ.: the words were wisely chosen, not only to gain attention and to show that the speaker identified himself with the nation and hope of Israel, but also because in Jesus St. Peter...
SEARCHING WORDS Acts 3:11-26 Peter's sermon was delivered in the eastern colonnade of the Temple. It derived its name probably from the fact that Solomon's Porch had originally occupied that site. Th...
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...
Preaching In Solomon's Porch With the now healed lame man holding onto each of them, it was natural that a crowd would gather around Peter and John. Peter, empowered by the Holy Spirit to speak, seize...
Who does not admire, in this second discourse of St. Peter, as well as in his first, the prudence and discretion, with which he blames the Jews? He reproaches them, but with such mildness, as not to o...
Here Peter boldly certifies to the multitude that the same Jesus of Nazareth, whom they had crucified, had so miraculously restored the notable cripple at the Beautiful Gate....
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. (12) And when Peter saw it, he answered unto t...
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...
13, 14._The God of Abraham. _He addeth a remedy now in calling them back unto Christ. And the sum is this, That this is God’s purpose in those miracles which he worketh by the apostles to set forth th...
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,...
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB,.... These titles and epithets of God, which are used in the Old Testament, Exodus 3:6 the apostle chooses to retain, partly to distinguish him from the...
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let _him...
_And when Peter saw it_ When he saw a crowd of people collected together, and found that they were exceedingly affected with the miracle that had been wrought, he took that favourable opportunity to p...
GLORIFIED HIS SON; by showing in his resurrection and ascension that he was the Messiah, and that his claim to be divine was just....
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...
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS, GLORIFIED HIS SERVANT JESUS, WHOM YOU DELIVERED UP AND DENIED IN THE PRESENCE OF PILATE, WHEN HE WAS DETERMINED TO LET _HIM_ GO. 1. A com...
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release...
12-18 Observe the difference in the manner of working the miracles. Our Lord always spoke as having Almighty power, never hesitated to receive the greatest honour that was given to him on account of...
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB; he mentions them, because the promise of the Messiah was made to them, HATH GLORIFIED HIS SON JESUS; or his servant, for so also he is called, ISAIAH 53...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews slay Him, saying to Pilate, when he was desirous to dismiss Him, "His blood be upon us, and upon our children; "[122]...
Acts 3:13 God G2316 Abraham G11 G2532 Isaac G2464 and G2532 Jacob G2384 God G2316 our G2257 fathers...
PETER'S SECOND PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE (3:12-26). As in his first message Peter first refers back to the past, but this time it is to ‘the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob', the ones who had receive...
“The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release...
_Second Discourse of St. Peter,_ 12-26. This second sermon of St. Peter is even more briefly reported than the first. Compared with the summary Divine wisdom has preserved for us in the ‘Acts,' it mus...
Acts 3:13. THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS. No words could have riveted the attention of the people like these. ‘ _We_ have not done this great thing which so as...
HIS SERVANT JESUS (τον παιδα Ιησουν). This phrase occurs in Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 52:13 about the Messiah except the name "Jesus" which Peter adds, the first part of the quotation is from Exodus 3:6;...
Acts 3:12 The speech of Peter may be regarded in four aspects: I. As showing the false method of looking at human affairs. "As though through our own power of holiness we had made this man to walk....
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...
You remember, dear friends, how Peter denied his Lord in the time of his trial. Now notice what a change was wrought in him after the Holy Spirit had fallen upon him on the day of Pentecost. We have o...
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....
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. The God whom they and their ancestors worshiped. TO HIS SERVANT JESUS. Peter sees in Jesus, the _fulfilled promise_ of God to Abraham. God _has given_ glory to Je...
_All the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering._ SOLOMON’S PORCH The porch--or better, portico or cloister--was outside the temple, on the eastern sid...
_The God of Abraham … hath glorified His Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up._ ST. PETER’S TESTIMONY I. The vindication of Christianity from a Jewish standpoint. “The God of Abraham,” etc., not God gener...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:11 Peter’s second sermon in the temple area was primarily a call for Jews to repent of their rejection of Jesus as Messiah. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:13 The reference to Jesus as God’s SERVANT recalls Isaiah 52:13. you delivered over and denied.... you denied.... you killed
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 3:11. For THE LAME MAN WHICH WAS HEALED the best codices read _he_. THE PORCH (or portico) THAT IS CALLED SOLOMON’S ran along the eastern wall of the temple on both sides of th...
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...
Acts 13:27; Acts 13:28; Acts 2:23; Acts 2:24; Acts 2:33;...
His son [π α ι δ α]. Rightly, servant, as Rev. See on Luke 1:54. The A. V. renders, in Matthew 12:18, servant, quoting from Isaiah 42:1; but elsewhere, where applied to Jesus, son or child, which Rev....
The God of our fathers — This was wisely introduced in the beginning of his discourse, that it might appear they taught no new religion, inconsistent with that of Moses, and were far from having the l...
Observe her, 1. How St. Peter lays hold upon this opportunity, (when the people are gathered together to gaze upon this lame beggar) to preach. second awakening sermon to the Jews; in which he rebukes...