Acts 3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. The evangelist describes minutely the actions of the lame man as soon as he began to believe that he was healed. First he leaped forth, releasing himself from the hold of Peter, or leaped up, as if trying the strength of his muscle; then he stood on his feet for the first time in his life, and walked around, to see whether the same power of walking belonged to him which all that were about had. But the pen of the writer, not content with this, adds graphically, "And he entered with them," unwilling to be separated from the instruments of his cure, "into the temple," practising his newly acquired powers without the ability to restrain himself, now walking, now leaping, and all the while praising God. "Then did the lame man leap as an hart." He was of another kind from the nine lepers, who never looked back to give thanks to the Lord Jesus. (Pres. Woolsey.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. |
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