Acts 3:1
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New International Version (©1984)
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer--at three in the afternoon.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

International Standard Version (©2008)
One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the temple for the three o'clock prayer time.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Peter and John were going to the temple courtyard for the three o'clock prayer.

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

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

American Standard Version
Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour .

Bible in Basic English
Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;

Douay-Rheims Bible
NOW Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

Darby Bible Translation
And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour;

English Revised Version
Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple, at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

Weymouth New Testament
One day Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the hour of prayer--the ninth hour--and, just then,

World English Bible
Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Young's Literal Translation
And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour,

Geneva Study Bible

Now {1} Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

(1) Christ, in healing a man that was born lame and well known to all men, both in a famous place and at a popular time, by the hands of his apostles partly strengthens and encourages those who believed, and partly also calls others to believe.

People's New Testament

3:1 The First Persecution

SUMMARY OF ACTS 3:

Peter and John at the Temple. The Lame Man Healed. The Wonder of the Multitude. Peter Preaches Christ to Them. The Prophet Like Unto Moses.

Peter and John. These two apostles were very closely associated in the early work of the church. They are often named together.

Into the temple. The Jewish Christians still continued to observe many of the rites of Jewish worship, and, in addition, they preached Christ to the multitudes in the temple courts. It was years before they were fully emancipated from Judaism.

At the hour of prayer. The ninth hour, three o'clock p.m. the hour of the evening sacrifice, when devout Jews were accustomed to gather at the temple to pray. The miracle that follows is one of many (Ac 2:43), but is recorded because it led to the first persecution.

Wesley's Notes

3:1 The ninth hour - The Jews divided the time from sunrise to sunset into twelve hours; which were consequently of unequal length at different times of the year, as the days were longer or shorter. The third hour therefore was nine in the morning; the ninth, three in the afternoon; but not exactly. For the third hour was the middle space between sunrise and noon; which, if the sun rose at five, (the earliest hour of its rising in that climate,) was half an hour after eight: if at seven (the latest hour of its rising there) was half an hour after nine. The chief hours of prayer were the third and ninth; at which seasons the morning and evening sacrifices were offered, and incense (a kind of emblem representing prayer) burnt on the golden altar.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 3

Ac 3:1-26. Peter Heals a Lame Man at the Temple Gate-Hs Address to the Wondering Multitude.

1-11. Peter and John-already associated by their Master, first with James (Mr 1:29; 5:37; 9:2), then by themselves (Lu 22:8; and see Joh 13:23, 24). Now we find them constantly together, but John (yet young) only as a silent actor.

went up-were going up, were on their way.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:1-11 The apostles and the first believers attended the temple worship at the hours of prayer. Peter and John seem to have been led by a Divine direction, to work a miracle on a man above forty years old, who had been a cripple from his birth. Peter, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, bade him rise up and walk. Thus, if we would attempt to good purpose the healing of men's souls, we must go forth in the name and power of Jesus Christ, calling on helpless sinners to arise and walk in the way of holiness, by faith in Him. How sweet the thought to our souls, that in respect to all the crippled faculties of our fallen nature, the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth can make us whole! With what holy joy and rapture shall we tread the holy courts, when God the Spirit causes us to enter therein by his strength!


Psalm 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.
Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
Luke 22:8 And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it."
Acts 3:3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.
Acts 3:4 But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!"
Acts 10:30 Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments, (NASB ©1995)

Afternoon Hour John Ninth Peter Prayer Temple Three Time Together


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

1 Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet,
12 professes the cure not to have been wrought by his or John's own power or holiness, but by God, and his son Jesus, and through faith in his name;
13 withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus;
17 which because they did it through ignorance, and that thereby were fulfilled God's determinate counsel, and the Scriptures,
19 he exhorts them by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins, and salvation in the same Jesus.

Peter. 4:13 8:14 Mt 17:1 26:37 Joh 13:23-25 20:2-9 21:7,18-22 Ga 2:9

went. 2:46 5:25 Lu 24:53

the hour. 10:3,30 Ex 29:39 Nu 28:4 1Ki 18:36 Ps 55:17 Da 6:10 9:21 Lu 1:10 23:44-46

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