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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

使徒行传 3:6

彼得卻說:“金銀我都沒有,只把我有的給你:我奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名,吩咐你行走!”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Jesus Continued;   John;   Lameness;   Miracles;   Money;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Sanctification;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gold;   In Christ's Name;   Jesus Christ;   Name;   Nazareth, Jesus of;   Prayer;   The Topic Concordance - Healing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gold;   Money;   Poor, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Gifts of the spirit;   Healing;   Holy spirit;   Miracles;   Mission;   Name;   Peter;   Signs;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Mercy;   Touch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   John;   Minerals and Metals;   Nazareth, Nazarene;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exorcism;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Prayer;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Christ, Christology;   Epilepsy;   Giving;   Gold ;   Mediation Mediator;   Name (2);   Nazareth;   Nazareth ;   Palsy;   Peter;   Peter (2);   Shadow ;   Temple (2);   Walk (2);   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - jesus;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hour;   Nazarene;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Nazareth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Authority in Religion;   Gate, East;   Gold;   Nazarene;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for July 8;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
彼 得 说 : 金 银 我 都 没 有 , 只 把 我 所 有 的 给 你 : 我 奉 拿 撒 勒 人 耶 稣 基 督 的 名 , 叫 你 起 来 行 走 !

Contextual Overview

1 One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock, the time set each day for the afternoon prayer service. 2 There, at the Temple gate called Beautiful Gate, was a man who had been crippled all his life. Every day he was carried to this gate to beg for money from the people going into the Temple. 3 The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple and asked them for money. 4 Peter and John looked straight at him and said, "Look at us!" 5 The man looked at them, thinking they were going to give him some money. 6 But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, stand up and walk!" 7 Then Peter took the man's right hand and lifted him up. Immediately the man's feet and ankles became strong. 8 He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. 9All the people recognized him as the crippled man who always sat by the Beautiful Gate begging for money. Now they saw this same man walking and praising God, and they were amazed. They wondered how this could happen. 11 While the man was holding on to Peter and John, all the people were amazed and ran to them at Solomon's Porch.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Silver: Matthew 10:9, 1 Corinthians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 6:10, 2 Corinthians 8:9, James 2:5

but: Mark 14:8, 2 Corinthians 8:12, 1 Peter 4:10

In: Acts 3:16, Acts 4:7, Acts 9:34, Acts 16:18, Acts 19:13-16, Matthew 7:22, Mark 16:17

Jesus: Acts 2:22, Acts 2:36, Acts 4:10, Acts 10:38, John 19:19

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I Psalms 68:28 - commanded Proverbs 8:10 - General Isaiah 35:6 - shall the lame Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 10:8 - freely ye Mark 16:18 - they shall lay Luke 5:24 - I say John 1:45 - Jesus John 11:43 - Lazarus John 14:12 - the Acts 2:43 - many Acts 4:21 - for all Acts 4:30 - the name Acts 4:35 - at Acts 5:12 - by Acts 8:7 - lame Acts 14:10 - Stand Acts 22:8 - I am Acts 26:9 - the name 1 Corinthians 5:4 - the name 1 Corinthians 12:9 - the gifts

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake said to the woman, "Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."
Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."
Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:19
You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust."
Genesis 6:2
When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.
Genesis 39:7
After some time the wife of Joseph's master began to desire Joseph, and one day she said to him, "Have sexual relations with me."
Joshua 7:21
Among the things I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia and about five pounds of silver and more than one and one-fourth pounds of gold. I wanted these things very much for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent, with the silver underneath."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Peter said, silver and gold have I none,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "we have none"; and so it reads the next clause in the first person plural; that is, they had no money either of gold or silver coin; they had none about them, nor any of their own perhaps any where; none but what was brought to them, and put into their hands as a common stock for the whole church, or the poor of it: nor indeed might any money be carried in a purse into the temple; :-,

:- though doubtless they might carry it in their hands, or otherwise, for the offerings, or for the poor, or this man would not have lain here for alms.

