King James Version
Acts 3:11 in the King James Version says “And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is cal...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 3:11 · KJV
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
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 when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
“in”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“that is called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
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