5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
5 He looked up, expecting to get something from them.
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
5 The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 3:5
Commentary on Acts 3:1-11
(Read Acts 3:1-11)
The apostles and the first believers attended the temple worship at the hours of prayer. Peter and John seem to have been led by a Divine direction, to work a miracle on a man above forty years old, who had been a cripple from his birth. Peter, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, bade him rise up and walk. Thus, if we would attempt to good purpose the healing of men's souls, we must go forth in the name and power of Jesus Christ, calling on helpless sinners to arise and walk in the way of holiness, by faith in Him. How sweet the thought to our souls, that in respect to all the crippled faculties of our fallen nature, the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth can make us whole! With what holy joy and rapture shall we tread the holy courts, when God the Spirit causes us to enter therein by his strength!