Acts 3:2
when a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were entering into the temple;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1NOW at that time Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth;
3who seeing Peter and John just going into the temple, asked to receive alms.
Cross References
Luke 18:35And it came to pass, as he drew nigh to Jerusalem, a certain blind man sat by the road-side begging:
John 9:8The neighbours therefore, and they who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is not this the man who was sitting and begging?
Acts 10:4Then looking stedfastly on him, and being terrified, he said, What means this, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Acts 14:8And there was a certain man at Lystra, who having lost the use of his feet was sitting, being lame from his mother’s womb, and who had never been able to walk:
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 →