And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
The lame beggar at the Beautiful gate, forty years old and crippled from birth, was healed in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and entered the temple walking and leaping and praising God in full use of his limbs and free from pain. All the people saw him and recognized him as the former beggar, making the miracle openly visible and publicly confirmed. His recovery was not by the apostles' own power or holiness but by the power of the risen Jesus, displaying Christ's own ministry continued through human agents. Seen whole in the full light of day, his cure strengthened Peter's preaching of Jesus as the crucified and risen Saviour whom Moses foretold the people must hear. Standing beside Peter before Annas, Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, his presence silenced the rulers so they could not deny the resurrection and dared do no more than threaten the apostles.
Healing Openly Seen
The man seen walking was forty years old, crippled from birth, a helpless and pain-stricken beggar who had sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple. He was lame from birth and well known as the one who sat asking alms at the temple gate.
He was healed in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, even Jesus of Nazareth, at the temple gate, and was restored to perfect soundness. He entered the temple with Peter and John walking and leaping and praising God, rejoicing in the full use of his limbs, free from pain and happy in believing in Jesus. His walking and praise were the complete recovery of a long helpless cripple, and his joy came from faith.
All the people saw him walking and praising God, so that the miracle was made publicly visible and publicly confirmed. Those who saw him were those who knew his former condition as lame and as a beggar, and his visible recovery astonished them.
They recognized him as the former beggar who had sat for alms at the Beautiful gate, and were filled with wonder and amazement. They were astonished that the disciples could perform miracles similar to those performed by Jesus. The open sight caused the news to spread, the people to press around the disciples and run together greatly astonished at the cure that had been wrought, creating great excitement in Jerusalem that came to the knowledge of thousands.
Witness to Risen Christ
The seeing of the man walking and praising God belongs to the witness of the disciples through words and works at the temple, which continued Jesus' own ministry. It was service done in reliance on Christ's strength rather than their own weakness and inadequacy. It displayed Christlike medical missionary work done through human agents by divine power, with Christ himself as its true source and acting force.
His visible recovery was accomplished in Jesus' name, and the public sight of the former lame man walking and praising God confirmed that God had acted through Jesus and not by the apostles' own power or holiness. It testified to the power of the risen Jesus, in whose name the apostles said the healing was done. It stood among the signs and wonders wrought while the disciples preached with mighty power a crucified and risen Saviour, and the open sight caused the news to spread, the people to press around the disciples and run together greatly astonished, creating great excitement in Jerusalem.
His restored health after helplessness stood as visible evidence of the miracle and strengthened Peter's testimony. That public healing provided the setting for Peter to preach Christ as the Prophet Moses foretold, the One the people must hear.
Seen whole and walking and giving praise to God in the full light of day before a crowd only hours after being a helpless cripple, his remarkable cure was by the power and name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom the Jewish leaders crucified and whom God raised from the dead. Its public nature filled Jerusalem with excitement, came to the knowledge of thousands, and forced Annas, Caiaphas, and the other temple dignitaries to bring Peter and John to trial on the following day to answer by what power or name it had been done. Standing beside Peter before the Sanhedrin as a convincing witness, his restored soundness of body added weight to Peter's words and silenced priests, rulers, and people. The rulers were left unable to refute the fact of Christ's resurrection and His power in heaven to perform miracles on earth through His apostles, and because all glorified God for what was done they dared do no more than threaten the apostles against further speaking and working in the name of Jesus.
The lame beggar at the Beautiful gate, forty years old and crippled from birth, was healed in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and entered the temple walking and leaping and praising God in full use of his limbs and free from pain. All the people saw him and recognized him as the former beggar, making the miracle openly visible and publicly confirmed. His recovery was not by the apostles' own power or holiness but by the power of the risen Jesus, displaying Christ's own ministry continued through human agents. Seen whole in the full light of day, his cure strengthened Peter's preaching of Jesus as the crucified and risen Saviour whom Moses foretold the people must hear. Standing beside Peter before Annas, Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, his presence silenced the rulers so they could not deny the resurrection and dared do no more than threaten the apostles.
Healing Openly Seen
The man seen walking was forty years old, crippled from birth, a helpless and pain-stricken beggar who had sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple. He was lame from birth and well known as the one who sat asking alms at the temple gate.
He was healed in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, even Jesus of Nazareth, at the temple gate, and was restored to perfect soundness. He entered the temple with Peter and John walking and leaping and praising God, rejoicing in the full use of his limbs, free from pain and happy in believing in Jesus. His walking and praise were the complete recovery of a long helpless cripple, and his joy came from faith.
All the people saw him walking and praising God, so that the miracle was made publicly visible and publicly confirmed. Those who saw him were those who knew his former condition as lame and as a beggar, and his visible recovery astonished them.
They recognized him as the former beggar who had sat for alms at the Beautiful gate, and were filled with wonder and amazement. They were astonished that the disciples could perform miracles similar to those performed by Jesus. The open sight caused the news to spread, the people to press around the disciples and run together greatly astonished at the cure that had been wrought, creating great excitement in Jerusalem that came to the knowledge of thousands.
Witness to Risen Christ
The seeing of the man walking and praising God belongs to the witness of the disciples through words and works at the temple, which continued Jesus' own ministry. It was service done in reliance on Christ's strength rather than their own weakness and inadequacy. It displayed Christlike medical missionary work done through human agents by divine power, with Christ himself as its true source and acting force.
His visible recovery was accomplished in Jesus' name, and the public sight of the former lame man walking and praising God confirmed that God had acted through Jesus and not by the apostles' own power or holiness. It testified to the power of the risen Jesus, in whose name the apostles said the healing was done. It stood among the signs and wonders wrought while the disciples preached with mighty power a crucified and risen Saviour, and the open sight caused the news to spread, the people to press around the disciples and run together greatly astonished, creating great excitement in Jerusalem.
His restored health after helplessness stood as visible evidence of the miracle and strengthened Peter's testimony. That public healing provided the setting for Peter to preach Christ as the Prophet Moses foretold, the One the people must hear.
Seen whole and walking and giving praise to God in the full light of day before a crowd only hours after being a helpless cripple, his remarkable cure was by the power and name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom the Jewish leaders crucified and whom God raised from the dead. Its public nature filled Jerusalem with excitement, came to the knowledge of thousands, and forced Annas, Caiaphas, and the other temple dignitaries to bring Peter and John to trial on the following day to answer by what power or name it had been done. Standing beside Peter before the Sanhedrin as a convincing witness, his restored soundness of body added weight to Peter's words and silenced priests, rulers, and people. The rulers were left unable to refute the fact of Christ's resurrection and His power in heaven to perform miracles on earth through His apostles, and because all glorified God for what was done they dared do no more than threaten the apostles against further speaking and working in the name of Jesus.