12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. …
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; …
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. …
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)We have here the sermon which Peter preached after he had cured the lame man. When Peter saw it . 1. When he saw the people got together in a crowd, he took that opportunity to preach Christ to them, especially the temple being the place of their concourse, and Solomon’s porch there: let them come and hear a more excellent wisdom than Solomon’s, for, behold, a greater than Solomon is here preached…
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