1. Peter and John encountered a crippled man begging at the temple who asked them for money.
2. Peter told the man that he had no money but in the name of Jesus Christ he could walk, and the man was instantly healed.
3. A crowd gathered and was amazed by the healing. Peter told them the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had glorified Jesus and they were witnesses to his resurrection.
2. Words that come from God, given by the Holy
Spirit to help us understand a situation based on
things God sees and knows.
3. One afternoon Peter and John went to the temple for the three
o’clock prayer.2 As they came to the entrance called the
Beautiful Gate, they were captured by the sight of a man
crippled from birth being carried and placed at the entrance to
the temple. He was often brought there to beg for money from
those going in to worship.3 When he noticed Peter and John
going into the temple, he begged them for money. 4 Peter and
John, looking straight into the eyes of the crippled man, said,
“Look at us!”5 Expecting a gift, he readily gave them his
attention. 6 Then Peter said, “I don’t have money, but I’ll give you
this—by the power of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
stand up and walk!”
4. 7–8 Peter held out his right hand to the crippled man. As he pulled
the man to his feet, suddenly power surged into his crippled feet
and ankles.The man jumped up, stood there for a moment
stunned, and then began to walk around! As he went into the
temple courts with Peter and John, he leapt for joy and shouted
praises to God. 9 When all the people saw him jumping up and
down and heard him glorifying God,10 they realized it was the
crippled beggar they had passed by in front of the Beautiful
Gate. Astonishment swept over the crowd, for they were
amazed over what had happened to him.
5. 11 Dumbfounded over what they were witnessing, the crowd ran
over to Peter and John, who were standing under the covered
walkway called Solomon’s Porch. Standing there also was the
healed beggar, clinging to Peter and John. 12 With the crowd
surrounding him, Peter said to them all, “People of Israel, listen
to me!Why are you so amazed by this healing?Why do you stare
at us?We didn’t make this crippled man walk by our own power
or authority. 13 The God of our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, has done this. For he has glorified his Servant Jesus, the
one you denied to Pilate’s face when he decided to release him—
and you insisted that he be crucified.
6. 14 You rejected the one who is holy and righteous, and instead
begged for a murderer to be released.15 You killed the Prince
of Life! But God raised him from the dead, and we stand here
as witnesses to that fact.16Faith in Jesus’ name has healed
this man standing before you. It is the faith that comes
through believing in Jesus’ name that has made the crippled
man walk right in front of your eyes!