Peter’s Sermon in Solomon’s Portico

11 And while[a] 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[b] saw it,[c] 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? 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac[d] and of Jacob,[e] the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, after[f] he had decided to release him.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 3:11 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was holding fast to”)
  2. Acts 3:12 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 3:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Acts 3:13 Some manuscripts have “the God of Isaac”
  5. Acts 3:13 Some manuscripts have “the God of Jacob”
  6. Acts 3:13 Or “although”; this genitive absolute construction can be understood as either temporal “after” or concessive “although
  7. Acts 3:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation