Who went up to the temple? When was the hour of prayer?
For how much of his life had this man been lame?
How did he get to the temple gate? What was he there to do?
What did he ask Peter and John for?
What two things did Peter do when he first encountered the man?
What did Peter say he didn’t have? What did he have?
How exactly was Peter’s command worded? In whose name?
How did Peter help him up?
What happened then?
Where did the the man leap and walk to first? What did he do?
How did the people around respond?
How, then, did the lame man relate to Peter and John?
Who ran to the porch where they were?
What was Peter’s response?
Whose power did the people think actually healed the man, according to how Peter said they were acting?
Thought Questions

Do you have an hour of prayer? Do you have a place of prayer?
When you meet a homeless person on the street, do you fix your eyes on him or her, or do you avert them, trying to avoid contact? What can we learn from how Peter and John initially made contact with the man here?
Do you think Christians now can have the power of Christ to heal people in miraculous ways? Why or why not?
What does the formerly lame man’s immediate reaction after being healed tell you about him? Would you respond the same way? What would you have done first?
How would you have responded if you were a witness to this event?
What does the crowd’s reaction tell you about their thoughts? Do you think God had a wider audience in mind when he healed the man, besides just the man himself?

My prayer is:
that I would have even more compassion for the poor and sick among us, prayerfully offering them whatever resources I have available;
that I would have the faith to believe that even I can see Christ’s miracles done in His name according to His will–but not through any of my power;
And that, upon receiving the merciful power of God in my life, I would respond by not only walking but leaping and praising Him.