![]() When Peter and John entered the Temple that day he was healed. His faith must have grown as he learned of these events. Acts 3:2 states that they daily laid him at the gate so he no doubt had been there a few weeks earlier when Jesus had cleansed the Temple, healed the blind, and lame, and received praise from the children (Matthew 21:13-15). While others were thronging into the Temple area at this 3 o'clock hour, when the daily burnt offering was offered and the incense was burned upon the golden altar, this man was left outside because of his infirmity. This poor lame man was sitting at the entrance to the Temple, which was a huge brass gate approximately 80 feet high and 65 feet wide. This is the first recorded miracle of the Apostles after the Day of Pentecost. Response: Your students will be able to describe what took place at the Beautiful Gate. The man leaped and praised God, and all the people were amazed. Then he commanded the man to rise up and walk, in the Name of Jesus.Ĭlimax: Peter took the lame man by the hand, and he stood, his feet and ankle bones immediately receiving strength.Ĭonclusion: Peter, through the power of God, was able to perform a miracle and the man, lame from birth, received healing. Peter told him that they had no money, but he would give the man what they did have.He did so, expecting to receive something.Peter and John were going to the Temple to pray when a lame man called to them and asked of them alms. ![]() Introduction: Use the In-Class Activity utilizing the drawing of a faucet and a drooping flower as an opening for this class session. ![]() ![]() The students will be able to relate how God, through Peter and John, performed a miracle whereby a lame man was healed. ![]()
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