Acts 3:1 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹ Now Peter and John were going to the Temple at three o’clock one afternoon [Note: Jewish time calculations are employed here], during the regular [Jewish] prayer hour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW PETER and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o'clock in the afternoon),

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

Common English Bible

¹ Peter and John were going up to the temple at three o’clock in the afternoon, the established prayer time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

Acts 3:1 Cross References

Acts 10:3

About three o’clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been 9 AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] “Cornelius.”

Acts 4:13

Now when these men saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and perceived that they were uneducated and [even] ignorant men, they were quite surprised; then they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Luke 1:10

There was a whole crowd of people praying outside because it was the time for burning the incense offering.

Acts 5:25

[Just then] someone came in and said, “Look, the men you put in jail are [now] standing in the Temple teaching people.”

Luke 24:53

And they were there in the Temple [area] continually praising God [i.e., for the next ten days. See Acts 2].

Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had responded to the message of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Acts 2:46

And every day they continued to meet together in the Temple [i.e., for teaching and worship]. They were enjoying their meals and the close fellowship they shared in the various homes, and were

John 21:7

So, that disciple whom Jesus loved [i.e., probably the apostle John] said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer robe around him, (for he [had taken it off and] was wearing only his underclothing) and jumped into the lake.

Luke 22:8

So, Jesus sent Peter and John [to Jerusalem], saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover [meal].”

Matthew 26:37

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [i.e., James and John] with Him, and [soon] began to be grieved and very distressed.

Matthew 17:1

And after six days [had passed], Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John aside and went up into a high mountain [i.e., an unidentified mountain nearby].

Acts 10:30

Cornelius [then] said, “Four days ago, when I was at home, praying at the appointed hour (i.e., three o’clock in the afternoon) [See verse 3], suddenly a man in bright clothing appeared in front of me.

Galatians 2:9

Also, when they perceived that this [special] favor [of preaching to Gentiles] was granted to me, James, Cephas [i.e., Peter] and John, the highly regarded pillars [i.e., leaders of the church] extended to me and Barnabas their right hands [signifying an agreement] to share [in the preaching of the Gospel], with us going to the Gentiles and they going to the circumcised ones [i.e., Jews].

Matthew 27:45

Now from noon until three o’clock in the afternoon there was darkness over all the land.

Luke 18:10

“Two men went up to the Temple [in Jerusalem] to pray. One of them was a Pharisee and the other one was a tax collector.

Acts 3:3

When he saw Peter and John about to enter the Temple he asked them [also] for money.

Acts 3:4

Peter looked directly at the man and, together with John, said [to him], “Look [at me].”