The Meaning of Acts 3:9 Explained

Acts 3:9

KJV: And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

YLT: and all the people saw him walking and praising God,

Darby: And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

ASV: And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  all  the people  saw  him  walking  and  praising  God: 

What does Acts 3:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Acts 3:1-10 - Uplifting Power
Peter and John differed greatly, in age, in gift, and in point of view. They had been rivals; now they walked together. It was at three in the afternoon that this incident took place. As they climbed the Temple steps, they must have spoken of the many times that the Master had walked at their side. But they realized, too, that He was still as near as ever; and so they became the means of linking this withered man to His glorious health-giving power. It was because Jesus went with them that the healed man was able to become the fourth of the group.
The gate was beautiful, but it could not heal. More is needed than beauty or art. We may have neither the silver of profound intellect, nor the golden speech of Chrysostom, but we must see that we have something to give to a paralyzed and perishing world. Let us so move among men as to lead them to expect that we have something to give, and then give them Jesus. The lame man needed strength, and this is the divine gift of the gospel. "It is the power of God unto salvation." The Savior makes us able to walk and leap in God's ways. [source]

Chapter Summary: Acts 3

1  Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet,
12  professes the cure to have been wrought by God, and his son Jesus;
13  withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus;
17  which because they did it through ignorance,
18  and that thereby were fulfilled God's determinate counsel, and the Scriptures,
19  he exhorts them by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins through Jesus

What do the individual words in Acts 3:9 mean?

And saw all the people him walking praising - God
Καὶ εἶδεν πᾶς λαὸς αὐτὸν περιπατοῦντα αἰνοῦντα τὸν Θεόν

εἶδεν  saw 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἶδον 
Sense: to see with the eyes.
λαὸς  people 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: λαός  
Sense: a people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language.
περιπατοῦντα  walking 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: περιπατέω  
Sense: to walk.
αἰνοῦντα  praising 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: αἰνέω  
Sense: to praise, extol, to sing praises in honour to God.
τὸν  - 
Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Θεόν  God 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: θεός  
Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities.

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