Acts 3:7 Meaning and Explanation
“And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.”
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Read Full Chapter →Peter takes the man by the right hand and lifts him, and at once his feet and ankle bones are made strong.
What Does Acts 3:7 Mean?
Word and touch come together. Peter does not simply issue the command and wait; he reaches down, grips the man's right hand, and lifts. Luke, the physician among the evangelists, notes exactly where the healing lands: feet and ankle bones, useless from birth, receive strength immediately.
The strength arrives in the rising. It did not come while the man sat waiting to feel ready; it met him as he was lifted. So it often is with grace: God supplies the power in the act of obedience rather than in advance of it. And notice the kindness of the method — heaven's power, delivered through a brother's grip. God's strength usually reaches us through someone willing to reach for us.
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What does Acts 3:7 mean?
Peter takes the man by the right hand and lifts him, and at once his feet and ankle bones are made strong.