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Acts 3

Acts 3 ( Acts • Chapter 3 (26 verses)): Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Moses , Nazareth , Solomon's . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Mary (Generation 74 • Messianic Line • Child of Eli ): ( Matthew 1:16 , Luke 3:23 , Acts 1:14 ) Mary , by whom Yeshua was born ( Matthew 1:16 ). (mentioned in Matthew 1 , Matthew 2 , Matthew 13 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Caesarea (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 10:1 , Acts 10:24 , Acts 11:11 , Acts 12:19 .) Joppa (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .) Cyprus (island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 .) Macedonia (region. Referenced in Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:10 , Acts 16:12 , Acts 18:5 , Acts 19:21 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 3:9 : "And all the people saw him walking and praising God:"; Acts 7:47 : "But Solomon built him an house."; Acts 14:7 : "And there they preached the gospel.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 3 ( Acts • Chapter 3 (26 verses)), Acts (New Testament • 28 Chapters), Acts 13 (Acts • Chapter 13 (52 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Acts 3
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 3 (26 verses)

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Moses , Nazareth , Solomon's .

Acts
99% New Testament
New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Erastus Inscription — Corinth City Treasurer (Romans 16:23)
Erastus Inscription — Corinth City Treasurer (Romans 16:23)
IMAGE 99%
IMAGE • archaeology

Paved limestone plaza inscription in ancient Corinth reading 'Erastus in return for his aedileship laid this pavement at his own expense'.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
IMAGE 99%
IMAGE • maps

Antioch to Cyprus ( Salamis , Paphos ), Perga , Pisidian Antioch , Iconium , Lystra , and Derbe .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)
Map of Paul's Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)
IMAGE 99%
IMAGE • maps

Cilicia , Galatia , Troas (Macedonian Call), Philippi , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens , and Corinth .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–21:16)
Map of Paul's Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–21:16)
IMAGE 99%
IMAGE • maps

Extended 3-year ministry in Ephesus , visit to Macedonia and Greece , and journey to Jerusalem .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles
99% Wiki Topic
Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Acts 13
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 13 (52 verses)

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene , and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul . As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost... Mentions: Simeon , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Samuel , Antioch 1 , Cyrene , Seleucia , Cyprus , Salamis .

Acts 23
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 23 (35 verses)

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wal... Mentions: Jerusalem , Rome , Caesarea , Antipatris , Cilicia .

Acts 13:1
99% Verse
Acts Chapter 13, Verse 1

Scripture passage in Acts 13:1

Acts 9:3
99% Verse
Acts Chapter 9, Verse 3

Scripture passage in Acts 9:3

Kurkh Monoliths — Shalmaneser III Inscription Mentions Ahab
Kurkh Monoliths — Shalmaneser III Inscription Mentions Ahab
IMAGE 88%
IMAGE • archaeology

Assyrian stele documenting the Battle of Qarqar (853 BCE), listing 'Ahab the Israelite' contributing 2,000 chariots and 10,000 troops.

Neo-Assyrian Scribes of Shalmaneser III • The British Museum, London CC-BY-SA 4.0
Bulla of Baruch Son of Neriah — Clay Seal of Jeremiah's Scribe
Bulla of Baruch Son of Neriah — Clay Seal of Jeremiah's Scribe
IMAGE 88%
IMAGE • archaeology

Ancient clay sealing reading 'Belonging to Berekhyahu, son of Neriyahu, the scribe' matching Jeremiah 36:4 .

Baruch ben Neriah (Biblical Scribe) • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem CC-BY-SA 4.0
Babatha Archive — Legal Documents from Cave of Letters
Babatha Archive — Legal Documents from Cave of Letters
IMAGE 88%
IMAGE • archaeology

Leather pouch containing 35 legal papyri preserved in the Judean wilderness during the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Bar Kokhba Letters — Autographs of Shimon Bar Kokhba
Bar Kokhba Letters — Autographs of Shimon Bar Kokhba
IMAGE 88%
IMAGE • archaeology

Military dispatches from the leader of the Second Jewish Revolt (132–135 CE) found in Nahal Hever.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Mary
87% Messianic Line
Generation 74 • Messianic Line • Child of Eli

( Matthew 1:16 , Luke 3:23 , Acts 1:14 ) Mary, by whom Yeshua was born ( Matthew 1:16 ).

