Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Acts 3:11-26
ST PETER’S DISCOURSE TO THE CROWD
ST PETER’S DISCOURSE TO THE CROWD
ACTS 3:11 The two forms of text of this verse involve a particularly difficult set of problems, some textual, some archaeological. Instead of the usual text, codex Bezae reads evkporeuome,nou de. tou...
Verse Acts 3:11. _HELD PETER AND JOHN_] He felt the strongest affection for them, as the _instruments_ by which the Divine influence was converted to his diseased body. _IN THE PORCH THAT IS CALLED S...
HELD PETER AND JOHN - The word “held” means that he “adhered” to them; he “joined himself” to them; he was desirous of “remaining” with them and “participating” with them. “He clung to his benefactors...
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...
ACTS 3:11. There is an interesting variant in D: But when Peter and John were going out, he went with them holding them, and they stood astonished in the porch which is called Solomon's. The scribe wh...
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...
THE LAME... HEALED. The texts read "he". UNTO. Greek. _p_. _o_ s. App-104. IN. App-104. PORCH, &C. See note on John 10:23. GREATLY WONDERING. Only here. Compare Mark 11:33. This miracle was signifi...
St Peter's discourse to the crowd 11. _And as the lame man which was healed held Peter_, &c. The oldest MSS. give _And as he held Peter_, &c. The additional words have crept in from some marginal not...
_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...
ΚΡΑΤΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΡΑΤΈΩ (G2902) держать. _Gen. abs._ ("когда он держал") ΣΥΝΈΔΡΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΤΡΈΧΩ (G4936) бежать вместе, ΣΤΟΆ (G4745) крытая колоннада, портик...
HELD PETER AND JOHN,— The man still hung about his two benefactors, as fearing perhaps that he should lose the use of his limbs again, if he parted with them; for he could scarce yet, for joy, believe...
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...
11-15. The apostles took a position in one of the open colonnades which faced the inner side of the temple wall, called Solomon's Portico. (11) "_And while the lame man who was healed was holding fast...
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. AND AS THE LAME MAN WHICH WAS HEALED HELD P...
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...
SOLOMON'S] see on John 10:23, and cp. Acts 5:12....
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...
IN THE PORCH THAT IS CALLED SOLOMON’S. — The porch — or better, _portico_ or _cloister_ — was outside the Temple, on the eastern side. It consisted, in the Herodian Temple, of a double row of Corinthi...
κρατοῦντος : in his joy and gratitude, “holding them” in a physical sense, although it is possible that it signifies that the healed man joined himself to the Apostles more closely as a follower (Acts...
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 as the lame man which was healed (b) held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. (b) Either because he loved them who had...
_As he held Peter and John. That is, kept close by them, and with them, out of joy and gratitude. (Witham)_...
Now the apostles have entered Solomon's porch, running the entire width of the temple, fronting eastward. Meanwhile the ecstatic man so miraculously healed at the Beautiful Gate is holding them by the...
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...
11._In the porch. _It is like that there was a porch built in that place where Solomon’s porch was sometimes, and that it took the name therefrom. For the old temple was pulled down, but Zerubbabel an...
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 AS THE LAME MAN WHICH WAS HEALED,.... This is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, and in the Alexandrian copy, which only read, and as he HELD PETER AND JOHN; by their c...
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. Ver. 11. _Held Peter and John_] Fearing perha...
_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 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. The attention of the apostles having thus been...
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...
NOW AS THE LAME MAN WHO WAS HEALED HELD ON TO PETER AND JOHN, ALL THE PEOPLE RAN TOGETHER TO THEM IN THE PORCH WHICH IS CALLED SOLOMON ' S, GREATLY AMAZED. 1. The healed man began to cling to Peter a...
And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 'AS HE HELD PETER AND JOHN'-'Held them firmly' (Vincent p. 460). 'in his...
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...
HELD PETER AND JOHN, in an ecstasy of thankfulness unto them, they having been the instruments of so great a mercy from God towards him; as also out of fear, lest when they were gone he might relapse:...
11-15. The apostles took a position in one of the open colonnades which faced the inner side of the temple wall, called Solomon's Portico. (11) " And while the lame man who was healed was holding fast...
Acts 3:11 Now G1161 man G5560 healed G2390 (G5685) held G2902 (G5723) Peter G4074 and G2532 John...
‘And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.' The contrast here is significant. The man held on to Peter and John, full...
_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 3:11. AND AS THE LAME MAN WHICH WAS HEALED HELD PETER AND JOHN. That is, while he was holding them fast or keeping near them (see De Wette), perhaps, as Alford suggests, in the ardour of his grat...
The Codex Bezae adds "as Peter and John went out."AS HE HELD (κρατουντος αυτου). Genitive absolute of κρατεω, to hold fast, with accusative rather than genitive to get hold of (Acts 27:13). Old and c...
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)...
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....
AND RAN TO THEM. The healing draws a crowd!...
_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...
_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...
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...
Acts 2:6; Acts 5:12; John 10:23; Luke 8:38...
The lame man which was healed. The best texts omit. Render as he held. Held [κ ρ α τ ο υ ν τ ο ς]. Held them firmly, took fast hold. The verb from kratov, strength. Greatly wondering [ε κ θ α μ β ο...
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...