Acts 3:1

One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o’clock Prayers,

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In The King James Version

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

In Context

2a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by. This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called ‘the Beautiful Gate,’ to beg of those who went in.

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Cross References

Matthew 17:1Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, and the brothers James and John, and led them up a high mountain alone.

Luke 1:10and, as it was the Hour of Incense, the people were all praying outside.

Luke 23:44It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:1

In this chapter we have a miracle and a sermon: the miracle wrought to make way for the sermon, to confirm the doctrine that was to be preached, and to make way for it into the minds of the people; and then the sermon to explain the miracle, and to sow the ground which by it was broken up. I. The miracle was the healing of a man that was lame from his birth, with a word speaking ( ver. 1-8 ), and the impression which this made upon the people, ver. 9-11 . II. The scope of the sermon which was preached here upon… Read the whole commentary →

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