Acts 3:11

Acts 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
• New International Version (NIV)While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.
• English Standard Version (ESV)While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.

Context of Acts 3:11

9And all the people saw him walking and praising God; 10and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement. 12But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? 13The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

Acts 3:11 word by word

κρατοῦντος δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην συνέδραμεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῇ στοᾷ τῇ καλουμένῃ Σολομῶντος ἔκθαμβοι.Read the interlinear

• While he was clingingκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• and JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• ranσυντρέχωsuntrechō · to flockG4936
• to them at the so-calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• porticoστοάstoa · PorticoG4745
• of SolomonΣολομώνSolomōn Solomōn · Solomon'sG4672

Cross-references for Acts 3:11

• Luke 8:38But the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging Him that he might accompany Him; but He sent him away, saying,
• Acts 2:6And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.
• Acts 5:12At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s portico.
• John 10:23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

Commentaries on Acts 3:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Held Peter and John - He felt the strongest affection for them, as the instruments by which the Divine influence was converted to his diseased body. In the porch that is called Solomon's - On this portico see Bp. Pearce's note, inserted in this work, John 10:23; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Held Peter and John - The word “held” means that he “adhered” to them; he “joined himself” to them; he was desirous of “remaining” with them and “participating” with them. “He clung to his benefactors, and would not be separated from them” (Prof. Hackett). All the people … - Excited by curiosity, they came together. The fact of the cure and the conduct of the man would soon draw together a crowd, and thus furnish a favorable opportunity for preaching to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11The Beautiful Gate was probably the Nicanor Gate, made of bronze from the city of Corinth. It was on the east side of the temple (see Josephus, War 5.5.3). It had rich decorations of silver and gold plates on its panels. The gold and silver were heavier and more valuable than the plates on other gates. Solomon’s Colonnade was a covered place to walk on the east side of the temple (see Josephus, War 5.5.1–3; Antiquities 20.9.7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-11. Peter and John--already associated by their Master, first with James (Mr 1:29; 5:37; 9:2), then by themselves (Lu 22:8; and see Joh 13:23, 24). Now we find them constantly together, but John (yet young) only as a silent actor. went up--were going up, were on their way.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 3:11

• John
• Lameness
• Miracles
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Peter
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• Convert
• Foretell
• Glorify
• Prince
• Repent
• Restitution
• Wonder

Commentaries on Acts 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings