Acts 3:3
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He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.

Context
A Lame Man Walks
2And 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. 3He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. 4But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.…
Cross References
Luke 22:8
And he sent Peter and John, saying: Go, and prepare for us the pasch, that we may eat.

Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

Acts 3:4
But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.

Acts 3:11
And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them, to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

Lexicon
[When]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

he saw
ἰδὼν (idōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

Peter
Πέτρον (Petron)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

John
Ἰωάννην (Iōannēn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.

about
μέλλοντας (mellontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.

to enter
εἰσιέναι (eisienai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1524: To go in, enter (originally: I shall go in). From eis and eimi; to enter.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple,
ἱερὸν (hieron)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple.

he asked [them]
ἠρώτα (ērōta)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

for
λαβεῖν (labein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

money.
ἐλεημοσύνην (eleēmosynēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1654: Abstr: alms-giving, charity; concr: alms, charity. From eleos; compassionateness, i.e. beneficence, or a benefaction.


Additional Translations
When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked them for money.

who having seen Peter and John being about to enter into the temple, was asking to receive alms.

Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.

who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.

Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms.

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.
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