<p>3:8 <i>And leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God</i>- This reads like Dr. Luke's medical observation of the progressive steps of the recovery - leaped up, stood, walked, leaped. But it's also as if we are invited to play Bible television, focused up close on the man. The language is clearly appropriate for the eyewitness account which it is.The result of healing lame people in Acts 3:8; 14:10 was that they <em>leaped </em>(this is emphasized) and walked, praising God. This seems to be couched in the language of Is. 35:5,6 concerning lame people leaping and praising God; a prophecy we normally apply to the future Kingdom.</p><p><em>&ldquo;He entered with them into the temple&rdquo; e</em>ven though he was likely in a state of ritual uncleanness due to his previous disability. He leaped into the holy place; the joy of conversion naturally overriding all legalistic considerations.</p>