Acts 3:3

3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the Temple, he asked for a handout.

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 One day at three o'clock in the afternoon, Peter and John were on their way into the Temple for prayer meeting.

2 At the same time there was a man crippled from birth being carried up. Every day he was set down at the Temple gate, the one named Beautiful, to beg from those going into the Temple.

3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the Temple, he asked for a handout.

4 Peter, with John at his side, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look here."

5 He looked up, expecting to get something from them.