Acts 3:8

Amplified Bible

and with a leap he stood up and began to walk; and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple area with them. He was walking and jumping and praising God.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sprage stode and also walked and entred with them into the temple walkinge and leapinge and laudynge God.

Hebrew Names Version
Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.

International Standard Version
and he sprung to his feet, stood up, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple, walking, jumping, and praising God.Isaiah 35:6;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
And leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

New Century Version
He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.

Update Bible Version
And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

English Standard Version
And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

World English Bible
Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And leaping up, he stood and walked, and went with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Weymouth's New Testament
Leaping up, he stood upright and began to walk, and went into the Temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he lippide, and stood, and wandride. And he entride with hem in to the temple, and wandride, and lippide, and heriede God.

English Revised Version
And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Berean Standard Bible
He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

Contemporary English Version
and he jumped up and started walking. He went with Peter and John into the temple, walking and jumping and praising God.

American Standard Version
And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Bible in Basic English
And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that he sprang up, stood a moment, and began walking. Then he entered the Temple court with them, walking and leaping and praising God!

Darby Translation
And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Etheridge Translation
And he leaped and arose and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and glorifying Aloha.

Murdock Translation
And he sprang, stood up, and walked: and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

King James Version (1611)
And hee leaping vp, stood, and walked, and entred with them into the Temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

New Living Translation
He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.

New Life Bible
He jumped up on his feet and walked. Then he went into the house of God with them. He gave thanks to God as he walked.

New Revised Standard
Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he leaped vp, stoode, and walked, and entred with them into the Temple, walking and leaping, and praysing God.

George Lamsa Translation
And he, leaping up, stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, leaping forward, he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he leaping up, stood and walked and went in with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

Revised Standard Version
And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sprang, stoode, and walked, and entred with them into the temple, walkyng, and leaping, & praysyng God.

Good News Translation
he jumped up, stood on his feet, and started walking around. Then he went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.

Christian Standard Bible®
So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

King James Version
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Lexham English Bible
And leaping up, he stood and began walking around and entered into the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Literal Translation
And leaping up, he stood and walked, and went with them into the temple, walking and leaping, and praising God.

Young's Literal Translation
and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he sprange, stode and walked, and entred with them in to the teple, walkynge, and leapinge and praysinge God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
so that he fell a leaping, and walking, and entred with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

New English Translation
He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

New King James Version
So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The man jumped up and began to walk around. Once he got used to the sensation, he started jumpin' around like a young foal turned out to pasture. He went around praising God, and then went into the Church with Pete and John.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Legacy Standard Bible
And leaping up, he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Contextual Overview

¹Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), ²and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple. ³So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking [them] for coins. ⁴But Peter, along with John, stared at him intently and said, "Look at us!" ⁵And the man began to pay attention to them, eagerly expecting to receive something from them. ⁶But Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!" ⁷Then he seized the man's right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankles became strong and steady, ⁸and with a leap he stood up and began to walk; and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.⁹All the people saw him walking and praising God; ¹⁰and they recognized him as the very man who usually sat begging for coins at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement and were mystified at what had happened to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Acts 14:10, Isaiah 35:6, Luke 6:23, John 5:8, John 5:9, John 5:14

praising: Psalms 103:1, Psalms 103:2, Psalms 107:20-22, Luke 17:15-18, Luke 18:43

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 2:8 - leaping Matthew 12:13 - and it Acts 3:16 - perfect Acts 4:14 - beholding

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the LORD God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, "Can it really be that God has said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:3
except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, 'You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.'"

Genesis 3:9
But the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10
He said, "I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it."

Genesis 3:21
The LORD God made tunics of [animal] skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever"—

Deuteronomy 4:33
"Did [any] people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you heard, and [still] live?

Deuteronomy 5:25
'Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we will die.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he leaping up,.... From off the bed or couch, or ground on which he lay:

stood and walked; stood firm and strong upon his feet, and walked about; by which it was abundantly manifest to himself and others, that he had a perfect cure. The Ethiopic version is a very ridiculous one, "and he went with them catching fishes"; as if upon this, before they went into the temple, he and the apostles went a fishing together, which has not the least foundation in the text:

and entered with them into the temple; to join with them in divine worship, to acknowledge the goodness of God to him, and to show respect to the instruments he made use of in his cure:

and leaping; for joy of the mercy, and that it might appear to all that he was thoroughly cured of his lameness: and thus the prophecy in Isaiah 35:6 "then shall the lame man leap as an hart", was literally fulfilled:

and praising God; and not the apostles; for he knew that this was owing to the power of God, and could never have been done by man; though he might not be ungrateful to the instruments.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he, leaping up - This was a natural expression of joy, and it was a striking fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 35:6; “Then shall the lame man leap as an hart.” The account here given is one that is perfectly natural. The man would be filled with joy, and would express it in this manner. He had been lame from a child; he had never walked; and there was more in the miracle than merely giving strength. The art of “walking” is one that is acquired by long practice. Children learn slowly. Caspar Hauser, discovered in one of the cities of Germany, who had been confined in prison from a child, was unable to walk in an easy way when released, but stumbled in a very awkward manner (see his Life). When, therefore, this man was able at once to walk, it was clear proof of a miracle.

Praising God - This was the natural and appropriate expression of his feelings on this occasion. His heart would be full; and he could have no doubt that this blessing had come from God alone. It is remarkable that he did not even express his gratitude to Peter and John. They had not pretended to restore him in their own name, and he would feel that man could not do it. It is remarkable that he praised God without being taught or entreated to do it. It was instinctive - the natural feeling of the heart. So a sinner. His first feelings, when he is converted, will be to ascribe the praise to God. While he may and will feel regard for the ministry by whose instrumentality he has received the blessing, yet his main expression of gratitude will be to God. And this he will do instinctively. He needs no prompter; he knows that no power of man is equal to the work of converting the soul, and will rejoice, and give all the praise to the God of grace.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:8. Walking and leaping, and praising God. — These actions are very naturally described. He walked, in obedience to the command of the apostle, rise up and walk: he leaped, to try the strength of his limbs and to be convinced of the reality of the cure: he praised God, as a testimony of the gratitude he felt for the cure he had received. Now was fulfilled, in the most literal manner, the words of the Prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 35:6: The lame man shall leap as a hart.