Acts 3


Acts 3 is the third chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke. This chapter records the healing of a disabled person by the apostles Peter and John, and Peter's preaching at Solomon’s Portico in the Temple.
as models for the columns of the Jewish Temple

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek and is divided into 26 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
This section gives one detailed account as an example of Luke's earlier note that "the 'apostolic band' has the power to work miracles".

Verse 2

The temple in Jerusalem had several gates, but it is not clear which one might have been called Beautiful. No ancient source mentions the Beautiful Gate, but the Nicanor Gate is probably the best guess. Traditionally the gate is identified with the Shushan Gate but, according to C. K. Barrett, that gate was not a suitable location for a beggar.

Verse 6

The healing of the lame man in this chapter becomes the inspiration of some songs. One of the famous ones is the children's song: "Silver and Gold Have I None".

No Other Name (3:11–26)

These verses record Peter's second speech, which addresses the same two questions as his first: 'What does this mean?' and 'What shall we do?'.

Verse 17

Cited from, linked with, the prophecy contains the term "prophet like " as a "biblical typology".

Verse 26