Peter and John heal a man at the Temple gate
Acts 3:1-10
A man who could not walk from birth begged at the Temple gate called the Beautiful Gate. Peter told him he had no silver or gold, but he would give him what he had. In the name of Jesus Christ, the man got up and walked. Acts 3:1-10
The story, in plain words
One day, Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the three o’clock prayer. Acts 3:1
Every day a man crippled from birth was placed at the Temple gate called the Beautiful Gate. Acts 3:2
People carried him there so he could beg from those who went in. Acts 3:2
When he saw Peter and John about to go in, he asked them for alms. Acts 3:3 Peter, together with John, looked straight at him and told him to look…
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Acts 3:1-10
1Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer. 2And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb, was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple. 3He, when he had seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. 4But Peter with John fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us. 5But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them. 6But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise, and walk. 7And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles received strength. 8And he leaping up, stood, and walked, and went in with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 9And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
To talk about together
- Peter had no money, but he gave what he had. What do you have to give that is not money?
- Peter healed him “in the name of Jesus Christ,” not in his own name. Why do you think he said it that way?
- For the child: how do you think the man felt when he walked for the first time?