There was also a very poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. Lazarus was often put at the rich man’s gate.
Acts 3:2 - Easy To Read Version When they were going into the temple yard, a man was there. This man had been crippled all his life. He could not walk, so some friends carried him. His friends brought him to the temple every day. They put the crippled man by one of the gates outside the temple. It was called Beautiful Gate. There the man begged for money from the people going to the temple. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 [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) 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 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 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 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. |
There was also a very poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. Lazarus was often put at the rich man’s gate.
Jesus came near the city of Jericho. There was a blind man sitting beside the road. The blind man was begging people for money.
Some people had seen this man begging before. These people and the man’s neighbors said, “Look! Is this the same man that always sits and begs?”
The man said, ‘Cornelius! God has heard your prayer. God has seen the things you give to the poor people. God remembers you.
Cornelius looked at the angel. He became afraid and said, “What do you want, sir?”
In Lystra there was a man who had something wrong with his feet. He had been born crippled; he had never walked.