Acts 3:12 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 3:12

And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?

KJV

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book III (202)

Then, when a multitude had gathered around them from all quarters because of this unexpected deed, Peter addressed them: "Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this; or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son, whom ye delivered up for judgment, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he wished to let Him go.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nor was it done by any merit of their own; the power which Christ gave them to do it they had not deserved: it was not by their own holiness; for, as they were weak things, so they were foolish things, that Christ chose to employ; Yet he wrought miracles in Christ's name. What holiness any of them had it was wrought in them, and they could not pretend to merit by it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As though by our own power - Δυναμει, Miraculous energy. Or holiness - Η ευσεβειᾳ, Meaning religious attachment to the worship of God. Do not think that we have wrought this miracle by any power of our own; or that any supereminent piety in us should have induced God thus to honor us, by enabling us to work it. Instead of ευσεβειᾳ, holiness, the Syriac of Erpen, Armenian, Vulgate, and some copies of the Itala, have εξουσιᾳ, power or authority; but the first appears to be the legitimate reading.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδὼν	idōn	Having seen [it]	G1492 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρος	Petros	Peter	G4074 →
ἀπεκρίνατο	apekrinato	answered	G611 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λαόν·	laon	people:	G2992 →
ἄνδρες	andres	Men	G435 →
Ἰσραηλῖται,	Israēlitai	Israelites,	G2475 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
θαυμάζετε	thaumazete	wonder you	G2296 →
ἐπὶ	epi	at	G1909 →
τούτῳ,	toutō	this?	G3778 →
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	on us	G3165 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
ἀτενίζετε	atenizete	you look intently	G816 →
ὡς	hōs	as if	G5613 →
ἰδίᾳ	idia	by [our] own	G2398 →
δυνάμει	dunamei	power	G1411 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
εὐσεβείᾳ	eusebeia	godliness	G2150 →
πεποιηκόσιν	pepoiēkosin	having made	G4160 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
περιπατεῖν	peripatein	to walk	G4043 →
αὐτόν;	auton	him?	G846 →

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

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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
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- John 15:5
  I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
Through
Genesis 41:16
“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Genesis 40:8
  “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Daniel 2:47
  The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Acts