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Hebrew Names Version

Acts 3:5

He listened to 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.
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.
Revised Standard Version
And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something from 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 Kefa and Yochanan were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Yafeh, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple. 3 Seeing Kefa and Yochanan about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy. 4 Kefa, fastening his eyes on him, with Yochanan, said, "Look at us." 5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Kefa said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Yeshua the Messiah of Natzeret, rise and walk!" 7 He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. 8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 They recognized him, that it was he who sat begging for gifts for the needy at the Yafeh Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which 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 of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
Genesis 3:6
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 the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Genesis 3:13
The LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived 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 every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
Genesis 3:22
The LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."

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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