Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 3:12
Peter answered the people — Who were running together, and inquiring into the circumstances of the fact.
Peter answered the people — Who were running together, and inquiring into the circumstances of the fact.
ACTS 3:12 euvsebei,a| The word euvsebei,a|, which is, as Lake and Cadbury declare, “certainly the right reading,” 99 was taken as evxousi,a| in some early versions (ith, p, some manuscripts of the Vu...
Verse Acts 3:12. _AS THOUGH BY OUR OWN POWER_] δυναμει, _Miraculous_ _energy_. _OR HOLINESS_] Η ευσεβεια, Meaning _religious attachment_ to the _worship_ of God. Do not think that we have wrought th...
WHEN PETER SAW IT - Saw the people assembling in such multitudes and wondering at the miracle. HE ANSWERED - The word “answer,” with us, implies that a question had been asked, or that some subject ha...
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...
YE MEN OF ISRAEL. Literally Men, Israelites. See note on Acts 1:11. LOOK YE SO EARNESTLY. Greek. _atenizo,_ App-133. ON. to. POWER. Greek. _dunamis._ App-172. HOLINESS. godliness. Compare App-137....
_when Peter saw it_ i.e. their wonder, as may be inferred from his opening words. _he answered_ Often used although no previous remark or question precedes. Cp. Acts 5:8, where Peter is said to have...
ST PETER’S DISCOURSE TO THE CROWD...
ἸΔῺΝ ΔΈ. Seeing, viz. their astonishment, as we may gather from his opening words, τί θαυμάζετε. ἈΠΕΚΠΊΝΑΤΟ, _gave answer_, i.e. to their looks, for there had been no words. This word, like the Hebr....
_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...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part._ См. ст. 3. ΆΠΕΚΡΊΝΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΈΠ ΤΟΎΤΩ этому — либо исцеленному человеку, _masc._, либо акту исцеления, _n._ (Haenchen). ΕΎΣΕΒ...
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...
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to 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...
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...
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...
WHY LOOK YE SO EARNESTLY ON US? — The verb is the same as that in Acts 3:4. The pronoun stands emphatically at the beginning of the verse — _Why is it on us that ye gaze?_ AS THOUGH BY OUR OWN.... HOL...
This address of St. Peter divides itself into two parts, 12 16, 17 26, and although it covers much of the same ground as in chap. 2, there is no need to regard it with Overbeck and Holtzmann as unhist...
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...
(2) And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to wal...
_Peter seeing, made answer to the people. This is the second sermon, that is related, which, as St. John Chrysostom, observes, was spoken publicly in the temple. --- Why look you upon us? St. Peter, a...
Meanwhile, Peter responded to the people: _“Israelitish men, why do ye gaze upon us as that by our power or holiness we have caused this man to run around?”_ Remember that the Greek word here translat...
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...
12._Men of Israel _He beginneth his sermon with a reproving of the people. And yet doth he not simply reprove them because they wonder; for that was altogether profitable and worthy praise; but becaus...
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 WHEN PETER SAW IT,.... That the people ran to them, and looked wistly upon them, and wondered at what was done: HE ANSWERED UNTO THE PEOPLE, YE MEN OF ISRAEL, WHY MARVEL YE AT THIS? either at thi...
And when Peter saw _it_, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?...
_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...
Good men, when their efforts to be useful succeed, will not ascribe it to their own wisdom, power, or goodness, but to the grace and power of Christ, and they will give him the glory....
AND WHEN PETER SAW IT, HE ANSWERED UNTO THE PEOPLE, YE MEN OF ISRAEL, WHY MARVEL YE AT THIS, OR WHY LOOK YE SO EARNESTLY ON US, AS THOUGH BY OUR OWN POWER OR HOLINESS WE HAD MADE THIS MAN TO WALK?...
THE ADDRESS OF PETER IN THE TEMPLE. An emphatic application of the Law:...
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 WHEN PETER SAW _IT,_ HE RESPONDED TO THE PEOPLE: " MEN OF ISRAEL, WHY DO YOU MARVEL AT THIS? OR WHY LOOK SO INTENTLY AT US, AS THOUGH BY OUR OWN POWER OR GODLINESS WE HAD MADE THIS MAN WALK? 1. W...
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk? 'WHY...
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...
HE ANSWERED, for he said, an ordinary Hebraism, though no question was put unto him: thus the evangelist tells us that our Saviour _answered and said, _ when there was no previous question spoken of,...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Unto you first, God, having raised up His Son, sent Him blessing you, that each may turn himself from his iniquities."[175]...
Acts 3:12 So G1161 Peter G4074 saw G1492 (G5631) responded G611 (G5662) to G4314 people G2992 Men...
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...
‘And when Peter saw it, he answered, saying to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? or why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made...
_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 3:12. AND WHEN PETER SAW IT, HE ANSWERED UNTO THE PEOPLE, etc. The wondering gaze of the throng in the temple-court seemed to ask, ‘What mighty power is possessed by these men? What holy men must...
ANSWERED (απεκρινατο). First aorist middle indicative. The people looked their amazement and Peter answered that.YE MEN OF ISRAEL (Ανδρες Ισραηλειτα). Covenant name and so conciliatory, the stock...
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 3:12 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....
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....
WHEN PETER SAW THE PEOPLE. Here was an opportunity to proclaim the Good News of God's act in Christ....
_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...
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. ⇐...
_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...
2 Corinthians 3:5; Acts 10:25; Acts 10:26; Acts 13:26; Acts 14:11;...
He answered. The question expressed in the people's explanations of surprise. Men of Israel. Lit., men, Israelites. An honorable and conciliatory form of address. The term Israelite gradually gave pla...