KJV King James Version
And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
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Acts 3:2
And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
WEB World English Bible
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 Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
ASV American Standard Version
And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,
Surrounding context — Acts 3
1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].
2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καίG2532 · kaiandτιςG5100 · tisoneἀνὴρG435 · anērmanχωλὸςG5560 · chōloslameἐκG1537 · ekout fromκοιλίαςG2836 · koiliabelly/womb/stomachμητρὸςG3384 · mētērmotherαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heὑπάρχωνG5225 · huparchōbe alreadyἐβαστάζετο,G941 · bastazōto carryὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐτίθουνG5087 · tithēmito placeκαθ᾽G2596 · kataaccording toἡμέρανG2250 · hēmeradayπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθύρανG2374 · thuradoorτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἱεροῦG2411 · hierostempleτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoλεγομένηνG3004 · legōto sayὡραίανG5611 · hōraiosBeautifulτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰτεῖνG154 · aiteōto askἐλεημοσύνηνG1654 · eleēmosunēcharityπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἰσπορευομένωνG1531 · eisporeuōto enterεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἱερόν.G2411 · hierostemple
Cross-references
Acts 14:8And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:John 9:8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,Acts 10:31And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.Luke 18:35And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:John 1:9-30[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.Acts 4:22For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.Acts 10:4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
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