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Acts 3:4

Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, "Look at us."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Healing;   John the apostle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Luke, the Gospel According to;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   John;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John the Apostle;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gestures;   James and John, the Sons of Zebedee;   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;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Silver;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Gate, East;   Healing, Gifts of;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pete and John stared a hole through this guy, and then Pete said, "Look at us!"
Legacy Standard Bible
But when Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him, he said, "Look at us!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!"
Bible in Basic English
And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.
Darby Translation
And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.
New King James Version
And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at 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."
King James Version (1611)
And Peter fastening his eyes vpon him, with Iohn, said, Looke on vs.
Literal Translation
And with John, looking intently toward him, Peter said, Look to 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.
Amplified Bible
But Peter, along with John, stared at him intently and said, "Look at us!"
American Standard Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on 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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;'
New Century Version
Peter and John looked straight at him and said, "Look at us!"
New English Translation
Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and 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!"
English Standard Version
And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Peter earnestly beholding him with Iohn, said, Looke on vs.
George Lamsa Translation
And Simon Peter and John looked at him and said, Look at 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.
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!"
English Revised Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on 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.
King James Version
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
Lexham English Bible
And Peter looked intently at him, together with John, and said, "Look at us!"
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Peter fastenyng his eyes vpon hym with Iohn, sayde: Loke on vs.
Easy-to-Read Version
Peter and John looked at the crippled man and said, "Look at us!"
New American Standard Bible
But Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, "Look at us!"
Good News Translation
They looked straight at him, and Peter said, "Look at us!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Petre with Joon bihelde on hym, and seide, Biholde thou in to vs.

Contextual Overview

1 Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon. 2 And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help. 4 Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, "Look at us." 5 So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them. 6 But Peter said, "I don't have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!" 7 Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong. 8 So he jumped up, stood, and started to walk, and he entered the temple complex with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple complex. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to 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
So the Lord God asked the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate."
Deuteronomy 29:19
When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.' This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land.
2 Kings 1:4
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not get up from your sickbed—you will certainly die.'" Then Elijah left.
2 Kings 1:6
They replied, "A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him: This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you're sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed—you will certainly die.'"
2 Kings 1:16
Then Elijah said to King Ahaziah, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel for you to inquire of His will?—you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.'"
2 Kings 8:10
Elisha told him, "Go say to him, ‘You are sure to recover.' But the Lord has shown me that he is sure to die."
Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, "God has forgotten; He hides His face and will never see."
2 Corinthians 2:11
I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.

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.


 
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