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Acts 3:6
Acts 3:6
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Acts 3 — OverviewActs 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have a miracle and a sermon: the miracle wrought to
make way for the sermon, to confirm the doctrine that was to be
preached, and to make way for it into the minds of the people; and then
the…Acts 3 — OverviewActs 3 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeActs 3:1, Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet, Acts 3:12. professes the cure not to have been wrought by his or John’s own power or holiness, but by God, and his son Jesus, and…Acts 3:1-11Acts 3:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe were told in general (ch. ii. 43) that many signs and wonders were
done by the apostles, which are not written in this book; but here we
have one given us for an instance. As they wrought miracles, not upon…Acts 3:1-10Acts 3:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryHelplessness and healing.
In this interesting incident we have an illustration of the urgent spiritual necessities of our race, and of the sufficiency of the gospel to meet them. We have—
I. A GREAT AND SAD CONTRAST.…Acts 3:1-10Acts 3:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe healing of the lame man.
I. THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE CURE. Peter and John were going up in company to the temple at the evening hour of prayer. Here we see:
1. The fellowship of different orders of minds in Christ.…Acts 3:1-10Acts 3:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe apostles workers of miracles.
General introduction. The witnessing vocation of apostles required miracles—as signs of the kingdom of Christ; as attestations of apostolic authority; as appeals to the world, and to…
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