Acts 3:10

“And they knew it was he that sat for alms, etc.] The Syriac version renders it, “they knew him to be that beggar that sat daily and asked alms”. As he was daily brought thither, and had, for many years, it is very likely, sat there to ask alms of the people as they went into the temple; he was well known by them, and they had but just now passed him, and observed him in the same condition he had for a long time been, and knew him to be the same. It was a clear and indisputable point with them. At the beautiful gate of the temple (See Gill on “<440302>Acts 3:2”). And they were all filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him; that he should have a cure so suddenly, and…”

“they knew that it was he which sat for alms, &c.--(Compare Joh 9:8).”

“And all the people ... - The people who had been accustomed to see him sit in a public place. And they knew ... - In this they could not be deceived; they had seen him a long time, and now they saw the same man expressing his praise to God for complete recovery. The particulars in this miracle are the following, and they are as far as possible from any appearance of imposture: 1. The man had been afficated from a child. This was known to all the people. At this time he was 40 years of age, Acts 4:22. 2. He was not an impostor. If he had pretended lameness, it is wonderful that he had not been detected before, and not have been suffered to occupy a place thus in the temple. 3. The apostles…”

“3:10-11 The Beautiful Gate was probably the Nicanor Gate, built of Corinthian bronze and located on the east side of the Temple (see Josephus, War 5.5.3). It was adorned in a costly manner, with plates of silver and gold upon its panels richer and thicker than other gates. • Solomon’s Colonnade was a portico on the east side of the Temple (see Josephus, War 5.5.1-3; Antiquities 20.9.7).”

“they knew: Act 3:2, Act 4:14-16, Act 4:21, Act 4:22; Joh 9:3, Joh 9:18-21 they were: Act 2:7, Act 2:12; Luk 4:36, Luk 9:43; Joh 5:20 Acts 3:11”