Neville Goddard on Acts 3:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

2And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

3Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

5And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

Acts 3:1-5

Biblical Context

Peter and John go to the temple at prayer; a man lame from birth is laid at the gate, begging. Peter invites him to 'look on us,' signaling a shift of attention that opens him to healing.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene, the man crippled in the body is a symbol of a life that has believed itself separate from the temple of God within. The gate called Beautiful marks the boundary where habit and need meet the First Cause of all life. Peter and John are not two men performing a miracle, but two faculties of your own consciousness—faith and imagination—going up to the inner doorway with attention sharpened by prayer. When Peter says, Look on us, he invites your awareness to fix its gaze upon itself, to stop looking outward for alms and to discover the I AM that already stands to provide. The man's expectation is your own expectancy; as he gives heed to them, he is opened to receive the unseen movement of healing. Healing here is not a change in the body alone but a shift in awareness: the sense of lack disappears as consciousness realizes itself as presence.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume you are already whole. See yourself growing through the inner gate as your attention rests on the I AM and feels the 'look' of Peter and John upon you, until you experience wholeness as your natural state.