“A miraculous sign again takes place, which both confirms the converts, and draws over the rest; and such, as they were a sign for having wrought. The disease was in the nature of the man, and baffled the art of medicine. He had been forty years lame, as the writer says afterwards, and no one during all that time had c…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 8
Original
2And 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;
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In context
1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
— Acts 3:2 —
3Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.