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Etheridge Translation

Acts 3:5

But he regarded them, expecting to receive from them somewhat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beggars;   John;   Lameness;   Miracles;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   The Topic Concordance - Healing;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Healing;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Future Hope;   John;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Peter;   Ship ;   Temple (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Expect;   Gate, East;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them.
King James Version (1611)
And he gaue heede vnto them, expecting to receiue something of them.
King James Version
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
English Standard Version
And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
New American Standard Bible
And he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
New Century Version
The man looked at them, thinking they were going to give him some money.
Amplified Bible
And the man began to pay attention to them, eagerly expecting to receive something from them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
Berean Standard Bible
So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
Contemporary English Version
The man stared at them and thought he was going to get something.
Complete Jewish Bible
The crippled man fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
Darby Translation
And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Easy-to-Read Version
He looked at them; he thought they would give him some money.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee gaue heede vnto them, trusting to receiue some thing of them.
George Lamsa Translation
And he looked at them, expecting to receive something from them.
Good News Translation
So he looked at them, expecting to get something from them.
Lexham English Bible
So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
Literal Translation
And he paid heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
American Standard Version
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.
Bible in Basic English
And he gave attention to them, hoping to get something from them.
Hebrew Names Version
He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
International Standard Version
So the manhe">[fn] watched them closely, expecting to get something from them.
Murdock Translation
And he looked on them, expecting to receive something from them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he gaue heede vnto the, trustyng to receaue somethyng of them.
English Revised Version
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.
World English Bible
He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something of them.
Weymouth's New Testament
So he looked and waited, expecting to receive something from them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he biheelde in to hem, and hopide, that he schulde take sumwhat of hem.
Update Bible Version
And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
New English Translation
So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
New King James Version
So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
New Living Translation
The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money.
New Life Bible
The man who could not walk looked at them. He thought he would get something from them.
New Revised Standard
And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, gave heed unto them, expecting to receive, something from them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them.
Revised Standard Version
And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something from them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he gaue hede vnto the trustinge to receave somthinge of them.
Young's Literal Translation
and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he gaue hede vnto them, hopynge to receaue some thinge of them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
at which he look'd very attentively, expecting to receive something of them.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The man looked up, obviously expecting a handout.

Contextual Overview

1 AND it was that as Shemun Kipha and Juhanon ascended together to the temple at the time of prayer, which is the ninth hour, 2 behold a certain man lame from the womb of his mother, (whom) they carried, who were used to bring and set at the gate of the temple which is called the Beautiful, to beg alms of those who entered into the temple. 3 He, when he saw Shemun and Juhanon entering the temple, prayed of them to give him alms. 4 And Shemun and Juhanon beheld him, and said to him, Regard us. 5 But he regarded them, expecting to receive from them somewhat. 6 Shemun saith to him, Gold and silver I have not, but what I have I give thee: In the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha Natsroya, rise and walk. 7 And he took him by his right hand and raised him: and instantly his feet strengthened and his heels. 8 And he leaped and arose and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and glorifying Aloha. 9 And all the people saw him walking and glorifying Aloha. 10 And they knew that it was he, the beggar, who had sat daily and asked alms at the gate which is called the Beautiful. And they were filled with wonder and astonishment at what had been done.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Matthew 6:23
but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, what will thy darkness be ?
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Aloha, and receive the forgiveness of sins, and a lot with the saints through faith, which (is) in me.
2 Corinthians 4:4
(to) them whose minds the god of this world hath blinded because they believe not; lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Meshiha, who is the image of Aloha, should arise upon them.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear lest, as the serpent deceived 'Hava by his guile, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward the Meshiha.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He who is the adversary, and is exalted over all who is called God and Venerable; so that also in the temple of Aloha as Aloha he will sit, and will make manifest of himself as that he is Aloha.
Revelation 13:4
And they worshipped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast of prey, (saying, Who is like the beast of prey,) [fn] and who is able to make war with him ?
Revelation 13:14
And he will seduce those who dwell upon earth to the making an image of the beast of prey who had the wound of the sword and lived.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he gave heed unto them,.... Or "he looked at them", as the Syriac version renders it, as they bid him: he was not only attentive to them in his mind, but he directed his eyes towards them, and looked wistly at them. This clause is left out in the Ethiopic version.

Expecting to receive something of them; not a cure for his lameness, which he little thought of, but some money, as an alms.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:5. Expecting to receive something of them. — Because it was a constant custom for all who entered the temple to carry money with them to give to the treasury, or to the poor, or to both. It was on this ground that the friends of the lame man laid him at the gate of the temple, as this was the most likely place to receive alms.


 
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