translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ACT

label: NET study note

text: Going up to the temple at the time for prayer. The earliest Christians, being of Jewish roots, were still participating in the institutions of Judaism at this point. Their faith in Christ did not make them non-Jewish in their practices.


text: In the name. Note the authority in the name of Jesus the Messiah. His presence and power are at work for the man. The reference to “the name” is not like a magical incantation, but is designed to indicate the agent who performs the healing. The theme is quite frequent in Acts ( 2:38 plus 21 other times).


text: At once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. Note that despite the past lameness, the man is immediately able to walk. The restoration of his ability to walk pictures the presence of a renewed walk, a fresh start at life; this was far more than money would have given him.


text: Amazement is a frequent response to miracles of Jesus or the apostles. These took the ancients by as much surprise as they would people today. But in terms of response to what God is doing, amazement does not equal faith ( Luke 4:36; 5:9, 26; 7:16 ).


text: Solomon ’ s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex. It was located on the east side of the temple (Josephus, Ant. 15.11.3-5 [15.391-420], 20.9.7 [20.221]) and was a place of commerce and conversation.


text: Has glorified. Jesus is alive, raised and active, as the healing illustrates so dramatically how God honors him.


text: His servant. The term servant has messianic connotations given the context of the promise, the note of suffering, and the titles and functions noted in vv. 14-15 .


text: Whom God raised. God is the main actor here, as he testifies to Jesus and vindicates him.


text: Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6 .


text: The ignorance Peter mentions here does not excuse them from culpability. It was simply a way to say “you did not realize the great mistake you made.”


text: God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.


text: The term must used here ( δεῖ , dei , “it is necessary”) is a key Lukan term to point to the plan of God and what must occur.


text: A quotation from Deut 18:15 . By quoting Deut 18:1 5 Peter declared that Jesus was the eschatological “ prophet like [Moses]” mentioned in that passage, who reveals the plan of God and the way of God.


text: A quotation from Deut 18:19 , also Lev 23:29 . The OT context of Lev 23:29 discusses what happened when one failed to honor atonement. One ignored the required sacrifice of God at one’s peril.


text: A quotation from Gen 22:18 .


text: The picture of turning is again seen as the appropriate response to the message. See v. 19 above. In v. 19 it was “turning to,” here it is “turning away from.” The direction of the two metaphors is important.