![]() Of course, the lame man felt he had no other option than to be supported in his condition and it was certainly better for him to be supported than to starve to death. God had something better in mind Jesus wanted to completely change his condition. asked for alms: The lame man simply wanted to be supported in the condition that he was in. A certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried. The gate of the temple which is called Beautiful: The Jewish historian Josephus described this gate on the temple mount made of fine Corinthian brass, seventy-five feet high with huge double doors, so beautiful that it “greatly excelled those that were only covered over with silver and gold.” (Cited in Stott)ĭ. The ninth hour: “Perhaps this time of day, even then, held special significance for them because it was the hour when Jesus cried from the cross, ‘It is finished’ ( John 19:30).” (Hughes)Ĭ. ![]() Calvin saw a missionary intent in what Peter and John did: “Furthermore, if any man ask, whether the apostles went up into the temple that they might pray according to the rite of the law, I do not think that that is a thing so likely to be true, as they might have better opportunity to spread abroad the gospel.” ![]() They realized that the sacrificial system was fulfilled in the perfect sacrifice Jesus offered on the cross. Morgan points out that Peter and John were not going to the temple at the hour of sacrifice, but at the hour of prayer that followed the afternoon sacrifice. At the hour of prayer: Apparently Peter and John saw no problem in continuing their Jewish custom of prayer at certain hours of the day. Third, to show why these earliest Christians were persecuted, because that is what this beautiful story leads to.ī. Second, to give an excuse for telling us about another sermon of Peter. First, to give an example of what he mentioned in Acts 2:43. We can think of at least three reasons why Luke found it important to share the story of this miracle. Acts 3 tells us of a specific example, one of the many. Acts 2:43 told us, many signs and wonders were done through the apostles. Now Peter and John went up together: Peter and John were both commissioned by Jesus and recognized by the early Christians as apostles - special ambassadors of Jesus. ![]() And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.Ī. Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. ( Acts 3:1-3) The request of the paralyzed beggar. The healing of the paralytic at the Gate Beautiful.ġ. “Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.A. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.
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