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George Lamsa Translation

Acts 3:4

And Simon Peter and John looked at him 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

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

Contextual Overview

1 IT came to pass as Simon Peter and John were going up together to the temple at the time of prayer, at the ninth hour, * 2 Behold a certain man, lame from his mother''s womb, was carried by men who were accustomed to bring him and lay him at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful so that he might ask alms from those who entered into the temple. 3 And when he saw Simon Peter and John entering the temple, he begged of them to give him alms. 4 And Simon Peter and John looked at him and said, Look at us. 5 And he looked at them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Simon Peter said to him, Gold and silver have I none; but what I have I give to you: In the name of our LORD Jesus Christ of Naz''a-reth rise up and walk. 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up; and in that very hour his legs and his feet received strength. 8 And he, leaping up, stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God; 10 And they recognized that he was the beggar who had sat daily and asked alms at the gate which is called Beautiful; and they were filled with amazement and wonder at what had happened.

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
And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Deuteronomy 29:19
And when he hears the words of this oath, he shall reason in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst;
2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore thus says the LORD: You shall not come down from the bed on which you are lying, but you shall surely die. And Elijah departed.
2 Kings 1:6
And they said to him, A man came up to meet us and said to us, Go, turn again to the man who sent you and say to him, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore thus says the LORD: You shall not come down from the bed on which you are lying, but you shall surely die.
2 Kings 1:16
And he said to him, Thus says the LORD: Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire for his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed on which you are lying, but you shall surely die.
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You shall surely recover; but the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die.
Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan might take advantage of us: for we know his devices.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid, that just as the serpent through his deceitfulness misled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted from the sincerity that is in Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and she transgressed the law.

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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