Acts 3:5

5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to receive something from them.

Acts 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:5

And he gave heed unto them
Or "he looked at them", as the Syriac version renders it, as they bid him: he was not only attentive to them in his mind, but he directed his eyes towards them, and looked wistly at them. This clause is left out in the Ethiopic version.

Expecting to receive something of them;
not a cure for his lameness, which he little thought of, but some money, as an alms.

Acts 3:5 In-Context

3 When the man saw that Peter and John were about to go into the courtyard, he asked them for a handout.

4 Peter and John stared at him. "Look at us!" Peter said.

5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to receive something from them.

6 However, Peter said to him, "I don't have any money, but I'll give you what I do have. Through the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, walk!"

7 Peter took hold of the man's right hand and began to help him up. Immediately, the man's feet and ankles became strong.