Acts 3:9

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	Καὶ Kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all	πᾶς pas	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular masculine
people	λαὸς laos	G2992	a people (in general · noun — nominative singular masculine
saw	εἶδεν eiden	G1492	used only in certain past tenses · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
walking	περιπατοῦντα peripatounta	G4043	to tread all around · verb — present active participle, accusative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
praising	αἰνοῦντα ainounta	G134	to praise (God) · verb — present active participle, accusative singular masculine
God	θεόν. theon	G2316	figuratively · noun — accusative singular masculine, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Luke 13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done…
Acts 4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusa…
Acts 4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men g…
Mark 2:11-12 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Acts 14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in t…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:1-11

We were told in general (Act 2:43) that many signs and wonders were done by the apostles, which are not written in this book; but here we have one given us for an instance. As they wrought miracles, not upon every body as every body had occasion for them, but as the Holy Spirit gave direction, so as to answer the end of their commission; so all the miracles they did work are not written in this book, but such only are recorded as the Holy Ghost thought fit, to answer the end of this sacred history. I. The persons by whose ministry this miracle was wrought were Peter and John, two principal men among the apostles; they were so in Christ's time, one speaker of the house for the most part, the…

Read the whole note in the console

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 3:9

all the people saw him, &c.--as they assembled at the hour of public prayer, in the temple courts; so that the miracle had the utmost publicity.

Adam Clarke on Acts 3:9

And all the people saw him - The miracle was wrought in the most public manner, and in the most public place, and in a place where the best judgment could be formed of it; for, as it was a Divine operation, the priests, etc., were the most proper persons to judge of it; and under their notice it was now wrought.

John Gill on Acts 3:9

And all the people,.... That were in the temple, saw him walking; who before lay on a couch, or on the ground, and was so lame, that he was obliged to be carried; and praising God; for this miraculous cure. The Arabic version renders it, "saw him walking to praise God": that is, entering into the temple with the apostles, in order to offer up the sacrifice of praise to God there.

John Calvin on Acts 3:1-11

Acts 3:1-11 1. Now, [or almost at that time,] Peter and John went up together into the temple, about the ninth hour of prayer. 2. Furthermore, a certain man, which was lame from his mother's womb, was carried; whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of those which entered into the temple. 3. When he saw Peter and John draw near to the temple, he asked an alms. 4. And Peter, beholding him earnestly with John, said, Look on us. 5. And he gave heed unto them, thinking that he should receive somewhat of them. 6. And Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have, give I:thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise an…

The Church Fathers

He was so well known to all, that "they recognized him. And all the people," it says, "saw him walking and praising God; and they recognized that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple." It is well said, "they recognized," inasmuch as he was one unknown now by reason of what had happened: for we use this term with regard to objects, which we find a difficulty in recognizing.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 8

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Apostle — A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the Father (Heb. 3:1; John 20:21). It is, however, generally used as…
Peter — Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., “hearing”), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He had a younger…
Lameness · .Peter — .Peter
Shouting · IN JOY AND PRAISE — IN JOY AND PRAISE

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 3:9

Adam Clarke on Acts 3:9

John Gill on Acts 3:9

John Calvin on Acts 3:1-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 3:9

Adam Clarke on Acts 3:9

John Gill on Acts 3:9

John Calvin on Acts 3:1-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 3:6