Video Discussion Q+A

1) How long had the man Peter healed been unable to walk? How did Peter heal him?

The Bible says the man was lame from birth. He had never been able to walk. Peter healed the man through the power from the name of Jesus. This healing was immediate and it caused the man to have muscles that would have taken years to rebuild. This was a complete miracle. The Bible says the man was over 40 years old.

2) The Miracle gave Peter the opportunity to share the Gospel. Who does Peter talk about in 3:22 and in 3:25? Why Moses and Abraham?

Peter talks about Moses and Abraham to show us that believing in Jesus means that we are believing in the one that brings the blessing of Abraham and is the prophet that was promised greater than Moses. Both Abraham and Moses point to a messiah and that messiah is Jesus.

3) What question do the religious leaders ask Peter and John? Does Peter answer their question?

They ask them by what name the man born lame was healed. Peter does answer them and he says that it is through faith in the name of Jesus that the man born lame was healed. This is a picture of what believing in Jesus’ name can do to someone’s heart. Jesus can heal and restore and transform any heart that comes to him in faith.

4) How did the religious leaders know Peter and John had been with Jesus?

It was when they saw their boldness and courage. They knew the apostles had been with Jesus because only that kind of boldness and courage could come from someone who had been with Jesus because Jesus was full of boldness and courage. The same Spirit that anointed Jesus ministry was now indwelling the disciples.

5) After Peter and John were released what did they do? What psalm did they quote in their prayer?

They go back to the other disciples and they break out in prayer thanking God and asking him to give them more boldness to speak the Gospel about Jesus. They quote Psalm 2 because they realize that the nations are raging against the Lord and his anointed, just like that Psalm said they would.