Acts 3:8-11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:9

Verse 9 9.And all the people saw. He beginneth now to declare the fruit of the miracle, to wit, that the cripple began to show his thankfulness by praising God, and that all the people were brought into great wondering. And here is a double fruit. For he which was healed doth acknowledge and set forth the benefit of God; on the other side, the people is moved, and the fame is spread abroad, many come to see it. And whereas Luke saith that they were filled with wondering, it doth only declare a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:11

Verse 11 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 and Ezra, ill the re-edifying and new building of the same temple, had imitated the same, so nigh as they could possibly devise. Afterward Herod renewed the same, and made it far more gorgeous, but that vain cost which he had bestowed had not yet blotted out the remembrance of Solomon in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:1-10

Helplessness and healing. In this interesting incident we have an illustration of the urgent spiritual necessities of our race, and of the sufficiency of the gospel to meet them. We have— I. A GREAT AND SAD CONTRAST . They brought daily to the Beautiful gate of the temple a lame beggar, who asked alms of all that entered ( Acts 3:2 , Acts 3:3 ). What a striking contrast is here!—the large, strong, handsome gate, wrought by the most skilful workmen, intended to add beauty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:1-10

The healing of the lame man. I. THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE CURE . Peter and John were going up in company to the temple at the evening hour of prayer. Here we see: 1. The fellowship of different orders of minds in Christ. None more diverse in character and temperament than the impulsive Peter and the contemplative John. 2. Prayer one of the bonds of this fellowship, as expressed in the beautiful hymn, " How blest the tie that binds!" 3. An example of the profit of set... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:1-10

The apostles workers of miracles. General introduction. The witnessing vocation of apostles required miracles—as signs of the kingdom of Christ; as attestations of apostolic authority; as appeals to the world, and to the Jewish people especially, to accept the new doctrine; as corresponding in some measure to the miracles of our Lord, and so perpetuating the blessing of his ministry which he himself promised in his last discourses, "Another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever" (... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:1-11

The unexpected gift. In one of those rapturous passages in which St. Paul tries to make human language express adequate thoughts of God, he speaks of God as "able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think" ( Ephesians 3:20 ). In saying so he does but mark, in one aspect, the distance between the finite and the infinite, and show how far the bounty of the infinite Giver outruns the desires of those who receive his gifts. The whole revelation of God's dealings with mankind... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:6-16

The power of Christ's Name. The Revised Version, in its rendering of Acts 3:16 , sets the Name forth even more prominently than the Authorized Version. It reads, "And by [or, 'on the ground of'] faith in his Name hath his Name made this man strong." This represents the actual order of the Greek words. The incident is so graphically described by Luke, that a suggestive picture of the scene may be given as introduction. The point of difference between this and our Lord's miracles which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:8

And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk, for and he, leaping up, stood and walked, A.V.; he entered for entered, A.V. Into the temple ( τὸ ἱερόν ). He passed through the gate, and mounted the fifteen steps which led into the ἄγιον (see note to Acts 3:2 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:10

Took knowledge of him for knew, A.V. Wonder and amazement ( θάμβος ); any very strong emotion of awe, or admiration, or astonishment. It occurs elsewhere only in Luke 4:36 , where it describes the awe and amazement which came upon those who witnessed the casting out of the unclean spirit from the man in the synagogue at Capernaum. The verb θαμβέω occurs in Acts 9:6 in the T.R., and is rendered "astonished" in the A.V., but is omitted in the text of the R.V.; elsewhere only in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:11

He for the lame man which was healed, A.V. and T.R. The words of the T.R. are thought to have crept into the text from the portions read in church beginning here, which made it necessary to supply them. Held ; by the hand or otherwise; not have to in the spiritual sense. The porch that is called Solomon's. Josephus tells us that King Solomon built up with masonry only the eastern side of the temple enclosure, and that upon the artificial foundation thus formed one στοά , or covered... read more

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