Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 3:16
His name — Himself: his power and love. The faith which is by him — Of which he is the giver, as well as the object.
His name — Himself: his power and love. The faith which is by him — Of which he is the giver, as well as the object.
ACTS 3:16 The text of the first part of ver. Acts 3:16 is exceedingly awkward; literally it runs, “And by faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you behold and know.” The proposal...
Verse Acts 3:16. _AND HIS NAME_] JESUS, the Saviour: _through faith in his_ _name_, as the _Saviour, and author of life_, and all its concomitant blessings, such as _health_, c. It is not quite clear...
AND HIS NAME - The “name” of Jesus is here put for Jesus himself, and it is the same as saying “and he,” etc. In this way the word name is often used by the Hebrews, especially when speaking of God, A...
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...
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...
A NOTABLE DEED IS DONE (Acts 3:1-10)...
THROUGH. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. FAITH. Greek. _pistis._ App-150. IN. of. MADE... STRONG. See Acts 3:7. THIS MAN. this one. SEE. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. PER...
_And his name_, &c. There is more force in retaining the order of the Greek, AND THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME, HIS NAME HATH MADE STRONG THIS MAN WHOM YE SEE AND KNOW. This use of _name_= power, and even...
ΚΑῚ ἘΠῚ ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΊΣΤΕΙ Κ.Τ.Λ., _and on the ground of faith in His name, His name hath made strong this man whom ye see and know_. This use of name = power, and even as an absolute equivalent for God, is...
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...
ΘΕΩΡΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) смотреть, наблюдать, ΟΪΔΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G2322) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ΈΣΤΕΡΈΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 3:7. ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor....
AND HIS NAME THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME— _And by faith in his name he hath strengthened this man, whom you see and known; yea, his name, and the faith which is in him, hath given him this perfect sound...
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...
16. But Peter does not stop short with this climax, terminating in the resurrection from the dead. He proceeds to prove his present power and glory by the facts which were then filling them with amaze...
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. AND HIS NAME...
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,...
3:16 by (b-2) _ Epi_ . see Note, 1 Corinthians 1:4 ....
HIS NAME] virtually His Power....
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...
HIS NAME THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME. — We have, in technical language, the efficient cause distinguished from the indispensable condition of its action. The Name did not work as a formula of incantatio...
ἐπὶ : so T.R., and so Weiss and Wendt: “on the ground of faith in His name,” R.V. margin; _cf._ Luke 5:5 (not expressing the aim as if it meant with a view to faith in His name). But the name is no me...
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...
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: (d) yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. (d) Becaus...
FAITH 16. _“And upon the faith of his name, his name hath restored this one whom ye see and know, and faith through him hath given him this soundness in presence of you all.”_ From this verse it is ve...
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...
16._And in the faith of his name. _When as he saith _in the faith of his name, and his name; _and again, the _faith which is by him; _this repetition is a token of a fervent affection, for because he...
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 HIS NAME, THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME,.... That is, the name of Christ, or the power of Christ, through the faith of the apostles in him, while they made use of his name, and said, "in the name of J...
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Ver. 16. _And...
_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...
HIS NAME; his power. FAITH-HATH GIVEN HIM THIS PERFECT SOUNDNESS; faith was the means, Peter the instrument, and Christ the cause of the cure. Not only the manner in which Christ wrought miracles, but...
AND HIS NAME, THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME, HATH MADE THIS MAN STRONG WHOM YE SEE AND KNOW; YEA, THE FAITH WHICH IS BY HIM HATH GIVEN HIM THIS PERFECT SOUNDNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF YOU ALL....
The basis of the present facts in prophecy:...
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 HIS NAME, THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME, HAS MADE THIS MAN STRONG, WHOM YOU SEE AND KNOW. YES, THE FAITH WHICH _COMES_ THROUGH HIM HAS GIVEN HIM THIS PERFECT SOUNDNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF YOU ALL. 1....
And by faith in his name hath his name made this man strong, whom ye behold and know: yea, the faith which is through him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 'AND BY FAI...
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...
HIS NAME; his power; for by it he is known, as men or things are by their several names; or the _name_ of Christ is put for Christ himself, as the name of God is put for God commonly. THROUGH FAITH IN...
16. But Peter does not stop short with this climax, terminating in the resurrection from the dead. He proceeds to prove his present power and glory by the facts which were then filling them with amaze...
Acts 3:16 And G2532 His G846 name G3686 through G1909 faith G4102 His G846 name G3686 made G4732 man...
“And by faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you behold and know: yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.” And the fac...
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...
Acts 3:16. AND HIS NAME THROUGH FAITH IN HIS NAME HATH MADE THIS MAN STRONG, WHOM YE SEE AND KNOW. We will take these words in the order of the original Greek: ‘And through faith in His name.' Peter h...
_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...
BY FAITH IN HIS NAME (τη πιστε του ονοματος αυτου). Instrumental case of πιστε (Aleph and B do not have επ) and objective genitive of ονοματος.HIS NAME (το ονομα αυτου). Repeats the word name to...
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....
IT WAS THE POWER OF HIS NAME. On the basis of faith in his name. His name is not a _charm_ for driving out evil spirits (Acts 19:13). When nine of his apostles could not drive out a demon, Jesus said:...
_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...
_And His name through faith in His name hath made this man strong._ THE POWER OF FAITH Faith in the name of Jesus is faith in Himself. The result of its exercise here was a manifest continuance of w...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:16 BY FAITH IN HIS NAME refers to Peter’s faith, not to faith on the part of the lame man. THE FAITH THAT IS THROUGH JESUS. Jesus himself gives believers this kind of miracle-worki...
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
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...
1 Corinthians 13:2; Acts 14:9; Acts 19:13; Acts 16:18; Acts 3:6;...
Through faith [ε π ι τ η π ι σ τ ε ι] Note the article : the faith which we had; not the cripple's faith, which was not demanded as a condition of his cure. Through faith [ε π ι] is rather on account...