2And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
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And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We were told in general (Acts 2:43) that many signs and wonders were done by the apostles , which are not written in this book; but here we have one given us for an instance. As they wrought miracles, not upon every body as every body had occasion for them, but as the Holy Spirit gave direction, so as to answer the end of their commission; so all the miracles they did work are not written in this…
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