Samaria Ivories — Phoenician Carvings from Ahab's Ivory Palace
Samaria Ivories — Phoenician Carvings from Ahab's Ivory Palace
IMAGE 87%
IMAGE • archaeology

Intricate openwork ivory plaques with Egyptianizing motifs from the royal palace at Samaria ( 1 Kings 22:39 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
גָּאַל
gaal (gāʾal) [gaw-AL]
H1350 Hebrew verb 104x
to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer (Goel)

To buy back, ransom, liberate kin from debt/enslavement, avenge blood, maintain property in family; Yahweh acts as Goel of Israel redeeming from Egypt and exile.

Derivation: Primitive root.
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ G4506 LXX ⇄ G3084
Themes:
redemption kinsman-redeemer covenant salvation messianic
Key Scripture Passages:
GEN.48.16 EXO.6.6 LEV.25.25 RUT.3.13 JOB.19.25 PSA.19.14 ISA.43.1
פֶּלֶא
pele (peleʾ) [PEH-leh]
H6382 Hebrew noun masculine 13x
wonder, miracle, extraordinary deed

Wonder, supernatural phenomenon, miracle; characterizes Yahweh's acts in Exodus (Exodus 15:11) and the Messianic title 'Pele-Yoetz' (Isaiah 9:6).

Derivation: From פָּלָא (H6381) to be extraordinary.
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ G2297 LXX ⇄ G2298
Themes:
miracles messianic theology-proper salvation
Key Scripture Passages:
EXO.15.11 PSA.77.11 PSA.78.12 PSA.119.129 ISA.9.6 ISA.25.1
Caesarea
82% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.500°N, 34.892°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 10:1 , Acts 10:24 , Acts 11:11 , Acts 12:19 .

Joppa
81% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.054°N, 34.750°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .

Cyprus
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 35.018°N, 33.208°E

island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 .

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — King Jehu of Israel
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — King Jehu of Israel
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IMAGE • archaeology

Neo-Assyrian bas-relief (825 BCE) showing King Jehu bowing before the Assyrian monarch, the only contemporary depiction of an Israelite king.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Taylor Prism (Sennacherib's Annals) — Siege of Jerusalem
Taylor Prism (Sennacherib's Annals) — Siege of Jerusalem
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IMAGE • archaeology

Hexagonal baked clay prism in the British Museum recording Sennacherib's campaign against Hezekiah : 'I shut him up like a caged bird'.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Lachish Reliefs — Assyrian Assault on Judahite Fortress
Lachish Reliefs — Assyrian Assault on Judahite Fortress
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IMAGE • archaeology

Stone wall relief from Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh depicting the siege, battering rams, and deportation of Lachish (701 BCE).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Merneptah Stele (Israel Stele) — Earliest Extra-Biblical Israel Mention
Merneptah Stele (Israel Stele) — Earliest Extra-Biblical Israel Mention
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IMAGE • archaeology

Egyptian hieroglyphic victory poem from 1208 BCE preserving the earliest historical inscription naming ' Israel ' as a people in Canaan .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Pool of Bethesda — Twin Pools and Healing Porticoes (John 5)
Pool of Bethesda — Twin Pools and Healing Porticoes (John 5)
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IMAGE • archaeology

Deep excavated trapezoidal reservoir near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem with five porticoes where Jesus healed the paralytic.

Hasmonean and Roman Hydraulic Engineers • White Fathers / St. Anne, Jerusalem CC-BY-SA 4.0
Jericho Walls — Neolithic and Bronze Age Defenses at Tel es-Sultan
Jericho Walls — Neolithic and Bronze Age Defenses at Tel es-Sultan
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IMAGE • archaeology

Stone revetment and collapsed mudbrick ramparts at ancient Jericho , the lowest and oldest fortified city on earth.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Seal of King Hezekiah — Royal Bulla from Ophel Excavations
Seal of King Hezekiah — Royal Bulla from Ophel Excavations
IMAGE 77%
IMAGE • archaeology

Impression of the royal signet ring of King Hezekiah featuring a two-winged sun disk and ankh symbols.

