Peter and John Gave the Gift of Jesus
Acts 3:1-11, 16 Our story comes from a book of the Bible called Acts. That name is short for “the Acts of the Apostles.” The word "Apostle" is another word for the helpers of Jesus. Peter and John were friends of Jesus. One day, they walked to the temple. It was the time in the afternoon to go to pray. They wanted to worship God, just like we do at church. When they were near the temple, they saw a man lying on a mat on the ground. The man was lame. He couldn’t stand, walk, or hop like we can. He had been that way since he was born. Every day someone carried the man to the temple gate. The man lay on his mat and begged for money from the people going to the temple. He couldn’t work for money because his legs wouldn’t work. People who went to the temple to worship God gave him money to buy food. When the lame man saw Peter and John, he asked them for money. Peter and John stopped and looked straight at the man. They wanted to help him. Peter said, “I don’t ...