Atos 3

A Lame Beggar Healed at the Temple

1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man was being carried who was lame from birth.*Literally "from his mother’s womb" He*Literally "who," but a new sentence was begun here in the translation in keeping with English style was placed every day at the gate of the temple called "Beautiful," so that he could ask for charitable gifts from those who were going into the temple courts.**Here "courts" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself3 When he**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts,**Here "courts" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself he began asking to receive alms. 4 And Peter looked intently at him, together with John, and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("looked intently") has been translated as a finite verb said, "Look at us!" 5 So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not possess,*Literally "is not to me" but what I have, this I give to you—in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!"*Some manuscripts have "get up and walk"7 And taking hold of him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up, he stood and began walking around**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began walking around") and entered into the temple courts**Here "courts" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 And they recognized him, that this one*Some manuscripts have "that he himself" was the one who used to sit asking for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.