Acts 3:5

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

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 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.

6 But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, stand up and walk!"

7 Then Peter took the man's right hand and lifted him up. Immediately the man's feet and ankles became strong.