Acts 3:1

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Key Reflection

In Acts 3:1, the narrative begins with Peter and John going to the temple for prayer, setting the stage for miraculous events that underscore the power of faith and divine intervention in the early church's mission. This opening act of walking into the temple at the hour of prayer symbolizes the accessibility of divine encounters through faithful obedience and communal worship.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

CHAPTER 3 Verse 1. Peter and John went up, etc. In Lu 24:53, it is said that the apostles were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. From Ac 2:46, it is clear that all the disciples were accustomed daily to resort to the temple for devotion. Whether they joined in the sacrifices of the temple-service is not said; but the thing is not improbable. This was the place and the manner in which they and their fathers had worshipped. They came slowly to the conclusion that they were to leave the temple; and they would naturally resort there with their countrymen to worship the God of their fathers.

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