And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John. (The true reading here is evidently the more simple one, 'And as he held Peter and John.' If this was the commencement of a church lession, it is easy to see how the additional words would be introduced for connection's sake.) How exquisitely natural is this! And what a touching proclamation of the instrumental source of the cure would this clinging of the healed man to his benefactors be!
All the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's (see the note at John 10:23 ) greatly wondering. How vividly do these graphic details bring the whole scene before us! And thus was Peter again furnished with a vast audience, whose wonder at the spectacle of the healed beggar clinging to his benefactor prepared them to hearken to his words.
Peter Addresses the Astonished Multitude Again (3:12-26)