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While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

KJV

And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

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Commentary

16 notes on this verse

A commentator

Arator

ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1 · Written before 544.

After the threshold of the temple, the Porch of Solomon, who is rightly called Peacemaker, holds him [the lame man]. In the reign of faith, who will always be Peacemaker in the world except Christ? He protects all who please him under the guidance of …

This site's exposition

the porch that is called Solomon’s

The lame man which was healed held Peter and John, and all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, a covered colonnade along the temple's eastern wall that later becomes the setting for Jesus's own dispute recorded in John 10:23 and, still later, for the daily meetings of the whole early church described at 5:12. The healed man's grip on the two apostles is itself part of the scene, gratitude expressed by simply refusing to let go, and the crowd gathers around all three of them together. The stage is now set for the second sermon of this book, given in the same setting Jesus himself once taught in.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers4 voices

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

"At the porch called." This porch alone stood from the construction of Solomon. For Nebuchadnezzar set the temple on fire, and Cyrus the Persian rebuilt it.

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 8 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

"And as he held Peter and John, all the people came together at the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering." From his good feelings and love towards the Apostles, the lame man would not leave them; perhaps he was thanking them openly, and praising them. "And all the people," it is said, "ran together unto them."

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 8 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

How then, I pray you, was it believed? The man himself who was healed proclaimed the benefit. For there was no reason why he should lie, nor why he should have joined a different set of people. Either then it was because of the spaciousness of the place, that he there wrought the miracle, or because the spot was retired.

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

He held the apostles after the healing, either out of goodwill as weaving a praise for them, and showing them off to all as saviors, or suspecting that, if they were left, they would again be seized by passion. For he thought that he had …

The Medieval Church1 voice

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Alcuin of York

Commentary (church-history corpus) · Written before 804.

proposed

It is called Solomon's portico, because Solomon went to pray there. The porches of a temple are usually named after the temple
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The Medieval Church2 voices

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Bede

Commentary on Acts · Written before 735.

proposed

All the people ran to them, to the portico called Solomon's. With Israel saved by the apostles, the entire world rushes to the thresholds of the true and peaceful Solomon, of whom it is said: "His government shall increase and peace shall have no end" …

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Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

proposed

By his own disposition and by his enthusiastic love for the apostles Peter and John, and perhaps also out of a feeling of gratitude toward them or from a desire to bring them greater pleasure, he did not leave their side. As for the fact …

The Reformation1 voice

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Erasmus of Rotterdam

Commentary (church-history corpus) · Written before 1536.

proposed

Now when they were at the portico of Solomon in which Jesus, that true Solomon, used to walk and where sometimes he disputed with the Pharaisees. The novelty of the event had struck the minds of all.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But, if they will not stay with him, he is resolved to go with them, and the rather because they are going into the temple, whence he had been so long kept by his weakness and his begging: like the impotent man whom Christ cured, he was presently found in the temple, John

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The scope of the sermon which was preached here upon was to bring people to Christ, to repent of their sin in crucifying him (

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And as the lame man which was healed,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Held Peter and John - The word “held” means that he “adhered” to them; he “joined himself” to them; he was desirous of “remaining” with them and “participating” with them. “He clung to his benefactors, and would not be separated from them” (Prof. Hackett). All the people ... - Excited by curiosity, they came together. The fact of the cure and the conduct of the man would soon draw together a crowd, and thus furnish a favorable opportunity for preaching to them the gospel.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the lame man . . . held, &c.--This is human nature. all the people ran together unto them in the porch, &c.--How vividly do these graphic details bring the whole scene before us! Thus was Peter again furnished with a vast audience, whose wonder at the spectacle of the healed beggar clinging to his benefactors prepared them to listen with reverence to his words.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Held Peter and John - He felt the strongest affection for them, as the instruments by which the Divine influence was converted to his diseased body. In the porch that is called Solomon’s - On this portico see Bp. Pearce’s note, inserted in this work, Joh 10:23 (note).

The words behind it

21 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.6 worksJohn 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.5 worksLuke 8:38The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,2 worksLuke 22:8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”2 works1 Kings 7:12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.2 works2 Chronicles 3:4The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 9:18Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.2 worksActs 2:6And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 5:12

    The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

    it leads to

    • Acts 19:11

      God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

    • Hebrews 2:4

      and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

    • 2 Corinthians 12:12

      The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.

    • Acts 14:3

      So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

    • Acts 2:42–43

      They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

  • Through

    John 10:23

    and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

    it leads to

    • Acts 5:12

      The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

  • Through

    Luke 22:8

    Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”

    it leads to

    • Mark 14:13–16

      So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,

  • Through

    Luke 8:38

    The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,

    it leads to

    • Psalms 145:3–12

      Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

About Acts

The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on 13 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, Commentary (church-history corpus); Arator, ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1; Bede, Commentary on Acts; Erasmus of Rotterdam, Commentary (church-history corpus); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 8; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.

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