Acts 3:3

3 Seeing Kefa and Yochanan about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

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 Kefa and Yochanan were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

2 A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Yafeh, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

3 Seeing Kefa and Yochanan about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

4 Kefa, fastening his eyes on him, with Yochanan, said, "Look at us."

5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.