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Revised Standard Version

Acts 3:5

And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something from them.

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.
Etheridge Translation
But he regarded them, expecting to receive from them somewhat.
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.
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 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, with John, and said, "Look at us." 5 And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
Genesis 3:3
but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
Genesis 3:6
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:10
And he said, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate."
Genesis 3:14
The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
Genesis 3:22
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever" --

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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