Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
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Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
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And he sprage stode and also walked and entred with them into the temple walkinge and leapinge and laudynge God.
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And he leaped vp, stoode, and walked, and entred with them into the Temple, walking and leaping, and praysing God.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Acts 3:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Acts 14:10 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He leaped up and walked.
- Psalms 107:20-22 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
- Psalms 103:1-2 Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,
- Luke 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
- Luke 17:15-18 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
- John 5:14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
- Luke 18:43 Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
- John 5:8-9 Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and…
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Ver. 8. Into the temple] There to hang up his crutches, as it were.
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Walking and leaping] Weak Christians are commonly most affectionate, as this cripple when first cured leaped for joy.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, Isa 35:6,
Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, Isa 35:6,
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart; and thus the lame man manifested that he was perfectly cured, though in an instant,
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walking, and leaping, and praising God, to whom alone he attributed that sudden and perfect (and therefore miraculous) cure; nay, he attributes nothing unto the means; the apostle’s words he knew did little or nothing, but God is all in all unto him: and he leaped, to evidence the truth of the miracle that was wrought upon him, and that his soul rejoiced in God his Saviour.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he leaping up,.... From off the bed or…
And he leaping up,.... From off the bed or couch, or ground on which he lay:
stood and walked; stood firm and strong upon his feet, and walked about; by which it was abundantly manifest to himself and others, that he had a perfect cure. The Ethiopic version is a very ridiculous one, "and he went with them catching fishes"; as if upon this, before they went into the temple, he and the apostles went a fishing together, which has not the least foundation in the text:
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and entered with them into the temple; to join with them in divine worship, to acknowledge the goodness of God to him, and to show respect to the instruments he made use of in his cure:
and leaping; for joy of the mercy, and that it might appear to all that he was thoroughly cured of his lameness: and thus the prophecy in Isa 35:6 "then shall the lame man leap as an hart", was literally fulfilled:
and praising God; and not the apostles; for he knew that this was owing to the power of God, and could never have been done by man; though he might not be ungrateful to the instruments.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. Walking and leaping, and praising God.] These…
Verse 8. Walking and leaping, and praising God.] These actions are very naturally described. He walked, in obedience to the command of the apostle, rise up and walk: he leaped, to try the strength of his limbs and to be convinced of the reality of the cure: he praised God, as a testimony of the gratitude he felt for the cure he had received. Now was fulfilled, in the most literal manner, the words of the Prophet Isaiah, Isa 35:6: The lame man shall leap as a hart.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And he, leaping up - This was a natural…
And he, leaping up - This was a natural expression of joy, and it was a striking fulfillment of the prophecy in Isa 35:6; “Then shall the lame man leap as an hart.” The account here given is one that is perfectly natural. The man would be filled with joy, and would express it in this manner. He had been lame from a child; he had never walked; and there was more in the miracle than merely giving strength. The art of “walking” is one that is acquired by long practice. Children learn slowly. Caspar Hauser, discovered in one of the cities of Germany, who had been confined in prison from a child, was unable to walk in an easy way when released, but stumbled in a very awkward manner (see his Life). When, therefore, this man was able at once to walk, it was clear proof of a miracle.
Praising God - This was the natural and appropriate expression of his feelings on this occasion. His heart would be full; and he could have no doubt that this blessing had come from God alone. It is remarkable that he did not even express his gratitude to Peter and John. They had not pretended to restore him in their own name, and he would feel that man could not do it. It is remarkable that he praised God without being taught or entreated to do it. It was instinctive - the natural feeling of the heart. So a sinner. His first feelings, when he is converted, will be to ascribe the praise to God. While he may and will feel regard for the ministry by whose instrumentality he has received the blessing, yet his main expression of gratitude will be to God. And this he will do instinctively. He needs no prompter; he knows that no power of man is equal to the work of converting the soul, and will rejoice, and give all the praise to the God of grace.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain leaping up, stood . . . walked . .…
leaping up, stood . . . walked . . . entered the temple walking, leaping, and praising God--Every word here is emphatic, expressing the perfection of the cure, as Act 3:7 its immediateness.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Leaping up—His first spring as the apostle lifted…
8. Leaping up—His first spring as the apostle lifted him, before he stood; as if the conscious strength to rise came into his feet and ankles like a quick throb.
Stood—A moment, as if to be sure of himself.
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Walked—Or rather, in the present tense, walks in a regular style, like any body else.
Into the temple—Through the gate Beautiful into the women’s court of worship.
Leaping—Springs of involuntary joy united with rapturous shouts of praise, not to the apostles but to God. He goes in the right direction, he has the right spirit, and his happy disorderly action is quite pardonable even in the solemn place of prayer.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. and he leaping up stood] There is no…
8. and he leaping up stood] There is no hesitation in the man’s manner; he does not question the power, but obeys at once.
entered with them into the temple] He doubtless felt that this was the best visit he could make with his new powers, and he would be the more anxious to go there as Peter and John were going too.
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leaping] For delight at his new strength he cannot put it too much in exercise. This exultant use of the gift was a part of his “praising God.”
We can hardly fail to see, if we compare the narrative of this miracle with that of the similar one wrought at Lystra by St Paul (14), to which we have already referred, that St Luke has used faithfully the materials with which he was furnished by “eye-witnesses,” and has given the accounts as he received them without any colouring of his own. In this chapter we have a description such as a painter would desire; the scene is brought vividly before us, and all the characters are in lively action. It is just such an account as we find in St Mark’s Gospel of the cure of the demoniac child (Mar_9:14-27), and both are quite in accord with all that we know of St Peter’s mode of speaking, and from St Peter it is most probable that the narrative in this chapter is derived. On the contrary, the story of the cure wrought at Lystra by St Paul is told in the fewest possible words and with no touch of the graphic power of which this description is so full. The difference bespeaks the faithfulness of the writer of the Acts, and shews us that he has left the narratives as they came to his hand, without any attempt to stamp on them an individuality of his own.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) And he leaping up stood.—The verb is a…
(8) And he leaping up stood.—The verb is a compound form of that in the LXX. version of Isa_35:6—“The lame shall leap as a hart.” First there was the upward leap in the new consciousness of power; then the successful effort to stand for the first time in his life; then he “began to walk,” and went on step by step; then the two-fold mode of motion, what to others was the normal act of walking, alternating with the leaps of an exuberant joy. And so “he entered with them into the Temple,” i.e., into the Court of Women, upon which the Beautiful Gate opened. At this hour, the hour of the evening sacrifice, it would be naturally filled with worshippers.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk,…
And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk, for and he, leaping up, stood and walked, A.V.; he entered for entered, A.V. Into the temple (ton). He passed through the gate, and mounted the fifteen steps which led into the agion (see note to ver. 2).
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And he leaping up stood.
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And he leaping up stood.
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The healed mans activity and gratitude
The evangelist describes minutely the actions of the lame man as soon as he began to believe that he was healed. First he leaped forth, releasing himself from the hold of Peter, or leaped up, as if trying the strength of his muscle; then he stood on his feet for the first time in his life, and walked around, to see whether the same power of walking belonged to him which all that were about had. But the pen of the writer, not content with this, adds graphically, And he entered with them, unwilling to be separated from the instruments of his cure, into the temple, practising his newly acquired powers without the ability to restrain himself, now walking, now leaping, and all the while praising God. Then did the lame man leap as an hart. He was of another kind from the nine lepers, who never looked back to give thanks to the Lord Jesus. (Pres. Woolsey.)
Practical gratitude
They who have witnessed our frailties should also attest our conversion and gratitude. Our gratitude is false and of no avail unless accompanied with newness of life; and this cannot endure long if our thankful sense of the grace to which we owe our deliverance declines. (Quesnel.)
The responsibilities of the saved
Sin has reduced the ,soul to a state of impotence. It has not destroyed the souls powers, but only disabled them. When a man is saved, therefore, his crippled powers are straightened and strengthened, and his new vocation is to use them.
I. What faculties are crippled by sin and restored by Christ?
1. Faith. This exists in every soul, but is dormant or perverted. Christ straightens it out and empowers it as an eye to see, a hand to grasp Him and heavenly things.
