Acts 3:1-10
English Standard Version
The Lame Beggar Healed
3 Now Peter and John were (A)going up to the temple at (B)the hour of prayer, (C)the ninth hour.[a] 2 And a man (D)lame from birth was being carried, (E)whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate (F)to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, (G)“I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. (H)In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And (I)leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And (J)all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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- Acts 3:1 That is, 3 p.m.
Acts 3:1-10
Lexham English Bible
A Lame Beggar Healed at the Temple
3 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man was being carried who was lame from birth.[a] He[b] was placed every day at the gate of the temple called “Beautiful,” so that he could ask for charitable gifts from those who were going into the temple courts.[c] 3 When he[d] saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts,[e] he began asking to receive alms. 4 And Peter looked intently at him, together with John, and[f] said, “Look at us!” 5 So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not possess,[g] but what I have, this I give to you—in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!”[h] 7 And taking hold of him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up, he stood and began walking around[i] and entered into the temple courts[j] with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 And they recognized him, that this one[k] was the one who used to sit asking for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
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- Acts 3:2 Literally “from his mother’s womb”
- Acts 3:2 Literally “who,” but a new sentence was begun here in the translation in keeping with English style
- Acts 3:2 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- Acts 3:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 3:3 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- Acts 3:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“looked intently”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 3:6 Literally “is not to me”
- Acts 3:6 Some manuscripts have “get up and walk”
- Acts 3:8 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began walking around”)
- Acts 3:8 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- Acts 3:10 Some manuscripts have “that he himself”
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