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 28:8

28:8 The father 8  of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him 9  and after praying, placed 10  his hands on him and healed 11  him.

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 “It happened that the father.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

9 tn Grk “to whom Paul going in.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by a personal pronoun (“him”) and a new sentence begun here in the translation. The participle εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

10 tn The participle ἐπιθείς (epiqeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

11 sn And healed him. Here are healings like Luke 9:40; 10:30; 13:13; Acts 16:23.