I am preaching on Acts 3:1-10 soon, am having a hard time discerning the location of the healing. Did it take place outside the beautiful gate? or outside the temple altogether as they both were approaching? The text is not abundantly clear.
The fact that Peter ended up preaching near Solomon's porch indicates that perhaps they remained in the court of the gentiles the entire time, else they would have gone into the court of women through the beautiful gate only to come out again as the crowds were milling after the healing. If that is where the teaching happened then it seems that the crowd would have gathered at the sight of the healed man entering into the OUTER courts.
But are the outer courts even considered part of the temple proper? When it says the beggar entered the temple with the apostles, would that have referred to entering the temple through the beautiful gate?
Thanks in advance!
The fact that Peter ended up preaching near Solomon's porch indicates that perhaps they remained in the court of the gentiles the entire time, else they would have gone into the court of women through the beautiful gate only to come out again as the crowds were milling after the healing. If that is where the teaching happened then it seems that the crowd would have gathered at the sight of the healed man entering into the OUTER courts.
But are the outer courts even considered part of the temple proper? When it says the beggar entered the temple with the apostles, would that have referred to entering the temple through the beautiful gate?
Thanks in advance!