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A HEALING AND A SERMON
The events outlined in this chapter take place at around 3 P.M.
Q: Why was this particular gate to the temple called the “Beautiful Gate”?
A: The reason for this is:
The Beautiful gate of the temple, so called because of its magnificent folding doors, fifty feet high and forty feet wide, covered with gold and Corinthian brass, was the favorite pass-way into the temple.
Q: What reason would Peter have for telling this man to look at them?
The reason for this is so that it would cause the man to expect something from them.
The man more than likely was expecting to receive some money from these men but ended up receiving something of far more value.
Q: What did Peter have for this man?
A: He had the power of the Holy Spirit, which he freely gave to this beggar to heal him.
Q: Why do you think this man leaped up and not just stand?
A: This man had been paralyzed all his life, therefore he is extremely overjoyed to have the use of his legs.
Q: Why are these people filled with wonder and amazement?
A: The people are filled with wonder and amazement because they knew who this man was and that he had been crippled and begging at the gate and now they saw him walking around praising God.
Q: What is Solomon’s portico and where is it?
A: SOLOMON’S PORTICO A colonnade on the east side of the temple where the early church gathered (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12).
This portico ran along the eastern wall of Herod’s temple in the court of the Gentiles.
It had two rows of columns, while the colonnade on the south side (known as the Royal Portico) had four rows.
The portico was the scene of Christ’s teaching at the Feast of Dedication (John 10:23), and Peter gave a sermon there after his healing of the lame man (Acts 3:11).
The early church gathered and the apostles performed miracles there (Acts 5:12).
Peter had to have been understandably upset by the reactions of the men in this area.
Q: Why do you think Peter was speaking specifically to men here?
A: Women were not allowed to enter the temple from the same entrance as the men.
The women had a separate entrance to the temple and therefore were not present when this happened.
Q: Why did Peter mention Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
A: He mentioned these three men because they are known as the patriarchs of the Israelites.
He also mentions them so that the men there will understand that the same God that the patriarchs followed was the same one they followed and that it was this same God that raised Christ from the dead.
Q: Why did Peter say that these men killed the “Author of life”?
A: The reasoning for this is because as we read in John 1:1 “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
and as the men of Israel knew God was the creator of all life, and since Christ was the Word and the Word was God, Christ is therefore the Author of life.
Q: Who had to have faith in the name of Jesus for this man to have been healed?
A: Peter and John are the ones that had to have the faith.
The man did not have faith in Jesus prior to his being healed.
Q: Why did Peter mention that what happened to Christ was foretold by God through all the prophets?
A: He mentioned this because the men were devout Jews and knew what the scriptures said, especially Isaiah 11:1-5 “1 Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him — a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
3 His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what He sees with His eyes, He will not execute justice by what He hears with His ears,
4 but He will judge the poor righteously and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land with discipline from His mouth, and He will kill the wicked with a command from His lips.
5 Righteousness will be a belt around His loins; faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.”
This prophecy was one of the most prominent concerning the Messiah.
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