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Acts Bible Study 06
Acts 3:1-10 Peter heals the crippled beggar.

1. Do you have silver or gold? ( ) yes ( ) no
Do you have the name of Jesus? ( ) yes ( ) no
Are you crippled? ( ) yes ( ) no

2. Where did Peter and John go? 3:1
=temple
What time did they go? 3:1
=3 o’clock pm.
Why did they go? 3:1
=pray

3. There was a beggar at the gate Beautiful. Where was the gate Beautiful? 3:2
=temple gate
What physical condition did he have? 3:2
=lame from birth
How important are healthy feet and legs in one’s life?
=very important
What did he think about his crippled condition?
=incurable and hopeless
How did people help him every day? 3:2
=carried him to temple courts
What was his daily goal? 3:2
=getting more money
How might he have thought when he begged enough money and when he begged little money?
=People think that God’s blessing is based on gaining money
How might worshippers have thought about themselves after giving money to the beggar?
=I did good job.
How long (how many years) had he been begging at the gate?
=he has been there long time.
Could he be the only beggar, or could there be other beggars at the gate?
=more beggar

4. When the beggar saw Peter and John about to enter, what did he do? 3:3
=money
What was Peter’s initial response when the crippled beggar asked money? 3:4
=look at us
Why did the crippled beggar give his attention to Peter? 3:5
=the man gave them his attention
Did the crippled beggar have faith in Jesus?
=he didn’t have faith. He expected money

5. What didn’t Peter have? 3:6
=Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk
What did Peter have? 3:6
=the name of Jesus
What did Peter command in Jesus’ name the crippled beggar to do? 3:6
=walk
What does one’s name mean?
=authority, power and position
What did Peter know about the name of Jesus? 3:15, Phil.2:9-11
=healing, storm and wind and raised the dead
=Phil 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
How did Peter help the crippled beggar? 3:7
=Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
When Peter helped the beggar get up, what happened to the beggar? 3:7,8
=jumping and praising God
What showed that the crippled man had become a complete whole healthy man? 3:8,9
=walking and jumping, and praising God

6. What did Jesus give the man that day?
=healthy body and salvation of his soul
When did he have faith in Jesus’ name?
=he believed Jesus as his savior
How does the risen Jesus continue working in this world? John 14:14
=You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it
=Jesus can bring whole new creation
When did Peter know Jesus’ will to heal this man?
=the Holy Spirit
=Jesus used Peter’s faith

7. How did people respond when they saw the crippled man walking, jumping, and praising God?
=crippled feet revealed God’s glory
How did this man reveal glory to God and glory to the name of Jesus?
=through incurable condition

8. What causes one’s mind crippled?
=crippled mind
=self-centered, ego
Who can heal a crippled mind to be a whole healthy mind?
=healthy body and healthy mind