Acts 3:8

“And he leaping up, etc.] From off the bed or couch, or ground on which he lay: stood and walked; stood firm and strong upon his feet, and walked about; by which it was abundantly manifest to himself and others, that he had a perfect cure. The Ethiopic version is a very ridiculous one, “and he went with them catching fishes”; as if upon this, before they went into the temple, he and the apostles went a fishing together, which has not the least foundation in the text: and entered with them into the temple; to join with them in divine worship, to acknowledge the goodness of God to him, and to show respect to the instruments he made use of in his cure: and leaping; for joy of the mercy, and that…”

“leaping up, stood . . . walked . . . entered the temple walking, leaping, and praising God--Every word here is emphatic, expressing the perfection of the cure, as Act 3:7 its immediateness.”

“And he, leaping up - This was a natural expression of joy, and it was a striking fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 35:6; “Then shall the lame man leap as an hart.” The account here given is one that is perfectly natural. The man would be filled with joy, and would express it in this manner. He had been lame from a child; he had never walked; and there was more in the miracle than merely giving strength. The art of “walking” is one that is acquired by long practice. Children learn slowly. Caspar Hauser, discovered in one of the cities of Germany, who had been confined in prison from a child, was unable to walk in an easy way when released, but stumbled in a very awkward manner (see his…”

“he: Act 14:10; Isa 35:6; Luk 6:23; Joh 5:8, Joh 5:9, Joh 5:14 praising: Psa 103:1, Psa 103:2, Psa 107:20-22; Luk 17:15-18, Luk 18:43 Acts 3:9”