Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. Acts 3:1
Acts 3 opens with a great verse to demonstrate why the book of Acts is descriptive in nature and …
Thursday, 9 December 2021
And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; Acts 3:2
As se…
Friday, 10 December 2021
who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. Acts 3:3
The narrative continues concerning Peter and John’s going to the temple at the ninth hour. As they were going thro…
Saturday, 11 December 2021
And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” Acts 3:4
The lame man sitting at the gate called Beautiful had noticed Peter and John going into the temple. Upon noticing them,…
Sunday, 12 December 2021
So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Acts 3:5
In the previous verse, Peter fixed his eyes on the beggar who had asked for alms and called out to him, “Look at …
Monday, 13 December 2021
Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” Acts 3:6
Luke’s precisely worded account of the beggar …
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Acts 3:7
Peter’s last words to the beggar on the street were, “In the name of Jes…
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. Acts 3:8
Peter took the beggar by the right hand and lifted him up. As he did this, the…
Thursday, 16 December 2021
And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Acts 3:9
With the complete healing of the crippled beggar, it then said that he went into the temple with Peter and John “walking, leaping, …
Friday, 17 December 2021
Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Acts 3:10
When the people saw t…
Saturday, 18 December 2021
Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. Acts 3:11
Luke continues to describe th…
Sunday, 19 December 2021
So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? Acts 3…
Monday, 20 December 2021
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. Acts 3:1…
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, Acts 3:14
Peter just noted to those gathered before him. They, men of Israel who should have known better…
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. Acts 3:15
The previous verse should be cited together with this to see the contrast and to better under…
