Acts 3:3

3 He saw that Peter and John were about to enter. So he 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 were going up to the temple. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. It was the time for prayer.

2 A man unable to walk was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. He had been that way since he was born. Every day someone put him near the gate. There he would beg from people going into the temple courtyards.

3 He saw that Peter and John were about to enter. So he asked them for money.

4 Peter looked straight at him, and so did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!"

5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to get something from them.