Acts 3:11 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 3:11

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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

3 voices

Arator

ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1 (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 …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
κρατοῦντος	kratountos	When is clinging	G2902 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	he	G846 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρον	Petron	to Peter	G4074 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννην	Iōannēn	John	G2491 →
συνέδραμεν	sunedramen	ran together	G4936 →
πᾶς	pas	all	G3956 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λαὸς	laos	people	G2992 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἐπὶ	epi	in	G1909 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
στοᾷ	stoa	porch	G4745 →
τῇ	tēa	which	G3588 →
καλουμένῃ	kaloumenē	is being called	G2564 →
Σολομῶντος	Solomōntos	Solomon’s	G4672 →
ἔκθαμβοι.	ekthamboi	greatly amazed.	G1569 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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.
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.”
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,
leads to
- Psalms 145:3–12
  Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Acts

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Acts