...they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade. When Peter saw this, he said to them: "Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?"
Does anyone else think onlooker traffic is the worst? But, if you're like me, you complain about it but still contribute to the congestion when you pass an accident. The onlookers in this New Testament story were causing some frustration with Peter and John as they tried to move along on their mission.
Naturally, healing a cripple from birth is a miracle worth attention. But what seems to have frustrated Peter and John in this story was the celebrity-like attention. This wasn't the point! The only point that was being made here was the power of God. Don't you hate how stupid humans are sometimes? :-) Especially these people, they were just years away from Christ's time on earth and yet they still easily forgot about Jesus and the fact that His power was still at work through the Disciples.
In my life, when have I been a distracted onlooker in the midst of God's work instead of taking time to praise Him?!
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