“Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee.” Acts 3:6
After Jesus ascended, Peter and John went to the temple to pray. A man who had never walked sat at the gate called Beautiful, asking for money. Peter had no money, but in the name of Jesus Christ he lifted the man up. The man went into the temple walking, leaping and praising God, and Peter told the crowd that faith in Jesus’ name had healed him.
Peter and John went up to the temple “at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.” A man “lame from his mother’s womb” was carried every day to the temple gate called Beautiful to ask for alms. When he asked Peter and John, Peter, “fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.” The man looked, “expecting to receive something of them.”
Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.” He took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and his feet and ankle bones received strength. The man went into the temple “walking, and leaping, and praising God.” When a crowd gathered in Solomon’s porch, Peter told them it was not their own power: faith in the name of Jesus “hath made this man strong.”
Who’s who
Peter and John: Apostles of the risen Lord
A man lame from birth: who asks for alms at the gate
The people: who run together in wonder
Jesus Christ: whose name makes the man strong
Where and when
At the temple gate called Beautiful and Solomon’s porch in Jerusalem, soon after the day of Pentecost.
Watch for the Savior
Watch whose name Peter uses, and who gets the credit.
Eight stops from the gate to Solomon’s porch. Scroll, or tap a number on the map.
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The story, plainly
Four scenes: the gate, the look, the healing and the praise. Look for the Savior in each one.
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The words that trip people up
Tap any dotted word for its meaning. The scripture stays exactly as written.1
Acts 3:2“to ask Meaning: gifts of money for the poor.”
Acts 3:4“Meaning: looking steadily. upon him”
Acts 3:5“he Meaning: paid attention. unto them”
Acts 3:12“why Meaning: wonder; are amazed. ye at this?”
Acts 3:16“this perfect Meaning: wholeness; full health.”
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Look closer
Small details tell the story. Some cards are details in the text; others share insights from Church leaders, Church resources or outside sources. Each card says which.
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All nine. The gate, the sun, the cup, the two Apostles, the purse, the hand, the leap, the porch and the praise. Acts 3:1–16
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Where are you?
Waiting at the gate, reaching down, leaping, or telling others. Which feels most like you right now?
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From the gate to the temple
Put the healing in order. Tap what happened first, then keep going.
“Such as I have give I thee.” Acts 3:6
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Their world, their words
A little background on the hour of prayer, the look, Peter’s witness and two Greek words helps the story come alive. Outside sources are labeled.
Church resource · Student manual
The hour of prayer
Peter and John went to the temple at the “ninth hour,” “which was nine hours after sunrise.”3
Afternoon prayer.
Church resource · Student manual
Look on us
Elder Bruce R. McConkie, quoted in the manual: “Exercise your faith in that which we, as ministers of Christ, are about to do in his name and power.”3
Faith came first.
Scripture · Acts 3
Not by our power
Peter asked why the people looked at them “as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk.”1
All credit to Jesus.
Scripture · Acts 3
Witnesses
Peter testified that God had raised Jesus “from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.”1
The risen Lord heals.
Word study · Greek
chólos χωλός · “lame” (Acts 3:2)
Bible Hub: “‘halt’, i.e. limping.”4Outside · lexicon
Acts says he was lame from birth. He had never walked a single step.1
At the Beautiful gate, the timing was the Lord’s. That day, help came in His name.1
What the text does not say
Peter doesn’t claim the power as his own. He asked the crowd why they looked at him “as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk.”1 He said it was faith in the name of Jesus that “hath made this man strong.”1
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Look to Him
The risen Lord kept healing through His Apostles, and Peter made sure everyone knew whose power it was.
“Peter had to reach down to lift the lame man. We must also reach down.”
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The Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate is part of the Scripture Story Sketch Notes for the New Testament, set alongside Come, Follow Me for June 28–July 4, 2027 (Acts 1–5).
Independent study notes from Weak Things, not an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. The words are in Acts 3:1–16; the insights in “Look closer” are labeled by source.
