--- title: "Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade" description: "After a man is miraculously healed in public, Peter addresses the stunned crowd, urging them to reconsider their rejection of Jesus and seek spiritual restoration." image: "" book: "Acts" bookId: "ACT" testament: "new" startChapter: 3 startVerse: 11 endChapter: 3 endVerse: 26 coversChapters: [3] aiTitle: "Miracle Sparks Outcry: Peter Deflects Credit, Points to Jesus" aiDescription: "After a man is miraculously healed in public, Peter addresses the stunned crowd, urging them to reconsider their rejection of Jesus and seek spiritual restoration." hasAiStory: true location: "Solomon’s Colonnade" persons: ["Abraham","God","Isaac","Jacob","Jesus","John","Moses","Peter","Pilate","Prophets","Samuel"] hashtags: ["faith","prophetic","redemption","repentance","suffering"] genre: "history" readingTime: 2 type: "adaptive" slug: "ACT/peter-speaks-in-solomons-colonnade" canonicalId: "ACT.3.11-3.26" chronologicalOrder: 1536 relatedSlugs: ["DEU/the-prophet-like-moses","ACT/three-thousand-believe","ACT/peter-addresses-the-crowd","ISA/jerusalem-to-be-restored","ISA/judahs-rebellion","ISA/israels-only-savior","ACT/in-pisidian-antioch","MAT/the-parable-of-the-sower","HEB/jesus-is-above-the-angels","MAT/the-community-discourse","2TH/comfort-during-persecution","GEN/abraham","ROM/israel-in-the-past","GAL/faith-and-belief","PSA/psalm-51-create-in-me-a-clean-heart-o-god","MAT/the-king-of-the-community","REV/the-world-to-come","JAS/warnings-against-worldliness","GAL/sons-through-faith-in-christ","JHN/the-father-and-the-son","LUK/the-road-to-emmaus","2CO/ministers-of-a-new-covenant","ROM/walking-by-the-spirit","HEB/the-perfect-high-priest","JHN/jesus-arrives-in-jerusalem","MRK/the-transfiguration","JHN/jesus-and-the-samaritan-woman","LAM/gods-justice"] prevSlug: "ACT/a-lame-man-walks" nextSlug: "ACT/peter-and-john-before-the-sanhedrin" --- A scene of absolute shock is unfolding right now as a man previously unable to walk is clinging to [Peter](/persons/peter) and [John](/persons/john). A massive crowd has gathered in the walkway to witness the aftermath of what many are calling an impossible recovery. Peter, sensing the confusion, has just spoken out to the witnesses. He immediately shut down any suggestion that he or John performed this miracle through their own personal power or holiness. Instead, he made a bold claim: this healing was made possible solely by the authority and name of [Jesus](/persons/jesus). The mood turned intense as Peter challenged the crowd's recent history. He reminded them that while they demanded a murderer be set free, they chose to reject the 'Holy and Righteous One.' He didn't mince words, declaring that the very man they killed is the one [God](/persons/god) raised back to life—an event to which he and his companions are living witnesses. Despite the heavy accusations, Peter framed his message as an urgent invitation. He acknowledged that the public and their leaders acted out of ignorance, but insisted that this was all part of a larger plan foretold by ancient [prophets](/persons/prophets). He is now calling for immediate repentance and a total turn-around in their lives. He closed his address by promising that those who take this step will experience a time of spiritual 'refreshing.' He pointed back to the ancient promise made to [Abraham](/persons/abraham), emphasizing that this restorative work is intended to bless families everywhere by helping individuals turn away from their wicked ways. While the man clung to [Peter](/persons/peter) and [John](/persons/john), all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade. And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The [God](/persons/god) of [Abraham](/persons/abraham), [Isaac](/persons/isaac), and [Jacob](/persons/jacob), the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant [Jesus](/persons/jesus). You handed Him over and rejected Him before [Pilate](/persons/pilate), even though he had decided to release Him. You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact. By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence. And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the [prophets](/persons/prophets), saying that His Christ would suffer. Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. For [Moses](/persons/moses) said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people. ’ Indeed, all the prophets from [Samuel](/persons/samuel) on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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