If you are looking for Acts 3 Bible study questions, this page gives you a full set for a small group, a Sunday class, or personal study. Acts 3 tells the story of Peter and John healing a man who had been lame from birth, and of Peter’s sermon in Solomon’s Porch that followed. The questions below move from what the chapter says, to what it means, to how it shapes everyday faithfulness.
Acts 3 at a Glance
The chapter opens with Peter and John going up to the temple for afternoon prayer at the ninth hour. At the Beautiful Gate a man who has never walked asks them for money, and Peter gives him something far greater: healing in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The crowd runs to Solomon’s Porch, drawn by the sight of the man walking and praising God.
Peter then preaches. He turns the crowd’s amazement away from himself and John, points to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as the one who glorified Jesus, calls his hearers to repentance, and connects Jesus to the promises God made through Moses and the prophets. A leader can use the questions in order, or pick the sets that suit the group’s time.
Observation Questions
Use this set first, before anyone offers an opinion. Ask people to point to the words on the page, read the verses aloud if you like, and keep answers close to the text rather than interpretations.
Acts 3:6
But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
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This is the center of the healing. Read it slowly and ask the group to notice what Peter refuses to offer and what he chooses to give. It sets the pattern for the whole chapter.
Acts 3:16
By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
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Peter explains the healing in terms of faith in Jesus’ name. Reading this aloud helps the group see that the apostles do not claim the power as their own.
Acts 3:19
“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord…
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The call to repentance is the heart of Peter’s sermon. Reading it aloud gives the group a clear invitation to examine how they are responding to what they have heard.
Acts 3:21
Whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
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This verse speaks of the times of restoration of all things. Reading it helps the group see that Peter’s hope reaches beyond this one healing to God’s larger purposes.
Acts 3:25-26
25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”
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Ending with the covenant promise and the blessing through Jesus gives the chapter a strong closing note. Read it together to finish the reading on a note of hope.
Memory Verse for Acts 3
A Closing Prayer for the Group
Father, we thank you that you see people who are overlooked and who have settled for small hopes, and that you meet them with far more than they asked for. Teach us, as you taught Peter and John, to look people in the eye and to offer what we truly have, which is the name of Jesus. Keep us from taking credit for what you do, and turn our hearts again when we drift. Let the promise to Abraham shape our confidence in you this week. We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
