10 And they recognized him, that this one[a] was the one who used to sit asking for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

Peter’s Sermon in Solomon’s Portico

11 And while[b] he was holding fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, utterly astonished. 12 And when he[c] saw it,[d] Peter replied to the people, “Men and Israelites, why are you astonished at this? Or why are you staring at us, as if by our own power or godliness we have made him walk?

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 3:10 Some manuscripts have “that he himself”
  2. Acts 3:11 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was holding fast to”)
  3. Acts 3:12 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 3:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation