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Acts 3:7

Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - John;   Lameness;   Miracles;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apostles;   Association-Separation;   Contact;   Disciples;   Disease;   Hand, Divine;   Hands;   Heal, Apostles;   Healed, Disease;   Health-Disease;   Miracles;   Personal Contact;   Peter;   Right;   Sickness;   The Topic Concordance - Healing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gifts of the spirit;   Healing;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hand, Right Hand;   Touch;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Glory;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   John;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Miracles;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gestures;   Hand;   Miracles;   Peter;   Temple (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ankle;   Gain;   Gate, East;   Healing, Gifts of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong.
King James Version (1611)
And hee tooke him by the right hand, & lift him vp: aud immediatly his feete and ancle bones receiued strength.
King James Version
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
English Standard Version
And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
New American Standard Bible
And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
New Century Version
Then Peter took the man's right hand and lifted him up. Immediately the man's feet and ankles became strong.
Amplified Bible
Then he seized the man's right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankles became strong and steady,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
Legacy Standard Bible
And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
Berean Standard Bible
Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were strengthened.
Contemporary English Version
Peter then took him by the right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong,
Complete Jewish Bible
And taking hold of him by his right hand, Kefa pulled him up. Instantly his feet and ankles became strong;
Darby Translation
And having taken hold of him [by] the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Peter took the man's right hand and lifted him up. Immediately his feet and legs became strong.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee tooke him by the right hand, and lift him vp, and immediately his feete and ankle bones receiued strength.
George Lamsa Translation
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up; and in that very hour his legs and his feet received strength.
Good News Translation
Then he took him by his right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong;
Lexham English Bible
And taking hold of him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
Literal Translation
And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankle-bones were made firm.
American Standard Version
And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength.
Bible in Basic English
And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,
Hebrew Names Version
He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
International Standard Version
Then Peterhe">[fn] took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,
Etheridge Translation
And he took him by his right hand and raised him: and instantly his feet strengthened and his heels.
Murdock Translation
And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and forthwith, his feet and his heels recovered strength.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he toke hym by the ryght hande, and lyft hym vp. And immediatly his feete and ancle bones receaued strength.
English Revised Version
And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength.
World English Bible
He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And taking him by the right-hand, he lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle-bones were strengthened,
Weymouth's New Testament
Then taking his hand Peter lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he took hym bi the riythoond, and heuede hym vp; and anoon hise leggis and hise feet weren sowdid togidere;
Update Bible Version
And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted [him] up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
New King James Version
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
New Living Translation
Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man's feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.
New Life Bible
Peter took the man by the right hand and lifted him up. At once his feet and the bones in his legs became strong.
New Revised Standard
And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, laying hold of him by the right hand, he raised him up; and, instantly, were his feet and ankles strengthened; -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up: and forthwith his feet and soles received strength.
Revised Standard Version
And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he toke him by the right honde and lifte him vp. And immediatly his fete and ancle bones receaved strenght.
Young's Literal Translation
And having seized him by the right hand, he raised [him] up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he toke him by the righte hande and lifte him vp. Immediatly his legges & ancle bones were made stroge,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and taking him by the right hand, he lift him up; and immediately his feet and ancle-bones received strength.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Pete helped the guy to his feet. As the man got up, his feet and ankles became strong and were healed.

Contextual Overview

1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!" 5 So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!" 7 Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong. 8 He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 9:41, Mark 1:31, Mark 5:41, Mark 9:27, Luke 13:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:16 - It is not Matthew 12:13 - and it John 5:9 - immediately Acts 4:9 - the good Acts 5:12 - by Acts 8:7 - lame

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:5
for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil."
Genesis 3:10
The man replied, "I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:11
And the Lord God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
Deuteronomy 28:34
You will go insane from seeing all this.
2 Kings 6:20
When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O Lord , open their eyes, so they can see." The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
Isaiah 28:20
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
Luke 16:23
And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took him by the right hand,.... In imitation of Christ, whom he had often seen using the same action on such occasions:

and lift him up; believing he was cured, and that it might be manifest. The word him is expressed in the Alexandrian copy, and in some others, and in the Oriental versions, which is a supplement in our translation:

and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength; where, it seems, his lameness lay. The Vulgate Latin renders it, his bases and soles, which may include his legs and thighs, as well as feet; and the Syriac version, "his feet and soles"; and the Arabic version, "his soles, and the muscles adjoining to his heels"; and the Ethiopic version furthest off of all, "he was strengthened in his feet, and in his loins"; his disorder might be of the paralytic kind.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he took him - He took hold of his hand. To take hold of the hand in such a ease was an offer of aid, an indication that Peter was sincere, and was an inducement to him to make an effort. This may be employed as a beautiful illustration of the manner of God when he commands people to repent and believe. He does not leave them alone; he extends help, and aids their efforts. If they tremble, and feel that they are weak, and needy, and helpless, his hand is stretched out and his power exerted to impart strength and grace.

His feet and ankle-bones - The fact that strength was immediately imparted; that the feet, long lame, were now made strong, was a full and clear proof of miraculous power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:7. Immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength — The suddenness of the cure was the proof of the miracle: his walking and leaping were the evidences of it.


 
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