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Acts 3:8
And he, leaping up, stood, and walked, and entered with them into the Temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
And he, leaping up, stood, and walked, and entered with them into the Temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
ACTS 3:8 periepa,tei In periphrastic fashion the Bezan text adds after periepa,tei the participle cairo,menoj (which Ropes, on the basis of the testimony of ith, thinks may be for cai,rwÉn kai. avgal...
Verse Acts 3:8. _WALKING AND LEAPING, AND PRAISING GOD._] These actions are very naturally described. _He walked_, in obedience to the command of the apostle, rise up and walk: _he leaped_, to try th...
AND HE, LEAPING UP - This was a natural expression of joy, and it was a striking fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 35:6; “Then shall the lame man leap as an hart.” The account here given is one th...
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)...
LEAPING UP. Greek. _exallomai._ Only here,. strong form of _hallomai._ LEAPING. Greek. _hallomai._ Only here, Acts 14:10, and John 4:14. Compare Isaiah 35:6. GOD. App-98. This man had never walked be...
_and he leaping up stood_ There is no hesitation in the man's manner; he does not question the power, but obeys at once. _entered with them into the temple_ He doubtless felt that this was the best v...
ἘΞΑΛΛΌΜΕΝΟΣ, _leaping up_. Thus manifesting his faith by his instant obedience, though his limbs must have shrivelled with forty years’ want of use. ΠΕΡΙΕΠΆΤΕΙ. Every word seems to express the man’s...
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,...
ΈΞΑΛΛΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (сопутств.) от_ ΈΞΆΛΛΟΜΑΙ (G1814) выпрыгивать, подпрыгивать, ΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_'ΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΠΕΡΙΕΠΆΤΕΙ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 3:6. Inch, _...
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...
WALKING, AND LEAPING, AND PRAISING GOD.— It was prophesied, Isaiah 35:6 that the lame man should leap as an hart. Now was that prophesy fulfilled, as well as by our Saviour's curing multitudes that ha...
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 leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. AND HE LEAPING UP STOOD, AND WALKED, AND ENTERED WITH THEM INTO THE TEMPLE, WALK...
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...
AND HE LEAPING UP STOOD. — The verb is a compound form of that in the LXX. version of Isaiah 35:6 — “The lame shall leap as a hart.” First there was the upward leap in the new consciousness of power;...
ἐξαλλόμενος : not leaping out of his couch (as has sometimes been supposed), of which there is no mention, but leaping up for joy (_cf._ Isaiah 55:12; Joel 2:5) (on the spelling with one λ see Blass,...
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...
The Greek describes the man leaping out of his place like a frog, and continuing to run round and round, following Peter and John into the temple, attracting the attention of everybody, because in for...
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 LEAPING UP,.... From off the bed or couch, or ground on which he lay: STOOD AND WALKED; stood firm and strong upon his feet, and walked about; by which it was abundantly manifest to himself an...
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. Ver. 8. _Into the temple_] There to hang up his crutches, as it were. _ Walking an...
_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...
SO HE, LEAPING UP, STOOD AND WALKED AND ENTERED THE TEMPLE WITH THEM-WALKING, LEAPING, AND PRAISING GOD. 1. How is this healing verified? Notice the words used. Leaping up - Stood - Walked - Entered...
And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 'LEAPING UP'-He knew right away what had happened. Again, let it be stre...
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...
Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, ISAIAH 35:6, THEN SHALL THE LAME MAN LEAP AS AN HART; and thus the lame man manifested that he was perfectly cured, though in an instant, WALKING, AND LEAPIN...
Acts 3:8 So G2532 up G1814 (G5740) stood G2476 (G5627) and G2532 walked G4043 (G5707) and G2
‘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...
Acts 3:8. AND ENTERED WITH THEM INTO THE TEMPLE. Instead of at once going to his home or any other place, his first thought seems to have been: ‘He would go into the sanctuary of his God and there ret...
_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...
LEAPING UP (εξαλλομενος). Present middle participle, leaping out repeatedly after Peter pulled him up. Only here in the N.T.HE STOOD (εστη). Second aorist active.WALKED (περιεπατε). Went on wal...
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....
HE JUMPED UP. This shows his happiness!...
_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...
AND HE LEAPING UP STOOD_._ THE HEALED MAN’S ACTIVITY AND GRATITUDE The evangelist describes minutely the actions of the lame man as soon as he began to believe that he was healed. First he leaped for...
_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 14:10; Isaiah 35:6; John 5:14; John 5:8; John 5:9;...
Leaping up [ε ξ α λ λ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Strictly, leaping forth. Only here in New Testament. Used in medical language of the sudden starting of a bone from the socket, of starting from sleep, or of the su...
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...