Acts 3:3
1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
- KJV
- Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
- WEB
- Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
- ASV
- who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.
- DARBY
- who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.
- BLB
- who, having seen Peter and John being about to enter into the temple, was asking to receive alms.
- ÅB
- Da han så Peter og Johannes som ville gå inn i templet, ba han om å få en almisse.
- OTB
- Da han så Peter og Johannes som var i ferd med å gå inn på tempelplassen, ba han dem om almisser.
- B1930
- Da han så Peter og Johannes som vilde gå inn i templet, bad han om å få en almisse.