There are many powerful prayers in the Bible.  One of my favorites is near the end of Acts 4.  After Peter and John were released from their imprisonment and intimidation at the hands of the Jewish religious leaders for preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, they joined a group of their close companions.  […]

The scene in Acts 4: Peter and John healed a lame man at the temple in Jerusalem.  They proclaimed the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to the large crowd that gathered in response to the miracle.  The Jewish religious leaders, greatly alarmed over Peter and John’s actions, arrested them, then questioned them the following […]

In the opening verses of Acts 4, we read that Peter and John were arrested by the Jewish religious leaders before a large crowd soon after healing a lame man at the temple in Jerusalem.  But the main reason they were arrested was not because they healed the man, but (v. 2): because they were […]

The catalyzing event for all of Chapters 3 and 4 of Acts occurred while Peter and John were going to the temple in Jerusalem for the mid-afternoon time of prayer.  Before entering the gate of the temple, they passed by a man lame from birth who was brought there every day to beg for alms.  Although […]