And his name, through faith in his name
That is, the name of Christ, or the power of Christ, through the
faith of the apostles in him, while they made use of his name,
and said, "in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth" ( Acts 3:6 ) or Christ,
through the faith of the lame man in him; and when his name was
used in this manner by the apostles; not that either their faith,
or his, had any causal influence on the cure, but was the way and
means in which they, glorifying Christ, he was pleased to effect
this cure: hath made this man strong;
who was before exceeding weak; strengthened the parts that were
infirm, his feet and ankles, and consolidated them, so that he
could use them, and walk with them: whom ye see and
know;
they knew him before, when he was lame, and now knew him to be
the same man, and whom they saw now perfectly well; so that they
could be appealed to that there was no fraud or imposture in the
case: yea, the faith which is by him;
by Christ, of which he is the object, and the author, and
finisher: this is repeated out of affection to Christ, and a
passionate concern for the glory of his name; or because that
faith, in one clause, may regard the faith of the apostles, and
in the other, the faith of the man that was cured: hath
given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you
all:
he had perfect soundness both in body and mind; though the former
may chiefly be designed, it being that which was only visible to
these persons; and which was done, not in a corner, but publicly,
before them all, at the gate of the temple, where the multitude
passed to and fro.