Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Acts 3:10
They knew. — Better, they recognised him that it was he.
They knew. — Better, they recognised him that it was he.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE ... - The people who had been accustomed to see him sit in a public place. AND THEY KNEW ... - In this they could not be deceived; they had seen him a long time, and now they saw t...
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)...
KNEW. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132. FOR. Greek. _pros._ AMAZEMENT. Greek. _ekstasis,_ ecstasy. See note on Mark 5:42....
_and they knew that it was he_, &c. The same verb is rendered (Acts 4:13) _they took knowledge_, and that sense is perhaps the better here. It can hardly have been intended to say that the whole of th...
ἘΠΕΓΊΝΩΣΚΟΝ. This verb is rendered _they took knowledge_ in Acts 4:13, and that is the better sense here. It can hardly be intended to say that the whole of the people present knew the man. For the co...
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,...
ΈΠΕΓΊΝΩΣΚΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1921) признавать, знать. Inch, _impf._ "они начали понимать" (RWP). ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) сидеть, ΈΠΛΉΣΘΗΣΑΝ _a...
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 they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. AND THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS HE...
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...
ἐπεγίνωσκόν τε : “took knowledge of him” or perhaps better still “recognised”. The word is so used of recognising any one by sight, hearing, or certain signs, to perceive who a person is (Grimm), _cf....
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...
So the multitude all _“ran to him, filled with astonishment and delight.”_ The Greek word which is translated _“delight”_ is _ecstasy_, a very strong word. Oh, how his old acquaintances are astounded...
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 all the people saw him walking and praising God: (10) And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that wh...
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 THEY KNEW IT WAS HE THAT SAT FOR ALMS,.... The Syriac version renders it, "they knew him to be that beggar that sat daily and asked alms". As he was daily brought thither, and had, for many years,...
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. Ver. 10. _And they knew_] Ther...
_And all the people_ Who were there present; _saw him walking_ In the court of the temple; _and_ heard him _praising God_ In this uncommon ecstasy of delight; _and they knew that it was he which sat f...
AND THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS HE WHICH SAT FOR ALMS AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE; AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH WONDER AND AMAZEMENT AT THAT WHICH HAD HAPPENED UNTO HIM....
The miracle of healing:...
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...
THEN THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS HE WHO SAT BEGGING ALMS AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE; AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH WONDER AND AMAZEMENT AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM. 1. All who saw it were filled with...
and they took knowledge of him, that it was he that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. 'AND THEY'-Th...
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...
THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS HE; the very same lame beggar, probably notoriously known to many. THEY WERE FILLED WITH WONDER AND AMAZEMENT AT THAT WHICH HAD HAPPENED UNTO HIM; being so much contrary to what...
Acts 3:10 Then G5037 knew G1921 (G5707) that G3754 it G846 was G2258 (G5713) he G3778 who...
‘And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and they took knowledge of him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazemen...
Acts 3:9-10. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAW HIM WALKING. The crowds in the temple-court knew him as he walked among them for that helpless beggar whom they had seen so many times lying by the ‘Beautiful Gate;...
_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...
THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE OF HIM (επεγινωσκον). Imperfect active, inchoative, began to perceive.WERE FILLED (επλησθησαν). Effective first aorist passive.AT THAT WHICH HAD HAPPENED (τω συμβεβηκοτ). Pe...
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 3:10 The architecture of the old Jewish Temple may serve us for a parable today. The truth that it suggests will be the harmony between a noble undertaking and a beautiful beginning that every tr...
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....
THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH SURPRISE AND AMAZEMENT. The beggar was well known by the people, and they saw him "walking and jumping and praising God....
_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 2:12; Acts 2:7; Acts 3:2; Acts 4:14; Acts 4:21;...
They knew [ε π ε γ ι ν ω σ κ ο ν]. Or recognized. Rev., took knowledge. Wonder [θ α μ β ο υ ς]. Used by Luke only. See on Luke 4:36. Amazement [ε κ σ τ α σ ε ω ς]. See on Mark 5:42; and compare Luke...
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...