He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
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He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
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And he toke him by the right honde and lifte him vp. And immediatly his fete and ancle bones receaved strenght.
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And hee tooke him by the right hand, and lift him vp, and immediately his feete and ankle bones receiued strength.
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Passages linked to Acts 3:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 1:31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.
- Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
- Mark 5:41 Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”
- Acts 9:41 He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
- Luke 13:13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 7 And he took him by the right hand,…
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Ver. 7. His feet and ankle bones] "The Lord raiseth them that are crooked," but (as a further favour, and far better than that former) "he loveth the righteous," Psa 146:8, as he did this cripple, whom he healed on the inside also.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He took him by the right hand; not disdaining…
He took him by the right hand; not disdaining to take hold of a poor cripple or beggar; as also being fully persuaded of Christ’s presence with him for his cure.
And immediately, that it might the more evidently appear that this was the work of God, who can without means, and on a sudden, bring aught to perfection,
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his feet and ankle bones, whence his lameness did proceed, received strength: thus God can say unto the weak, Be strong.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he took him by the right hand,.... In…
And he took him by the right hand,.... In imitation of Christ, whom he had often seen using the same action on such occasions:
and lift him up; believing he was cured, and that it might be manifest. The word him is expressed in the Alexandrian copy, and in some others, and in the Oriental versions, which is a supplement in our translation:
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and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength; where, it seems, his lameness lay. The Vulgate Latin renders it, his bases and soles, which may include his legs and thighs, as well as feet; and the Syriac version, "his feet and soles"; and the Arabic version, "his soles, and the muscles adjoining to his heels"; and the Ethiopic version furthest off of all, "he was strengthened in his feet, and in his loins"; his disorder might be of the paralytic kind.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. Immediately his feet and ancle bones received…
Verse 7. Immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength] The suddenness of the cure was the proof of the miracle: his walking and leaping were the evidences of it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And he took him - He took hold of…
And he took him - He took hold of his hand. To take hold of the hand in such a ease was an offer of aid, an indication that Peter was sincere, and was an inducement to him to make an effort. This may be employed as a beautiful illustration of the manner of God when he commands people to repent and believe. He does not leave them alone; he extends help, and aids their efforts. If they tremble, and feel that they are weak, and needy, and helpless, his hand is stretched out and his power exerted to impart strength and grace.
His feet and ankle-bones - The fact that strength was immediately imparted; that the feet, long lame, were now made strong, was a full and clear proof of miraculous power.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And he took . . . and lifted him…
And he took . . . and lifted him up--precisely what his Lord had done to his own mother-in-law (Mar 1:31).
his feet--"soles."
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and ankle bones, &c.--the technical language of a physician (Col 4:14).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. And lifted him up—This clause is of doubtful…
7. And lifted him up—This clause is of doubtful genuineness, and may well be omitted. The man was not raised up, but, according to the next verse, when touched by the apostle’s hand sprang up.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. his feet and ankle bones] The words in…
7. his feet and ankle bones] The words in the original are found nowhere else in the N. T. They are of a technical character, and their use, together with the other features of exact description of the cripple’s case, indicate that we have before us the language of the physician (Col_4:14). And it is hardly possible to dwell too strongly on indications of this kind, which indirectly mark in the history something which is likewise noted in the Epistles. Those who would assign the second century as the date of the composition of the Acts, must assume for their supposed writer the keenest appreciation of every slight allusion in the letters of St Paul, and at the same time an ability to let his knowledge peep out only in hints like that which we find in this verse. Such persons, while rejecting all that is miraculous in the story as we have it, ask us to believe in such a writer as would himself be almost a miracle, for his powers of observation and the skill with which he has employed them.
received strength] Though from want of use, they must have been withered before.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) His feet.—Better, his soles. The precision with which…
(7) His feet.—Better, his soles. The precision with which the process is described is characteristic of the medical historian. Both this term and the “ankle bones” employed are more or less technical, as is also the word rendered “received strength,” literally, were consolidated, the flaccid tissues and muscles being rendered firm and vigorous.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Raised for lifted, A.V.; his ankle-bones for ancle bones,…
Raised for lifted, A.V.; his ankle-bones for ancle bones, A.V. St. Luke"s medical knowledge discerns the cause of the lameness a weakness in the anklebones.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 7. He took him by the right hand. To…
7. He took him by the right hand. To encourage and strengthen his faith. He was bidden to “arise and walk in the name of Jesus Christ,” and thus to show his faith in act. He did, and was healed in doing so.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 1
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Peter raised him up
Peter raised him up
"Peter caused him to stand"
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he entered ... into the temple
He did not go inside the temple building where only the priests were allowed. AT: "he entered ... the temple area" or "he entered ... into the temple courtyard"
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strength
temple
praise
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