Chapter 21—The Cripple Healed A short time after the descent of the Holy Spirit, and immediately after a season of fervent prayer, Peter and John, going up to the temple to worship, saw a distressed and poverty-stricken cripple, forty years of age, who had known no other life than one of pain and infirmity. This unfortunate man had long desired to go to Jesus and be healed; but he was almost helpless, and was removed far from the scene of the great Physician’s labors. Finally his earnest pleadings induced some kind persons to bear him to the gate of the temple. But upon arriving there he discovered that the Healer, upon whom his hopes were centered, had been put to a cruel death. {3SP 275.2}

Kort tid efter at Helligånden var steget ned, og umiddelbart efter en stund med inderlig bøn, tog Peter og Johannes op i templet for at bede, så de en forpint og lamslået krøbling, fyrre år gammel, som ikke har haft noget andet liv end i smerte og svaghed. Denne uheldige mand havde længe ønsket at komme til Jesus og blive helbredt; men han var næsten hjælpeløs, og var fjernet langt bort fra den store Læges sceneri. Med alvorlig bøn fik han nogle venlige mennesker til at bære ham til tempelporten. Men da han kom her til opdagede han at Helbrederen, som hans håb var centreret omkring, var blevet lagt i en grusom død.