Acts 3:8 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 3:8

He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

BSB

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ASV

And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

KJV

And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

"Walking and leaping," that is, testing himself and assuring himself as much as possible whether he had truly become well. Since the healing was extraordinary and beyond expectation, it was natural for him to doubt even regarding himself. And others say that he did not …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Walking and leaping, and praising God - These actions are very naturally described. He walked, in obedience to the command of the apostle, rise up and walk: he leaped, to try the strength of his limbs and to be convinced of the reality of the cure: he praised God, as a testimony of the gratitude he felt for the cure he had received. Now was fulfilled, in the most literal manner, the words of the Prophet Isaiah, Isa 35:6: The lame man shall leap as a hart.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐξαλλόμενος	exallomenos	leaping up	G1814 →
ἔστη	estē	he stood	G2476 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περιεπάτει	periepatei	was walking	G4043 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰσῆλθεν	eisēlthen	he entered	G1525 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἱερὸν	hi'eron	temple	G2411 →
περιπατῶν	peripatōn	walking	G4043 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἁλλόμενος	hallomenos	leaping	G242 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αἰνῶν	ainōn	praising	G134 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεόν.¶	theon	God.	G2316 →

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
Isaiah 35:6
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
leads to
- John 5:8–9
  Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 7:37–39
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Luke 11:14
  One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
- Isaiah 32:4
  The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
- Matthew 12:22
  Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
Through
Acts 14:10
In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:6
  Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- John 14:12
  Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
- Acts 3:6–8
  But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

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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