Lame man healed
Early Church · Draft · BSB
Content revision: d778c7b31d6acd59 · No editorial review date recorded
Date: c. AD 30–35. Between Pentecost and the conversion of Saul; Acts gives no exact dates.
At the temple gate called Beautiful, a man lame from birth asks Peter and John for money. Peter says he has no silver or gold, but heals him in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and the man enters the temple walking, leaping and praising God.
Primary Scripture
3:1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
3:2 And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
3:3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
3:4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
3:5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
3:6 But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
3:7 Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
3:8 He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
3:9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
3:10 they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Location evidence
Event map marker: Proposed site; [longitude, latitude] = [35.23494, 31.77744]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Beautiful Gate: Proposed site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.23494, 31.77744]. Classification source: rule.
Interpretation and reuse
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