A Lame Beggar Healed at the Temple

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 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] When he[d] saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts,[e] he began asking to receive alms.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 3:2 Literally “from his mother’s womb”
  2. Acts 3:2 Literally “who,” but a new sentence was begun here in the translation in keeping with English style
  3. Acts 3:2 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  4. Acts 3:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Acts 3:3 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself

Peter Heals a Lame Beggar

One day Peter and John(A) were going up to the temple(B) at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.(C) Now a man who was lame from birth(D) was being carried to the temple gate(E) called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg(F) from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

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