Acts 3:2

some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called) of the Temple, for him to beg from the people as they went in.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the hour of prayer--the ninth hour--and, just then,

3Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.

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Cross References

Luke 18:35As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging.

John 9:8His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Acts 10:4Looking steadily at him, and being much alarmed, he said, "What do you want, Sir?" "Your prayers and charities," he replied, "have gone up and have been recorded before God.

Acts 14:8Now a man who had no power in his feet used to sit in the streets of Lystra. 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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