“ And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. ”
Fastening his eyes - The word used here denotes “to look intently, or with fixed attention.” It is one of the special words which Luke uses ( Luke 4:20 ; Luke 22:56 ; Acts 1:10 ; Acts 3:12 ;...
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...
And . But. fastening his eyes. Greek. atenizo. App-133. Look. Greek. blepo. App-133. on. Same as "upon".
4. Look upon us. Peter doth not thus speak before he be certain of the purpose and intent of God. And surely in these words he commandeth him to hope for some singular and unwonted benefit;...
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. 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 i...
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us - that through the eye faith might be aided in its birth...
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...
Peter, fastening his eyes upon him... — See Notes on Luke 4:20 ; Acts 1:10 , where the same characteristic word is used. The gaze was one which read character in the expression of the man’s face,...
Chapter 8 THE FIRST MIRACLE. Acts 3:1-6 THE Acts of the Apostles considered as the first history of the Church may be viewed as typical of all ecclesiastical history. It is in this respect a m...
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 in...
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 infid...
Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. (4) And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. The poor man had no consciousness of being healed of his...
And Peter fastening his eyes upon him ,.... Or looking very wistly and intently at him, being, no doubt, under some uncommon impulse of the Spirit of God to take notice of him, and cure him of his d...
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. Ver. 4. Look on us ] Together with this word there went forth a power, as Luke 5:17 .
Who, seeing Peter and John, asked an alms As it seems he did of all who entered in at the gate where he sat begging: an alms was the utmost he expected from them or any others. And Peter, fastenin...
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 h...
The Healing of a Cripple. 1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. ...
The eye affects the heart, and speaks the compassion he had of this poor man, whom he did not disdain thoroughly and seriously to behold: he excites the lame man's expectation, and requires his atten...
The Ministry of the Apostles (3:1-6:7). The pouring out of the Holy Spirit having taken place, and the infant church having been shown to be established, Luke now goes on to deal with the way in w...
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 r...
Acts 3:1-11 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 c...
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 b...
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 pentecos...
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 P...
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 t...
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
Acts 11:6 ; Acts 14:10 ; Acts 14:9 ; Acts 3:12 ; John 11:40 ; John 5:6 ; Luke 4:20
A Pitiful Pauper at the Beautiful Gate Acts 3:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is impossible for us even to suggest the many striking lessons that surround the story of the pitiful pauper at the Bea...