And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
And his name through (or, 'on account of') faith, [ epi (G1909 ) tee (G3588 ) pistei (G4102 ): cf. Acts 4:21 ] in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all, With what skill does the apostle use the miracle both to glorify his ascended Lord and to bring the guilt of His blood more resistlessly home to his audience! Three things (as Alexander remarks) are here brought prominently forward to enhance the proof of divine agency in this cure: first, the notoriousness of the man's previous condition - "whom ye see and know;" next, the completeness of his restoration - "this perfect soundness;" third, its publicity - "in the presence of you all." But, it should be added, the emphatic and reiterated connection between faith in the name of Jesus and this instantaneous and perfect cure (not the lame man's, but Peter's own faith) was designed to show that this was no mere interposition of divine power, but an act of the slain, risen, and glorified Nazarene through him, His apostolic witness. But our preacher, like his Master, "will not break the bruised reed." His heaviest charges are prompted by love, which now hastens to assuage the wounds it was necessary to inflict.