Acts 3:2
 Acts 3:2 
King James Version
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;

American Standard Version
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;

Young's Literal Translation
and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

Acts 3:2 Additional Translations
Geneva Study Bible

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;


People's New Testament

3:2 Laid daily at the gate... called Beautiful. Generally thought to be the gate opening towards the Mount of Olives. Josephus, who calls it the gate of Nicanor, describes it as wonderfully rich and beautiful ( Antiq. 15:11). It was common for the unfortunate to be placed at gates where their condition would appeal to the multitudes entering for worship. Then, public charities were almost unknown, and the helpless were compelled to beg.

Acts 3:2 Parallel Commentaries
Alms Beautiful Beg Birth Carried Carrying Close Courts Crippled Daily Door Entered Entering Gate Gifts Laid Lame Mother's Needy Order Power Temple Used Womb Wont
Alms Beautiful Beg Birth Carried Carrying Close Courts Crippled Daily Door Entered Entering Gate Gifts Laid Lame Mother's Needy Order Power Temple Used Womb Wont
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Luke 16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
John 9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
Acts 3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
Acts 14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: