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Acts 3:8
He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter and John have just taken the lame beggar’s hand to raise him. At that moment, the man immediately recovers his strength and moves with the apostles into the temple courts.
The words — The Greek term ἐξαλλόμενος (exallomenos) literally means "leaping up," describing the man's sudden, vigorous movement. περιεπάτει (periepatei) translates to "was walking about," indicating sustained, restored motion.
The thread — This immediate physical restoration fulfills Isaiah 35:6, where the lame will leap like a deer, and mirrors Acts 14:10, where Paul commands a paralyzed man to stand and jump up. Both passages show healing as a direct, visible act of divine power through apostolic agents.
Why it lands — The text records that restored mobility is immediately directed toward communal worship in the temple courts. It requires the reader to acknowledge that physical healing in the narrative consistently produces public praise rather than private relief.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Acts 14:10 In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
- Psalms 107:20 He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
- Psalms 103:1 Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Luke 6:23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
- Luke 17:15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- John 5:14 Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- Luke 18:43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
- John 5:8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”