Impartation is a very real transaction. When we lay our hands upon someone, we must know that God has first given us something to pass on. Peter and John no doubt had passed this beggar many times. It was their habit to attend the temple prayer meetings. The beggar always sat by that gate. But this particular day God gave something to Peter and John to pass on to the needy man. The Holy Spirit caused them to know that He would work through them to impart strength and healing. They were to dispense God’s mercy to the man. This is why they spoke in such a way that the man would become both attentive and receptive to them. The gift God had for him was to come through their hands and through their words of faith. In passing on this blessing, these apostles were acting as stewards for God. They were acting under authority, giving what they had been given for this purpose. very often God gives us something to pass on to others through what we have learned in personal experience. If we have met God in certain experiences, we seem to be more able to believe Him to do only the same for others. But we must not limit ourselves in God. Paul had never been raised from the dead, but he raised others. God put within him the power to do this when it was needed.