Acts 3:3

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

Acts 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:3

Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple
Just as they were entering through the gate at which he lay, he looked at them; and though they were strangers to him, he concluded they were Israelites by their going into the temple at that time:

asked an alms;
of them; prayed them to give him something for his relief and support.

Acts 3:3 In-Context

1 And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [which is] the ninth [hour];

2 and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

4 And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.

5 And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.