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12. καὶ … ἡ σωτηρία. Render, and salvation is not in any other, i.e. salvation in all the fulness of its conception. St Peter thus intimates that the cure of the lame man is only a sign of the power of salvation for the soul which was in Jesus. The people were to draw from the effect produced by ‘Arise and walk,’ the conclusion that the same power could as surely give the greater blessing, ‘thy sins be forgiven thee’ (Mat 9:5). Cf. on σώζω, Act 4:9, and the use of σωθῆναι immediately.
τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις, i.e. communicated to men by God, as a means of salvation.
δεῖ implies the necessity of seeking our salvation in this name, if we are ever to find it.