2. Love. No man is destitute of this: but it is wrenched away from its highest Object, who is its true life, and rests upon unworthy objects often, on secondary objects at best whom it cannot love fully, because unrecruited by the love of God. We love (R.V.) because He first loved us. Salvation largely consists in the conversion of the heart, the turning of all the affections to Christ, by whom they are invigorated and sanctified, and made to flow in worthy channels.
3. The will. Paul has given us a graphic picture of what that is in the natural man (Rom_7:1-25.) and what Christ makes it (Rom_8:1-39. and his own life).
4. The active powers. These again are paralysed for all spiritual purposes, but energetic enough in the cause of evil--the tongue: how silent for God, how glib for self or for folly or sin! the hands, how idle for God, how active in other causes! Christ restores these to their true uses, and consecrates them to the service of God.
II. The restored faculties must be employed. Otherwise they will fall into their old decrepitude. Had the lame man returned to his haunt, and neglected to use his limbs, those limbs would soon have become helpless once more. To neglect faith, love, resolution and work for God is to forfeit them. The action of the healed man may illustrate the manner in which our restored faculties are to be employed.
1. With alacrity, leaping up.
2. Progressively, walked.
3. In union with the Church, entered with them into the temple.
4. Thankfully, praising God. (J. W. Burn.)
Praise breaking forth
Wherever Gods grace is discerned, and His love is welcomed, there praise breaks forth, as surely as streams pour from the cave of the glacier when the sun of summer melts it, or earth answers the touch of spring with flowers. (A. Maclaren.)
The gate Beautiful
I. The close proximity of physical deformity to natural beauty.
II. The strange association of spiritual riches with temporal poverty.
III. The scribes transformation of popular indifference into abounding amazement. The gospel had been applied, put to the test, and had succeeded in a superhuman manner.
1. It had come into positive contact with poverty and suffering.
2. It had exalted the whole nature of the man.
3. It had set the man on a new course of life. (F. W. Brown.)
Praise
A Christian man ought to be like a horse that has bells on his head, so that he cannot go anywhere without ringing them and making a noise. His whole life should be a psalm, every step should be in harmony, every thought should constitute a note, every word he utters should be a component part of the joyful psalm. It is a blessed thing to see a Christian going about his business like the high-priest of old, who wherever he went made music with the golden bells. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Thankfulness exceptional
It is said of a lately deceased benefactor of a Western college in the United States that, on a recent commencement day, a lady stepped up to him and said, Governor Hardin, I wish to thank you for this splendid college, and to say that my daughters, who graduate to-day, owe you a debt of gratitude they can never repay. The white-haired old man broke down, and, while the tears filled his eyes, he faltered out, Madam, you are the first person to express such a sentiment to me. How many men who secure scholarships and fellowships, or receive other benefactions, ever think of or thank the generous givers?
Thanksgiving expressed
When a boy, said a prominent member of a church, I was much helped by Bishop Hamline, who visited at a house where I was. Taking me aside, the Bishop said, When in trouble, my boy, kneel down and ask Gods help; but never climb over the fence into the devils ground and then kneel down and ask help. Pray from Gods side of the fence. Of that, said he, I have thought every day of my life since. Continuing, he remarked, Sanford Cobb, the missionary to Persia, helped me in another way. Said he, Do you ever feel thankful when God blesses you? Always. Did you ever tell Him so? Well, I dont know that I have. Well, try it, my young friend, try it, try it. Tell Him so; tell Him aloud; tell Him so that you are sure you will hear it yourself. That was a new revelation. I found that I had been only glad, not grateful. I have been telling Him with grateful feelings ever since, to my souls help and comfort.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 8. Leaping up, stood. His alacrity and eagerness are…
8. Leaping up, stood. His alacrity and eagerness are shown in the language used.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 8. The Greek describes the man leaping out of…
8. The Greek describes the man leaping out of his place like a frog, and continuing to run round and round, following Peter and John into the temple, attracting the attention of everybody, because in forty years he had become better known than the king.
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