Acts 3:5

5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to get something from them.

Acts 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:5

And he gave heed unto them
Or "he looked at them", as the Syriac version renders it, as they bid him: he was not only attentive to them in his mind, but he directed his eyes towards them, and looked wistly at them. This clause is left out in the Ethiopic version.

Expecting to receive something of them;
not a cure for his lameness, which he little thought of, but some money, as an alms.

Acts 3:5 In-Context

3 He saw that Peter and John were about to enter. So he asked them for money.

4 Peter looked straight at him, and so did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!"

5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to get something from them.

6 Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold. But I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk."

7 Then Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong.