Apostelgeschichte 3:4

4 Petrus aber blickte unverwandt mit Johannes auf ihn hin und sprach: Sieh uns an!

Apostelgeschichte 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:4

And Peter fastening his eyes upon him
Or looking very wistly and intently at him, being, no doubt, under some uncommon impulse of the Spirit of God to take notice of him, and cure him of his disease:

with John;
who was also under a like impulse at the same time; and who was equally concerned in this cure, as appears by the notice the man, when healed, took of the one, as well as the other; and by Peter's declaration, ( Acts 3:11 Acts 3:12 ) as also by the following words:

said, look on us;
which was said to raise his attention to them, to put him upon observing what manner of men they were, and how unlikely to perform the following cure, and to take notice of the manner in which it would be done. The Jews speak of a supernatural cure effected in such a manner, using such words; and which perhaps is told, with a view to lessen the glory of this F26.

``Elias appeared to one in the likeness of R. Chiyah Rabbah; he said to him, how does my Lord do? he replied to him, a certain tooth distresses me; he said to him, (yl ymx) , "look on me"; and he looked on him, and put his finger on it, and he was well.''


FOOTNOTES:

F26 T. Hieros. Cetubot, fol. 35. 1.

Apostelgeschichte 3:4 In-Context

2 Und ein gewisser Mann, der von seiner Mutter Leibe an lahm war, wurde getragen, welchen sie täglich an die Pforte des Tempels setzten, die man die schöne nennt, um Almosen zu erbitten von denen, die in den Tempel gingen.
3 Als dieser Petrus und Johannes sah, wie sie in den Tempel eintreten wollten, bat er, daß er ein Almosen empfinge.
4 Petrus aber blickte unverwandt mit Johannes auf ihn hin und sprach: Sieh uns an!
5 Er aber gab acht auf sie, in der Erwartung, etwas von ihnen zu empfangen.
6 Petrus aber sprach: Silber und Gold habe ich nicht; was ich aber habe, das gebe ich dir: In dem Namen Jesu Christi, des Nazaräers, stehe auf und wandle!
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