Acts 3:4

Geneva Bible

And Peter earnestly beholding him with Iohn, said, Looke on vs.

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.

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

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 Nowe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the Temple, at the ninth houre of prayer. ² And a certaine ma which was a creeple fro his mothers wombe, was caried, whom they layde dayly at the gate of the Temple called Beautifull, to aske almes of them that entred into ye Temple. ³ Who seeing Peter & Iohn, that they would enter into the Temple, desired to receiue an almes. ⁴ And Peter earnestly beholding him with Iohn, said, Looke on vs. ⁵ And hee gaue heede vnto them, trusting to receiue some thing of them. ⁶ Then said Peter, Siluer & gold haue I none, but such as I haue, that giue I thee: In the Name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth, rise vp and walke. ⁷ And hee tooke him by the right hand, and lift him vp, and immediately his feete and ankle bones receiued strength. ⁸ And he leaped vp, stoode, and walked, and entred with them into the Temple, walking and leaping, and praysing God. ⁹ And all the people sawe him walke, and praysing God. ¹⁰ And they knewe him, that it was he which sate for the almes at the Beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were amased, and sore astonied at that, which was come vnto him.

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
And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

Deuteronomy 29:19
So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he blesse him selfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, although I walke according to the stubburnes of mine owne heart, thus adding drunkennesse to thirst.

2 Kings 1:4
Wherefore thus saith the Lorde, Thou shalt not come downe from the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death. So Eliiah departed.

2 Kings 1:6
And they answered him, There came a man and met vs, and saide vnto vs, Goe, and returne vnto the King which sent you, and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Is it not because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the God of Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not come downe from the bed, on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die ye death.

2 Kings 1:16
And he saide vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Because thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, (was it not because there was no God in Israel to inquire of his worde?) therefore thou shalt not come downe off the bed, on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death.

2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha sayd to him, Goe, and say vnto him, Thou shalt recouer: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall surely dye.

Psalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I feare least as the serpent beguiled Eue through his subtiltie, so your mindes shoulde be corrupt fro the simplicitie that is in Christ.

1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceiued, but the woman was deceiued, and was in the transgression.

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.