But such as I have, give I thee; meaning the gift of healing; not that he communicated that to him, but exercised the gift upon him, by curing him of his lameness; and which was much preferable to large quantities of gold and silver, had he had them to give unto him:

in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth: signifying, that it was by the command of Christ he said what follows; and by his power he wrought the cure which commenced upon it; even by the authority and virtue of him, who was treated with so much contempt by the Jews, and had lately been crucified by them: in his name he bid him

rise up and walk; without making use of any medicines, or applying anything to him; but believing that power would go along with the words, and strength would be communicated to him, by him in whose name he spoke, he said these words: and herein lies the difference between the miracles wrought by Christ, and by his disciples; those that were done by him were done in his own name, and by his own power; those that were performed by his disciples, were done in the name of Christ, and by his power alone; and the Jews themselves own, that the disciples performed cures בשמיה ישו, "in the name of Jesus" a.

a T. Hieros. Sabbat, fol. 14. 4. & Avoda Zara, fol. 40. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Silver and gold have I none - The man had asked for money; Peter assures him that he had not that to give; what he did was done, however, in such a way as to show his willingness to aid him if he had possessed money.

Such as I have - Such as is in my power. It is not to be supposed that he meant to say that he originated this power himself, but only that it was entrusted to him. He immediately adds that it was derived solely from the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the name - Compare Acts 4:10. In Mark 16:17-18, it is said, “These signs shall follow them that the sick, and they shall recover.” The expression means “by his authority,” or “in virtue of power derived from him.” We are here struck with a remarkable difference between the manner in which the Lord Jesus performed miracles and that in which it was done by his apostles. He did it in his own name and by virtue of his own power. The apostles never attempted to perform a miracle by their own power. It was only in the name of Jesus; and this circumstance alone shows that there was a radical difference between Christ and all other prophets and teachers.

Of Nazareth - This was the name by which he was commonly known. By the name he had been designated among the Jews and on the cross. It is by no means improbable that the man had heard of him by this name, and it was important that he should understand that it was by the authority of him who had been crucified as an impostor.

Rise up and walk - To do this would be evidence of signal power. It is remarkable that in cases like this they were commanded to do the thing at once. See similar cases in John 5:8; Matthew 9:6; Matthew 12:13. It would have been easy to allege that they had no power; that they were lame, or sick, or palsied, and could do nothing until God should give them strength. But the command was to do the thing; nor did the Saviour or the apostles stop to convince them that they could do nothing. They did not doubt that if it were done they would ascribe the power to God. Precisely like this is the condition of the sinner. God commands him to do the thing; to repent, and believe, and lead a holy life. It is not merely to attempt to do it, to make use of means, or to wait on him, but it is actually to repent and believe the gospel. Where he may obtain power to do it is another question. It is easy for him to involve himself in difficulty, as it would have been in these cases. But the command of God is positive, and must be obeyed. If not obeyed, people must perish, just as this man would have been always lame if he had put forth no effort of his own. When done, a convicted sinner will do just as this man did, instinctively give all the praise to God, Acts 3:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:6. Silver and gold have I none — Though it was customary for all those who entered the temple to carry some money with them, for the purposes mentioned above, yet so poor were the apostles that their had nothing to give, either to the sacred treasury, or to the distressed. The popish writers are very dexterous at forming analogies between St. Peter and the pope; but it is worthy of note that they have not attempted any here. Even the judicious and generally liberal Calmet passes by this important saying of the person whom he believed to have been the first pope. Thomas Aquinas, surnamed the angelical doctor, who was highly esteemed by Pope Innocent IV., going one day into the pope's chamber, where they were reckoning large sums of money, the pope, addressing himself to Aquinas, said: "You see that the Church is no longer in an age in which she can say, Silver and gold have I none?" "It is true, holy father," replied the angelical doctor, "nor can she now say to the lame man, Rise up and walk!" This was a faithful testimony, and must have cut deep for the moment. One thing is very remarkable, that though the saints of this church can work no miracles while alive, they work many when dead; and it is the attestation of those post mortem miracles that leads to their canonization. Thomas a Becket, who did no good while he lived, is reported to have done much after his death. Many have visited his tomb, and, in days of yore, many were said to be healed of whatsoever disease they had. The age is more enlightened, and the tomb of this reputed saint has lost all its power.


 
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