Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 3:7
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up; and immediately his feet and ankle-bones received strength.
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up; and immediately his feet and ankle-bones received strength.
Verse Acts 3:7. _IMMEDIATELY HIS FEET AND ANCLE BONES RECEIVED STRENGTH_] The suddenness of the cure was the _proof_ of the miracle: his walking and leaping were the _evidences_ of it....
AND HE TOOK HIM - He took hold of his hand. To take hold of the hand in such a ease was an offer of aid, an indication that Peter was sincere, and was an inducement to him to make an effort. This may...
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...
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...
A NOTABLE DEED IS DONE (Acts 3:1-10)...
TOOK. Greek. _piazo._ See note on John 11:57. LIFTED. raised, as in Acts 3:6. IMMEDIATELY. Greek. _parachrema._ Occurs nineteen times, of which ten are in Luke and seven in Acts. FEET. Greek. _b_ a...
_his feet and ankle bones_ The words in the original are found nowhere else in the N. T. They are of a technical character, and their use, together with the other features of exact description of the...
ἬΓΕΙΡΕΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ with אABCG. The _Vulg_. has the pronoun twice expressed. 7. ΑἹ ΒΆΣΕΙΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΑῚ ΤᾺ ΣΦΥΡΆ. These words are found nowhere else in the N.T. They are of a technical character, and their u...
Acts 3:1-10. HEALING OF THE LAME MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE...
_A NOTABLE MIRACLE WAS PERFORMED ACTS 3:6-10:_ How disappointed the poor man must have been when the apostles told him that they had no money. His disappointment quickly turned to joy when they said,...
ΠΙΆΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΙΆΖΩ (G4084) хватать. _Сопутств. part._ или _part._ образа действия, ΉΓΕΙΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) поднимать, ΠΑΡΑΧΡΉΜΑ (G3916) немедленно. ΈΣΤΕΡΕΏΘΗΣΑΝ _ao...
DISCOURSE: 1742 THE CRIPPLE HEALED Acts 3:6. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by...
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...
See notes on verse 1...
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 w...
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...
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...
HIS FEET. — Better, _his soles._ The precision with which the process is described is characteristic of the medical historian. Both this term and the “ankle bones” employed are more or less technical,...
πιάσας, _cf._ Acts 12:4 : so in LXX, Song of Solomon 2:15, Sir 23:21, A. _al_. χειρὸς very similar to, if not exactly, a partitive genitive, found after verbs of touching, etc., inasmuch as the touchi...
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...
"What I Do Have I Give You" As Peter and John approached him, the lame man asked them to give him alms. Both apostles looked at him and Peter asked him to look at them. The beggar turned expecting to...
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...
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. (6) Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up an...
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...
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,...
AND HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND,.... In imitation of Christ, whom he had often seen using the same action on such occasions: AND LIFT HIM UP; believing he was cured, and that it might be manifest....
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted _him_ up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Ver. 7. _His feet and ankle bones_] "The Lord raiseth them that are crooked," but ...
_Who, seeing Peter and John, asked an alms_ As it seems he did of all who entered in at the gate where he sat begging: an alms was the utmost he expected from them or any others. _And Peter, fastening...
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...
AND HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND AND LIFTED _HIM_ UP, AND IMMEDIATELY HIS FEET AND ANKLE BONES RECEIVED STRENGTH. 1. Luke, the doctor, tells us the problem. It was not his hip, knees, muscle or nerv...
And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength. 'HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND, AND RAISED HIM UP'-'and hence implies taking hold...
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...
HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND; not disdaining to take hold of a poor cripple or beggar; as also being fully persuaded of Christ's presence with him for his cure. AND IMMEDIATELY, that it might the mor...
Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate Another said: I was crooked; and seeing him, I cried, Have mercy upon me, O Lord. And he took me by the hand, and I was immediately raised.[87]...
Acts 3:7 And G2532 took G4084 (G5660) him G846 right G1188 hand G5495 up G1453 (G5656) and G1
‘And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up, and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength. And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the te...
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...
_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 3:7. AND HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND. To the word of command, Peter, following his Master's example in such cases (see Mark 9:27), grasps him by the right hand, thus encouraging him to obey the...
TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND (πιασας αυτον της δεξιας χειρος). Doric form πιαζω for πιεζω. Genitive of the part affected. Peter had to pull him up on his feet before he would try 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...
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. _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....
AND HELPED HIM UP. Faith is action! Note _when_ the man's feet and ankles became strong....
_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...
Acts 9:41; Luke 13:13; Mark 1:31; Mark 5:41; Mark 9:27...
He took [π ι α σ α ς]. The verb means originally to press or squeeze; and hence implies taking hold with a firm grasp. Feet [β α σ ε ι ς]. A peculiar, technical word, used by Luke only, and described...
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...