Acts 3:4

Contemporary English Version

But they looked straight at him and said, "Look up at us!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.”

King James Version (1611)
And Peter fastening his eyes vpon him, with Iohn, said, Looke on vs.

King James Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

English Standard Version
And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."

New American Standard Bible
But Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, "Look at us!"

New Century Version
Peter and John looked straight at him and said, "Look at us!"

Amplified Bible
But Peter, along with John, stared at him intently and said, "Look at us!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!"

Legacy Standard Bible
But when Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him, he said, "Look at us!"

Berean Standard Bible
Peter looked directly at him, as did John. "Look at us!" said Peter.

Complete Jewish Bible
But they stared straight at him; and Kefa said, "Look at us!"

Darby Translation
And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.

Easy-to-Read Version
Peter and John looked at the crippled man and said, "Look at us!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Peter earnestly beholding him with Iohn, said, Looke on vs.

George Lamsa Translation
And Simon Peter and John looked at him and said, Look at us.

Good News Translation
They looked straight at him, and Peter said, "Look at us!"

Lexham English Bible
And Peter looked intently at him, together with John, and said, "Look at us!"

Literal Translation
And with John, looking intently toward him, Peter said, Look to us!

American Standard Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us.

Bible in Basic English
And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

Hebrew Names Version
Kefa, fastening his eyes on him, with Yochanan, said, "Look at us."

International Standard Version
Peter, along with John, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look at us!"

Etheridge Translation
And Shemun and Juhanon beheld him, and said to him, Regard us.

Murdock Translation
And Simon and John looked on him, and said to him: Look on us.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Peter fastenyng his eyes vpon hym with Iohn, sayde: Loke on vs.

English Revised Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us.

World English Bible
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him, with John, said, Look on us.

Weymouth's New Testament
Peter fixing his eyes on him, as John did also, said, "Look at us."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Petre with Joon bihelde on hym, and seide, Biholde thou in to vs.

Update Bible Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, Look at us.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Peter fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

New English Translation
Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!"

New King James Version
And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at us."

New Living Translation
Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, "Look at us!"

New Life Bible
Peter and John looked at him. Then Peter said, "Look at us!"

New Revised Standard
Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But Peter looking steadfastly at him - with John - said: Look on us!

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.

Revised Standard Version
And Peter directed his gaze at him, with John, and said, "Look at us."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Peter fastened his eyes on him with Iohn and sayde: looke on vs.

Young's Literal Translation
And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Peter behelde him with Ihon, and sayde: Loke on vs.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Peter and John having their eyes upon him, Peter said, look on us.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pete and John stared a hole through this guy, and then Pete said, "Look at us!"

Contextual Overview

¹ The time of prayer was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and Peter and John were going into the temple. ² A man who had been born lame was being carried to the temple door. Each day he was placed beside this door, known as the Beautiful Gate. He sat there and begged from the people who were going in. ³ The man saw Peter and John entering the temple, and he asked them for money. ⁴ But they looked straight at him and said, "Look up at us!" ⁵ The man stared at them and thought he was going to get something. ⁶ But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold! But I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, get up and start walking." ⁷ Peter then took him by the right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong, ⁸ and he jumped up and started walking. He went with Peter and John into the temple, walking and jumping and praising God. ⁹ Everyone saw him walking around and praising God. ¹⁰ They knew that he was the beggar who had been lying beside the Beautiful Gate, and they were completely surprised. They could not imagine what had happened to the man.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fastening: Acts 11:6, Acts 14:9, Acts 14:10, Luke 4:20

Look: Acts 3:12, John 5:6, John 11:40

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God then asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake tricked me," she answered. "And I ate some of that fruit."

Deuteronomy 29:19
You may be an Israelite and know all about the Lord 's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.

2 Kings 1:4
Tell him that because he has done this, he's on his deathbed! And Elijah did what he was told.

2 Kings 1:6
"A man met us along the road with a message for you from the Lord ," they answered. "The Lord wants to know why you sent us to ask Baalzebub about your injury and why you don't believe there's a God in Israel. The man also told us that the Lord says you're going to die."

2 Kings 1:16
When Elijah arrived, he told Ahaziah, "The Lord wants to know why you sent messengers to Ekron to ask Baalzebub about your injury. Don't you believe there's a God in Israel? Ahaziah, because you did that, the Lord says you will die."

2 Kings 8:10
"Tell him he will," Elisha said to Hazael. "But the Lord has already told me that Benhadad will definitely die."

Psalms 10:11
They say, "God can't see! He's got on a blindfold."

2 Corinthians 2:11
I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.

2 Corinthians 11:3
But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.

1 Timothy 2:14
and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Peter fastening his eyes upon him,.... Or looking very wistly and intently at him, being, no doubt, under some uncommon impulse of the Spirit of God to take notice of him, and cure him of his disease:

with John; who was also under a like impulse at the same time; and who was equally concerned in this cure, as appears by the notice the man, when healed, took of the one, as well as the other; and by Peter's declaration, Acts 3:11 as also by the following words:

said, look on us; which was said to raise his attention to them, to put him upon observing what manner of men they were, and how unlikely to perform the following cure, and to take notice of the manner in which it would be done. The Jews speak of a supernatural cure effected in such a manner, using such words; and which perhaps is told, with a view to lessen the glory of this z.

"Elias appeared to one in the likeness of R. Chiyah Rabbah; he said to him, how does my Lord do? he replied to him, a certain tooth distresses me; he said to him, חמי לי, "look on me"; and he looked on him, and put his finger on it, and he was well.''

z T. Hieros. Cetubot, fol. 35. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fastening his eyes - The word used here denotes “to look intently, or with fixed attention.” It is one of the special words which Luke uses (Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56; Acts 1:10; Acts 3:12; Acts 6:15; Acts 7:55; Acts 10:4; etc.) 12 times in all. It is used by no other writer in the New Testament, except twice by Paul, 2 Corinthians 3:7, 2 Corinthians 3:13.

Look on us - All this Was done to fix the attention. He wished to call the attention of the man distinctly to himself, and to what he was about to do. It was also done that the man might be fully apprised that his restoration to health came from him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:4. Look on us. — He wished to excite and engage his attention that he might see what was done to produce his miraculous cure, and, it is likely, took this occasion to direct his faith to Jesus Christ. Acts 3:16; Acts 3:16. Peter and John probably felt themselves suddenly drawn by the Holy Spirit to pronounce the healing name in behalf of this poor man.