Acts 3:2

3:2 And a man lame ¹  from birth ²  was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day ³  so he could beg for money ⁴  from those going into the temple courts. ⁵ 

Acts 7:16

7:16 and their bones ⁶  were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money ⁷  from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Acts 24:26

24:26 At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, ⁸  and for this reason he sent for Paul ⁹  as often as possible ¹⁰  and talked ¹¹  with him.

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¹ tn Or “crippled.”

² tn Grk “from his mother’s womb.”

³ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

⁴ tn Grk “alms.” The term “alms” is not in common use today, so what the man expected, “money,” is used in the translation instead. The idea is that of money given as a gift to someone who was poor. Giving alms was viewed as honorable in Judaism (Tob 1:3, 16; 12:8-9; m. Pe’ah 1:1). See also Luke 11:41; 12:33; Acts 9:36; 10:2, 4, 31; 24:17.

⁵ tn Grk “the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

sn Into the temple courts. The exact location of this incident is debated. The ‘Beautiful Gate’ referred either to the Nicanor Gate (which led from the Court of the Gentiles into the Court of Women) or the Shushan Gate at the eastern wall.

⁶ tn “and they.”

⁷ sn See Gen 49:29-32.

⁸ tn Grk “he was hoping that money would be given to him by Paul.” To simplify the translation, the passive construction has been converted to an active one.

sn Would give him money. That is, would offer him a bribe in exchange for his release. Such practices were fairly common among Roman officials of the period (Josephus, Ant. 2.12.3 [2.272-274]).

⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn “As often as possible” reflects the comparative form of the adjective πυκνός (puknos); see BDAG 897 s.v. πυκνός, which has “Neut. of the comp. πυκνότερον as adv. more often, more frequently and in an elative sense very often, quite frequently…also as often as possible…Ac 24:26.”

¹¹ tn On this term, which could mean “conferred with him,” see BDAG 705 s.v. ὁμιλέω.