by John Lowe
(Laurens SC, USA)
and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
“They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him;” that he could have been cured so suddenly, and in such an extraordinary manner; they wondered at the power of God, which was clearly seen in it, and that he would make use of such poor, disreputable, and contemptible persons as the apostles were.
He had sat beside this same gate so long that they all knew him; and for this reason, he was chosen, on this occasion, to be the vessel of God’s mercy. Now, they were not so vicious or stubborn that they would voice any doubt whether he was the same man, as the Pharisees had questioned concerning the blind man that Christ cured (Jn. 9:9, Jn. 9:18). They now saw him “walking, and praising God,” and perhaps they noticed a change in his mind; because he was now as loud in praising God as he had before been in begging alms. The best evidence that it was a complete cure was that he now praised God for it.
11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John,
The word "held" means that he "adhered" to them; he "joined himself" to them; he was wanting to "remain" with them and "participate" with them. "He clung to his benefactors, and would not be separated from them.” He felt the strongest affection for them, since they were the instruments by which the Divine influence rehabilitated his diseased body. He held on to Peter and John; by their clothes or arms, either through fear that his lameness would return once they left him; or rather out of affection for them for the blessing he had received, and therefore hung about them, and was unwilling to part with them; unless it was to make them known, and point them out as the agents of his cure, so that they might be taken notice of by others, and their role in the miracle recognized.
all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
“All the people” ran to them; to the man that was healed, and to Peter and John, when they saw him standing, walking, and leaping, and clinging about the apostles; because they were excited and curious about what was taking place in their presence. The fact of the cure and the conduct of the man would soon draw a crowd and provide a favorable opportunity for preaching the gospel to them. They came together in the "porch that is called Solomon’s” which was a covered portico or passage on the east side of the Temple. It was distinguished by its magnificence (See SOLOMON’S PORCH, below)—“And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch” (John 10.23), to keep himself warm, and protect Him from inclement weather.
Peter knew that the phenomenon of
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