Acts 3:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

certain. App-123.

man. App-123.

lame. being (Greek. huparcho. See note on Luke 9:48) lame.

from. Greek. ek. App-104.

at. townrds. App-104.

Beautiful. Probably the East gate, which, Josephus says, "was of Corinthian brass and greatly excelled those that were only covered over with silver and gold" (Wars Acts 5:3).

ask. App-134.

alms. Greek. eleemosune. This was shortened into " aelmesse ", and then into "alms".

of. from. Greek. para. App-104.

Acts 3:2

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;