Acts 3:2-11 KJV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:9

And all the people ,.... That were in the temple, saw him walking ; who before lay on a couch, or on the ground, and was so lame, that he was obliged to be carried; and praising God ; for this miraculous cure. The Arabic version renders it, "saw him walking to praise God": that is, entering into the temple with the apostles, in order to offer up the sacrifice of praise to God there. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:10

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, it is very likely, sat there to ask alms of the people as they went into the temple; he was well known by them, and they had but just now passed him, and observed him in the same condition he had for a long time been, and knew him to be the same. It was a clear and indisputable point with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:11

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 clothes or arms, either through fear, lest his lameness should return on their leaving him; or rather out of affection to them for the favour he had received, and therefore hung about them, and was loath to part with them; unless it was to make them known, and point them out as the authors... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:2

A - man lame from his mother's womb - The case of this man must have been well known: from the long standing of his infirmity: from his being daily exposed in a place so public. It appears that he had no power to walk, and was what we term a cripple, for he was carried to the gate of the temple, and laid there in order to excite compassion. These circumstances are all marked by St. Luke, the more fully to show the greatness and incontestable nature of the miracle. The gate - which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:4

Look on us - He wished to excite and engage his attention that he might see what was done to produce his miraculous cure, and, it is likely, took this occasion to direct his faith to Jesus Christ. See note on Acts 3:16 ; (note). Peter and John probably felt themselves suddenly drawn by the Holy Spirit to pronounce the healing name in behalf of this poor man. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:5

Expecting to receive something of them - Because it was a constant custom for all who entered the temple to carry money with them to give to the treasury, or to the poor, or to both. It was on this ground that the friends of the lame man laid him at the gate of the temple, as this was the most likely place to receive alms. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:6

Silver and gold have I none - Though it was customary for all those who entered the temple to carry some money with them, for the purposes mentioned above, yet so poor were the apostles that their had nothing to give, either to the sacred treasury, or to the distressed. The popish writers are very dexterous at forming analogies between St. Peter and the pope; but it is worthy of note that they have not attempted any here. Even the judicious and generally liberal Calmet passes by this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:7

Immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength - The suddenness of the cure was the proof of the miracle: his walking and leaping were the evidences of it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:8

Walking and leaping, and praising God - These actions are very naturally described. He walked, in obedience to the command of the apostle, rise up and walk: he leaped, to try the strength of his limbs and to be convinced of the reality of the cure: he praised God, as a testimony of the gratitude he felt for the cure he had received. Now was fulfilled, in the most literal manner, the words of the Prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 35:6 ; : The lame man shall leap as a hart. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:9

And all the people saw him - The miracle was wrought in the most public manner, and in the most public place, and in a place where the best judgment could be formed of it; for, as it was a Divine operation, the priests, etc., were the most proper persons to judge of it; and under their notice it was now wrought. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:9

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