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Peter and the Lame Man

A lame man is healed and Peter and John end up in prison.
Contributed by YO! Ministry
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‘Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. And a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order for him to beg for chari-table gifts from those entering the temple grounds.’ Acts 3:1-2 (NASB) – Slide 1
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‘When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple grounds, he began asking to receive a charitable gift. But Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us!”’ Acts 3:3-4 (NASB) – Slide 2
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‘And he gave them his atten-tion, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, “I do not have silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!”’ Acts 3:5-6 (NASB) – Slide 3
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‘And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. And leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.’ Acts 3:7-8 (NASB) – Slide 4
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‘And all the people saw him walking and praising God; and they recognized him as being the very one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg for charitable gifts, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.’ Acts 3:9-10 (NASB) – Slide 5
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‘While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the portico named Solomon’s, completely astonished. But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?’” Acts 3:11-12 (NASB) – Slide 6
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‘“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you handed over and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. But you dis-owned the Holy and Right-eous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you …”’ Acts 3:13-14a (NASB) – Slide 7
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‘“… but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.”’ Acts 3:14b-16 (NASB) – Slide 8
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‘“It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ God raised up His Servant for you first, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”’ Acts 3:25-26 (NASB) – Slide 9
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‘“As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.”’ Acts 4:1-2 (NASB) – Slide 10
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‘“And they laid hands on them and put them in prison until the next day, for it was already evening. But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.”’ Acts 4:3-4 (NASB) – Slide 11
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‘On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest ...and all who were of high-priestly descent. When they had placed them in the centre, they began to inquire, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”’ Acts 4:5-7 (NASB) – Slide 12
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‘Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, “ … if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.”’ Acts 4:8-10 (NASB) – Slide 13
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‘“He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”’ Acts 4:11-12 (NASB) – Slide 14
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‘Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.’ Acts 4:13 (NASB) – Slide 15
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‘And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply. But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another, saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.”’ Acts 4:14-16 (NASB) – Slide 16
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‘And when they had sum-moned them, they com-manded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, make your own judgment; for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”’ Acts 4:18-20 (NASB) – Slide 17
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‘When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported everything that the chief priests and the elders had said to them... And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.’ Acts 4:23 & 31 (NASB) – Slide 18
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