Discovery BoxActs 12:13 
Context12:13 When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered. 1
Acts 3:2
Context3:2 And a man lame 2 from birth 3 was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day 4 so he could beg for money 5 from those going into the temple courts. 6
Acts 12:14
Context12:14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told 7 them 8 that Peter was standing at the gate.
1 tn Or “responded.”
2 tn Or “crippled.”
3 tn Grk “from his mother’s womb.”
4 tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.
5 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.
6 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.
7 tn Or “informed.”
8 tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
