Acts 3:2 - English Majority Text Version 2009

² And a man lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they would lay each day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² [When] a certain man crippled from his birth was being carried along, who was laid each day at that gate of the temple [which is] called Beautiful, so that he might beg for charitable gifts from those who entered the temple.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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;

Common English Bible

² Meanwhile, a man crippled since birth was being carried in. Every day, people would place him at the temple gate known as the Beautiful Gate so he could ask for money from those entering the temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And a certain man, who was lame from his mother's womb, was being carried in. They would lay him every day at the gate of the temple, which is called the Beautiful, so that he might request alms from those entering into the temple.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb, was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.

Acts 3:2 Cross References

Luke 16:20

But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,

Luke 18:35

Now it came to pass, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat alongside the road begging.

John 9:8

Therefore the neighbors and those who previously saw him, that he was blind, were saying, "Is not this he who sat and begged?"

Acts 10:31

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.

Acts 10:4

And looking intently at him and becoming fearful he said, "What is it, lord?"And he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

Acts 14:8

And a certain man in Lystra, powerless in his feet, was sitting, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

Acts 3:10

Then they recognized that this was the one sitting for the alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with astonishment and amazement because of that which had happened to him.

Acts 4:22

For the man was over forty, on whom had come about this sign of healing.