Acts 3:6 - Exposition

But for then, A.V.; what I have that for such as I have, A.V.; walk for rise up and walk, A.V. and T.R. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth . What Peter meant by "in the Name," he clearly explains in Acts 3:12 and Acts 3:16 , where he shows that they did not work the miracle by their own power or godliness, but that the lame man was healed by the Name of Jesus, in which he believed. So our Lord said of himself, "I am come in my Father's Name" ( John 5:43 ; comp. John 10:25 ) Observe the full designation of our Lord as "Jesus Christ of Nazareth" ( τοῦ ναζωραίου ), as in Acts 4:10 , and comp. Matthew 11:23 . The faith which was the condition of the healing ( ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει , Matthew 11:16 ) embraced the humiliation and cross of the Christ (as expressed in the word the Nazarene ) as well as his power and glory.