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 and walk. (7) And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. (8) And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
It must have been a delightful sight, to have seen these poor Apostles, acting in the faith of the Lord, and the power of the Holy Ghost, in this wonderful manner. And no less astonishing must have been the expression of countenance of the cripple, when, instead of money, he found strength in his bones; and he who had never walked, entering with his benefactors into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God! But, Reader! think, if it were possible to be the object of our sight, how much greater would it be, to behold the Lord Jesus himself passing by, and bidding the crippled faculties of our souls to arise and walk: and to feel Jesus taking his redeemed by the hand, and lifting them up! Oh! the inexpressible joy, when at the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and in the power of his strength, poor crippled sinners, yea, dead sinners, and from their mother's womb dead in trespasses and sins, are called into spiritual life; and walk, and leap, and enter with Jesus into the temple, and the galleries of his grace, walking, and leaping, and praising God! And who shall say the numbers, or who shall write down the greatness, of the cure; in the daily cases where Jesus manifests the riches of his grace, in restoring life and health to his people! Exodus 15:6; Isaiah 61:1-3, with Luke 4:18, etc.