Acts 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 3:1

A Lame Man Healed

1 Now Peter and John went up together ^ato the temple at the hour of prayer, ^bthe ninth hour.

2 And ^aa certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^bto ask alms from those who entered the temple;

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.

4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”

5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

Verse Comparison: Acts 3:1

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American Standard Version
Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, `being' the ninth `hour'.

Amplified® Bible
NOW PETER and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o'clock in the afternoon),

Contemporary English Version
The time of prayer was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and Peter and John were going into the temple.

Darby English Version
And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [which is] the ninth [hour];

Good News Bible
One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer.

International Standard Version
Peter and John were going up to the temple for the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.

King James Version
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

New American Standard Bible
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth {hour,} the hour of prayer.

New International Version
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.

New King James Version
Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

Young's Literal Translation
And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth `hour',

New English Translation
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time¹ for prayer,² at three o’clock in the afternoon.³

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