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Took him by the right hand (πιασας αυτον της δεξιας χειρος). Doric form πιαζω for πιεζω. Genitive of the part affected. Peter had …

And he took him. He took hold of his hand. To take hold of the hand in such a case was an offer of aid, an indication that Peter was since…

His feet.—Better, his soles. The precision with which the process is described is characteristic of the medical historian…

The man had never stood upon his feet in all his life, and was so unable to move that he had to be carried to the Temple gates to beg; and yet, at …

The healing is described as an instantaneous one, accomplishing in a moment what God in his providence through the normal healing processes usually…

And he took him by the right hand
In imitation of Christ, whom he had often seen using the same action on such occas…

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…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson