Acts 3:9

"Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God."

Key Reflection

All the people saw him walking and praising God, a clear sign of divine intervention and healing. In first-century Jerusalem, such a spectacle would have been astonishing, as leaping and walking after being lame was not only miraculous but also public evidence of God's power, reinforcing the message of Jesus' ministry to the crowd gathered in the temple courts.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verses 9, 10. And all the people, etc. The people who had been accustomed to see him sit in a public place. And they knew, etc. In this they could not be deceived; they had seen him a long time, and now they saw the same man expressing his praise to God for complete recovery. The particulars in this miracle are the following; and they are as far as possible from any appearance of imposture. (1.) The man had been afflicted from a child. This was known to all the people. At this time he was forty years of age, Ac 4:22. (2.) He was not an impostor.

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