Acts 3:3

3 [When he] saw Peter and John about to go into the temple [courts], he began asking 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 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}. {He} 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].

3 [When he] saw Peter and John about to go into the temple [courts], he began asking to receive alms.

4 And Peter looked intently at him, together with John, [and] said, "Look at us!"

5 So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal
• [b] *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself