Acts 3:3

3 The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple and asked them for money.

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 Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock, the time set each day for the afternoon prayer service.

2 There, at the Temple gate called Beautiful Gate, was a man who had been crippled all his life. Every day he was carried to this gate to beg for money from the people going into the Temple.

3 The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple and asked them for money.

4 Peter and John looked straight at him and said, "Look at us!"

5 The man looked at them, thinking they were going to give him some money.