Acts 3:1

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Summary

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

Peter

Went

Acts 2:46

Acts 5:25

Luke 24:53

The hour

Acts 10:3

Luke 1:10

Luke 23:44

Bible References

Peter

Now when these men saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and perceived that they were uneducated and [even] ignorant men, they were quite surprised; then they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had responded to the message of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

And after six days [had passed], Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John aside and went up into a high mountain [i.e., an unidentified mountain nearby].

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [i.e., James and John] with Him, and [soon] began to be grieved and very distressed.

One of Jesus' disciples, [the one] He loved [Note: Probably this was the apostle John] was reclining at the dinner table close to Jesus.

So, she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved [i.e., probably the apostle John], and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we do not know where they have put Him."

So, that disciple whom Jesus loved [i.e., probably the apostle John] said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer robe around him, (for he [had taken it off and] was wearing only his underclothing) and jumped into the lake.

Also, when they perceived that this [special] favor [of preaching to Gentiles] was granted to me, James, Cephas [i.e., Peter] and John, the highly regarded pillars [i.e., leaders of the church] extended to me and Barnabas their right hands [signifying an agreement] to share [in the preaching of the Gospel], with us going to the Gentiles and they going to the circumcised ones [i.e., Jews].

Went

And every day they continued to meet together in the Temple [i.e., for teaching and worship]. They were enjoying their meals and the close fellowship they shared in the various homes, and were

[Just then] someone came in and said, "Look, the men you put in jail are [now] standing in the Temple teaching people."

And they were there in the Temple [area] continually praising God [i.e., for the next ten days. See Acts 2].

The hour

About three o'clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been

There was a whole crowd of people praying outside because it was the time for burning the incense offering.

Now when it was about twelve o'clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon, for