Acts Lesson 3

PETER HEALS THE CRIPPLED BEGGAR

Acts 3:1-26
Key verse 3:6

I. PETER HEALS THE CRIPPLED BEGGAR (1-10)

1. When and why did Peter and John go up to the temple (1)? What changes do you find in
them now compared to their earlier days in Jesus’ ministry (cf. Mk 10:35-41; 14:37-40)?
2. How long had the beggar by the temple gate been crippled (2)? How did this beggar earn a
living? What was his life problem?
3. What did he ask peter and John to do for him (3)?
4. What did Peter say to him (4)? Why? What did the beggar expect from them (5)?
5. Why couldn’t Peter meet the beggar’s expectations (6a)? In what other way did Peter help
the begging man (6b, 7)? What does “in the name of Jesus of Nazareth” mean (cf. Jn 14:14)?
In the way that Peter helped the beggar, what can we learn about the right way to help
fellow brothers?
6. Describe the healing procedure used to cure the crippled beggar (6-8)? How grateful might
he have felt? What was the reaction of the people who saw that this crippled man was now
walking (9, 10)?

II. PETER, A WITNESS OF JESUS (11-26)

7. Why did all the people come to Solomon’s Colonnade (11)? To whom did Peter turn the
people’s attention (12, 13a)?
8. What sin had the people committed (13b, 14)? In what way did God glorify Jesus (14b, 15)?
Who were the witnesses of what God had done?
9. What healed the beggar and made him strong, according to Peter’s testimony (16)?
10. Why did they kill Jesus (17)? What prophesy did God fulfil through this event (18)? In light
of this, what then should they do (19)?
11. What does God intend to do with Jesus (20)? Where does Jesus remain now (21)?
12 What was Moses’ prophesy regarding Jesus (22)? What did he say would happen to anyone
who does not listen to him (23)? What have all the prophets since Samuel foretold (24)?
13. Whose heirs were these Jews (25a)? What covenant did God make with Abraham (25b)?
Why did God send his servant first to them (26)?