Then he took the man by the hand and helped him to stand. The beggar’s feet and ankles instantly became strong. He leaped and jumped and praised God as he entered the temple courts with Peter and John.
Category: Knowing Jesus
Sitting at His Feet
One sentence in particular, stood out to me – ‘Mary, who also sat at the Jesus’ feet and heard His word.’
I wondered, ‘Why was this specifically mentioned in Luke’s narrative, and is this mentioned of anyone else?’ I discovered it is. In Acts 22:3 Paul writes, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city (Jerusalem) at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law…” Gamaliel was a Pharisee who taught the law and was highly respected by all the Jewish people.
Leap of Death
You raise your eyebrows in apprehension as a man with a parachute strapped to his back takes a running leap. He pulls the ripcord and his canopy opens displaying its many colorful stripes. On each stripe you notice the name of a good work the man apparently had accomplished in his lifetime.