3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the Temple, he asked for a handout.
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 3:3
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!