(verse 7) "by the right hand, and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones

received strength. And he leaping up . . . . ." here is the lame man leaping as an hart!

Acts 4: 29.  Here is a gathering of believers praying and saying "And now, Lord,

behold their threatenings; and grant unto Thy servants that with all boldness they may

speak Thy word--by stretching forth Thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may

be done by the Name of thy holy Child Jesus".  Acts 5: 12 "And by the hands of the

apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people . . . . ." Not just a few,

many were performed. And then in verse 15, "Insomuch that they brought forth the sick

into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter

passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the

cities round about in Jerusalem, bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with

unclean spirits, and they were healed every one". No failures, no mention of a lack of

faith, no exceptions, but every one healed!

Acts 6: 8 "And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles

among the people". Chapter 8: 13 "Then Simon himself believed also; and he was

baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs

which were done".

We come to chapter 13: and here we find another miracle, but this time one of

judgment, not healing. A Jew named Elymas, a sorcerer, was blinded for a season. This

was a prophetic warning to Israel of what finally came on them at Acts 28:--blinded

eyes. Verse 11: "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee and thou shalt be

blind, not seeing the sun for a season". It is not blindness for ever; nor is it with the

people of Israel, as Rom. 11: makes clear. Chapter 14: 3, "Long time therefore abode

they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and

granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands". And then there is another record

of a cripple being healed at Lystra, and note what is said in verse 10: Paul "Said with a

loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped" (here is the leaping again) "and

walked". God's Word is fulfilled to the letter! Chapter 15: 12: Here is recorded a very

important church meeting at Jerusalem and this is what was said--"Then all the

multitude kept silence, and gave audience unto Barnabas and Paul, declaring what

miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them".  Acts 19: 11:

"And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were

brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and

the evil spirits went out of them". So, in those days, it was not even necessary for Paul to

be present for healing to take place! Even a handkerchief that had touched his body

could heal at a distance, and did so, as this verse tells us. Then we come to the last

chapter, Acts 28:, where we are told (verse 8) "that the father of Publius lay sick of a

fever and of a bloody flux" (what we would call dysentery) "to whom Paul entered in and

prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. So when this was done, others also,

which had diseases in the island came and were healed".

These special miracles, then, go right through the Acts like a thread, and are as much

in evidence in the last chapter as they are at the beginning, and then they cease, which