The Codex Bezae adds "as Peter and John went out."

As he held (κρατουντος αυτου). Genitive absolute of κρατεω, to hold fast…

Held Peter and John. The word held means that he adhered to them, joined himself to them, desired to remain with them, and wished…

In the porch that is called Solomon’s.—The porch—or better, portico or cloister—was outside the Temple, on the eastern si…

And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him …

We are not given many of the “stage directions” for Peter’s Colonnade sermon. What we are told, however, is significant: (1) the healed cripple “he…

In the porch. It is likely that a porch was built in that place where Solomon’s porch formerly stood, and that it took its name from there…

And as the lame man which was healed This is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, and in the Ale…

The apostles and the first believers attended the temple worship at the hours of prayer. Peter and John seem to have been led by a divine direction…