A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS 

                                                        PART IV - I

"I, the previously crippled beggar, stopped my walking and jumping the moment this man Peter began to speak..... He preached such a powerful message about Jesus..... My heart was stirred... And, no doubt, so were the hearts of many others.... For all of them listened to him with great attention.... I then noticed that some important people joined us.... I wondered what they would think of Peter's message... I had great hope that they would accept what he said about Jesus... After all, they knew me... For they had seen me many times in the past when I sat at the Gate called Beautiful.... So they knew I was no longer crippled... And that was because of this Man Jesus about whom Peter was talking....  But their faces did not look happy.... Quite the contrary.... I wonder what they are up to now.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that some important people joined the crowd who has witnessed the healing of the crippled beggar....

                  ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                 PART IV - I

We would expect everyone, who had witnessed the healing of the crippled beggar to be very happy because of the miraculous healing of this man. However, that was not the case as you can read in         Acts 4:1-2

The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were still speaking to the people. They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

These religious leaders did not seem to care that this crippled beggar had been healed, Instead, their only concern seemed to have been with the preaching of Peter and John.