Overview of Acts Chapter 3

The Lame Beggar Healed

3 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. ² And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. ³ Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. ⁴ And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” ⁵ And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” ⁷ And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. ⁸ And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks in Solomon's Portico

¹¹ While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's. ¹² And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. ¹⁴ But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

¹⁷ “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸ But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. ¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, ²⁰ that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, ²¹ whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. ²² Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ ²⁴ And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. ²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ ²⁶ God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

Q&A

Acts 3:1
Q1: Where was Peter going with John in Acts 3:1?
A1: Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer.

Acts 3:2
Q2: What did a man, lame from birth, ask from Peter and John at the temple gate, as mentioned in Acts 3:2?
A2: The man, lame from birth, asked for alms from those entering the temple.

Acts 3:3
Q3: How did Peter respond to the man at the temple gate in Acts 3:3?
A3: Peter directed his gaze at the man, along with John, and said, "Look at us."

Acts 3:4
Q4: What did Peter say to the lame man in Acts 3:4?
A4: Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"

Acts 3:6
Q5: What did Peter say to the lame man when he took him by the right hand in Acts 3:6?
A5: Peter said, "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."

Acts 3:7
Q6: What did Peter do after he helped the lame man up, as mentioned in Acts 3:7?
A6: Peter took the lame man by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

Acts 3:8
Q7: How did the formerly lame man react after being healed by Peter in Acts 3:8?
A7: The formerly lame man leaped up, stood, and began to walk, and he entered the temple with Peter and John, praising God.

Acts 3:11
Q8: How did the people react to the healing of the lame man, as mentioned in Acts 3:11?
A8: All the people were utterly astounded and ran together to them in Solomon's Portico.

Acts 3:12
Q9: How did Peter address the people after the healing in Acts 3:12?
A9: Peter addressed the people, saying, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?"

Acts 3:13
Q10: Whom did Peter say glorified His servant Jesus in Acts 3:13?
A10: Peter said that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of their fathers, glorified His servant Jesus.

Acts 3:14
Q11: How did Peter describe Jesus to the crowd in Acts 3:14?
A11: Peter described Jesus as the Holy and Righteous One, the Author of life, whom they had killed, but God raised from the dead.

Acts 3:15
Q12: How did Peter describe the disciples as witnesses in Acts 3:15?
A12: Peter and the other disciples were witnesses to the fact that they killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead.

Acts 3:16
Q13: How did Peter explain the source of the man's healing in Acts 3:16?
A13: Peter explained that the healing of the lame man came through faith in the name of Jesus, whom God glorified, and faith in Jesus gave the man perfect health.

Acts 3:17
Q14: What did Peter say the people did in ignorance, as mentioned in Acts 3:17?
A14: Peter said that the people acted in ignorance, as did their rulers.

Acts 3:18
Q15: How did Peter say God fulfilled His prophecy concerning Christ in Acts 3:18?
A15: Peter said that God fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that Christ would suffer, in this way.

Acts 3:19
Q16: What did Peter call on the people to do in Acts 3:19?
A16: Peter called on the people to repent and turn back, that their sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

Acts 3:20
Q17: What did Peter say about the Lord sending the Christ in Acts 3:20?
A17: Peter said that the Lord would send the Christ, who was appointed for them, Jesus.

Acts 3:21
Q18: What did Peter say about heaven receiving Jesus until the time for restoring all things in Acts 3:21?
A18: Peter said that heaven must receive Jesus until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets.

Acts 3:22
Q19: Whom did Peter quote in Acts 3:22?
A19: Peter quoted Moses, saying, "The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you."

Acts 3:23
Q20: What did Peter warn would happen to those who did not listen to the Prophet raised up by God, as mentioned in Acts 3:23?
A20: Peter warned that those who did not listen to the Prophet raised up by God would be destroyed from the people.

Acts 3:24
Q21: What did all the prophets, including Samuel, foretell in Acts 3:24?
A21: All the prophets, including Samuel, foretold the days in which the people are living.

Acts 3:25
Q22: What did Peter say about the covenant with Abraham in Acts 3:25?
A22: Peter said that God spoke to Abraham, saying that in his offspring all the families of the earth would be blessed.

Acts 3:26
Q23: How did Peter describe Jesus in Acts 3:26?
A23: Peter described Jesus as God's servant, whom God sent first to bless them by turning them from their wickedness.