Chancery of King Hezekiah • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Seal of Isaiah the Prophet — Clay Bulla with 'Yesha'yahu Nvy'
Seal of Isaiah the Prophet — Clay Bulla with 'Yesha'yahu Nvy'
IMAGE 77%
IMAGE • archaeology

Clay sealing unearthed just south of the Temple Mount bearing the inscription 'Yesha'yahu [N]vy' ( Isaiah the Prophet).

Judean Royal Court Seals • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem CC-BY-SA 4.0
Macedonia
77% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Thessalonica • 40.632°N, 22.932°E

region. Referenced in Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:10 , Acts 16:12 , Acts 18:5 , Acts 19:21 .

Stepped Stone Structure — Citadel of David / Millo
Stepped Stone Structure — Citadel of David / Millo
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IMAGE • archaeology

Colossal 12-story high terraced retaining wall supporting the royal palace acropolis of the City of David .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
En-Gedi Carbonized Scroll — Micro-CT Virtual Unrolling of Leviticus
En-Gedi Carbonized Scroll — Micro-CT Virtual Unrolling of Leviticus
IMAGE 77%
IMAGE • archaeology

Burned parchment scroll from an ancient synagogue virtually unrolled with micro-computed tomography to reveal Leviticus 1 -2.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Gallio Inscription at Delphi — Proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12)
Gallio Inscription at Delphi — Proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12)
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IMAGE • archaeology

Rescript of Emperor Claudius dating the proconsulship of Gallio in Corinth to 51–52 CE, the chronological anchor of Pauline chronology.

Roman Imperial Chancellery (Claudius) / Delphi Excavation • Delphi Archaeological Museum / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Rome
77% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 41.900°N, 12.483°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 2:10 , Acts 18:2 , Acts 19:21 , Acts 23:11 , Acts 28:14 , Acts 28:16 .

Nazareth Inscription — Imperial Edict on Grave Robbery
Nazareth Inscription — Imperial Edict on Grave Robbery
IMAGE 77%
IMAGE • archaeology

Marble slab inscribed with an imperial ordinance imposing capital punishment on tomb violators, found in Nazareth .

Roman Imperial Chancellery • Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France CC-BY-SA 4.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Acts 3:9 (KJV)
Acts 3 KJV

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

Acts 7:47 (KJV)
KJV

But Solomon built him an house.

Acts 14:7 (KJV)
KJV

And there they preached the gospel.

Acts 17:33 (KJV)
KJV

So Paul departed from among them.

Acts 2:35 (KJV)
KJV

Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Acts 13:30 (KJV)
KJV

But God raised him from the dead:

Acts 19:7 (KJV)
KJV

And all the men were about twelve.

Acts 7:18 (KJV)
KJV

Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph .

Acts 7:50 (KJV)
KJV

Hath not my hand made all these things?

Acts 8:8 (KJV)
KJV

And there was great joy in that city.

Acts 12:24 (KJV)
KJV

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

Acts 15:34 (KJV)
KJV

Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

Acts 18:16 (KJV)
KJV

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

Acts 20:5 (KJV)
KJV

These going before tarried for us at Troas .

Acts 23:25 (KJV)
KJV

And he wrote a letter after this manner:

Acts 7:1 (KJV)
KJV

Then said the high priest , Are these things so?

Acts 11:25 (KJV)
KJV

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus , for to seek Saul :

Acts 13:37 (KJV)
KJV

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

Acts 14:28 (KJV)
KJV

And there they abode long time with the disciples.

Acts 16:8 (KJV)
KJV

And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas .

Acts 19:20 (KJV)
KJV

So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Acts 27:26 (KJV)
KJV

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 28:12 (KJV)
KJV

And landing at Syracuse , we tarried there three days.

Acts 2:13 (KJV)
KJV

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

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