Acts 3:4

Easy-to-Read Version

Peter and John looked at the crippled man and said, "Look 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.

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

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.

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 One day Peter and John went to the Temple area. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, which was the time for the daily Temple prayer service. ² As they were entering the Temple area, a man was there who had been crippled all his life. He was being carried by some friends who brought him to the Temple every day. They put him by one of the gates outside the Temple. It was called Beautiful Gate. There he begged for money from the people going to the Temple. ³ That day he saw Peter and John going into the Temple area. He asked them for money. ⁴ Peter and John looked at the crippled man and said, "Look at us!" ⁵ He looked at them; he thought they would 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 his feet and legs became strong. ⁸ He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple area with them. He was walking and jumping and praising God. ⁹All the people recognized him. They knew he was the crippled man who always sat by the Beautiful Gate to beg for money. Now they saw this same man walking and praising God. They were amazed. They did not understand how this could happen. ¹¹ The man was holding on to Peter and John. All the people were amazed. They ran to Peter and John at Solomon's Porch.

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
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Deuteronomy 29:19
"Some people might hear these curses and comfort themselves by saying, ‘I will continue doing what I want. Nothing bad will happen to me.' But that attitude will bring total disaster.

2 Kings 1:4
Since you did this, the Lord says, You will not get up from your bed. You will die!'" Then Elijah left.

2 Kings 1:6
The messengers said to Ahaziah, "A man came up to meet us and told us to go back to the king who sent us and tell him what the Lord says: ‘There is a God in Israel, so why did you send messengers to ask questions of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Since you did this, you will not get up from your bed. You will die!'"

2 Kings 1:16
Elijah told Ahaziah, "This is what the Lord says: ‘There is a God in Israel, so why did you send messengers to ask questions of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Since you did this, you will not get up from your bed. You will die!'"

2 Kings 8:10
Then Elisha said to Hazael, "Go and tell Ben-Hadad, ‘You will live.' But really the Lord told me, ‘He will die.'"

Psalms 10:11
They say to themselves, "God has forgotten about us. He is not watching. He will never see what we are doing."

2 Corinthians 2:11
I did this so that Satan would not win anything from us. We know very well what his plans are.

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ. This could happen just as Eve was tricked by that snake with his clever lies.

1 Timothy 2:14
Also, Adam was not the one who was tricked. It was the woman who was tricked and became a sinner.

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.