Act 3:14, 7:52 | JFB | STEP | 12-16. why marvel at this? —For miracles are marvels only in relation to the limited powers of man. as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk —Neither the might nor the merit of the cure are due to us, mere agents of Him whom we preach.

Acts 3:14

12-16. why marvel at this?—For miracles are marvels only in relation to the limited powers of man.

as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk—Neither the might nor the merit of the cure are due to us, mere agents of Him whom we preach.

Acts 7:52

52. Which of, &c.—Deadly hostility to the messengers of God, whose high office it was to tell of "the Righteous One," that well-known prophetic title of Messiah (Isa 53:11; Jer 23:6, &c.), and this consummated by the betrayal and murder of Messiah Himself, on the part of those now sitting in judgment on the speaker, are the still darker features of the national character depicted in these withering words.