Acts 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. ”

Acts 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he took him - He took hold of his hand. To take hold of the hand in such a ease was an offer of aid, an indication that Peter was sincere, and was an inducement to him to make an effort. This...
Acts 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

took. Greek. piazo. See note on John 11:57 . lifted . raised, as in Acts 3:6 . immediately. Greek. parachrema. Occurs nineteen times, of which ten are in Luke and seven in Acts. feet....
Acts 3:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1742 THE CRIPPLE HEALED Acts 3:6-8 . Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he too...
Acts 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. Immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength - The suddenness of the cure...
Acts 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. Such actions of the apo...
Acts 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His feet. — Better, his soles. The precision with which the process is described is characteristic of the medical historian. Both this term and the “ankle bones” employed are more or less technic...
Acts 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Acts 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. (6) Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up a...
Acts 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he took him by the right hand ,.... In imitation of Christ, whom he had often seen using the same action on such occasions: and lift him up ; believing he was cured, and that it might be manif...
Acts 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Ver. 7. His feet and ankle bones ] "The Lord raiseth them that are crooked," bu...
Acts 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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. ...
Acts 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He took him by the right hand; not disdaining to take hold of a poor cripple or beggar; as also being fully persuaded of Christ's presence with him for his cure. And immediately, that it might th...
Acts 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 3:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Acts 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Acts 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miracle of healing:
Acts 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:41 ; Luke 13:13 ; Mark 1:31 ; Mark 5:41 ; Mark 9:27
Acts 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Acts 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 3:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 3:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary