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Acts 3:11
While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the immediate aftermath of a healing as the restored man clings to Peter and John, drawing the amazed crowd to Solomon’s Colonnade. This gathering directly precedes Peter’s address to the Israelites, who are staring at the apostles as if they possessed the power to heal.
The words — κρατοῦντος (kratountos) translates literally as “while clinging” or “holding fast.” It functions in a genitive absolute construction that anchors the crowd’s movement to the man’s physical dependence on the apostles after his healing.
The thread — Solomon’s Colonnade appears again in John 10:23 as a covered walkway where Jesus taught, and apostolic ministry in temple colonnades is noted in Acts 5:12. The motif of a healed person seeking out God’s representatives parallels the demon-possessed man’s plea in Luke 8:38 to follow Jesus.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to shift attention from the human agents of a miracle to the divine source that enacted it. It demands that astonishment over restored life be directed toward God’s power rather than toward the messengers who witnessed it.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Acts 5:12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Luke 8:38 The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,
- John 10:23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Luke 22:8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
- Acts 2:6 And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.