Acts 3:2

a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by. This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called ‘the Beautiful Gate,’ to beg of those who went in.

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In The King James Version

And 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;

In Context

1One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o’clock Prayers,

3Seeing Peter and John on the point of entering, he asked them to give him something.

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Cross References

Luke 18:35As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.

John 9:8His neighbors, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Acts 10:4Cornelius fixed his eyes on him and, in great alarm, said, “What is it, Lord?” “Your prayers and your charities,” the angel answered, “have been an acceptable offering to God.

Acts 14:8In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:2-12

The Healing of a Cripple. 1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2 And 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; 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of… Read the whole commentary →

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