Acts 3:1 Meaning and Explanation
“Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Peter and John go up to the temple together at the hour of prayer — the ninth hour, about three in the afternoon.
What Does Acts 3:1 Mean?
Pentecost has come, the church is growing, and the apostles still worship where Israel has always worshipped. Peter and John — partners since their fishing days, the two who ran together to the empty tomb — climb to the temple at the ninth hour, when the evening sacrifice was offered and the courts filled with people at prayer.
The great miracle of this chapter begins with something unremarkable: two men keeping an appointed time of prayer. The Spirit had filled them, yet they did not abandon the ordinary rhythms of devotion; they carried Christ into them. God often meets his people not in the extraordinary moment we engineer but along the faithful path we were already walking. The way to the Beautiful Gate runs through the habit of prayer.
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What does Acts 3:1 mean?
Peter and John go up to the temple together at the hour of prayer — the ninth hour, about three in the afternoon.