Verse 5<\/span>. Expecting to receive something of them.<\/B><\/I>] Because it was a constant custom for all who entered the temple to carry money with them to give to the treasury<\/I>, or to the poor<\/I>, or to both<\/I>. It was on this ground that the friends of the lame man laid him at the gate of the temple, as this was the most likely place to receive alms.<\/P> <\/p>\n Gave heed, with his eyes and mind too, being intent upon the apostles; this he was commanded to do, and it succeeds beyond all hopes. Thus we receive of God daily more than we can ask or think. <\/P> <\/p>\n And he gave heed unto them<\/strong>,…. 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.<\/p>\n Expecting to receive something of them<\/strong>; not a cure for his lameness, which he little thought of, but some money, as an alms.<\/p>\n Gave heed unto them <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Imperfect active of <\/SPAN><\/span>, to hold to. For the idiom with <\/SPAN><\/span> understood see Acts 7:14<\/span>; 1Tim 4:16<\/span>. He held his eyes right on Peter and John with great eagerness “expecting to receive something” ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). He took Peter’s invitation as a promise of a large gift. <\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “And he gave heed unto them,”<\/strong> (ho de epeichen autois) “So he paid heed (gave attention) to them,” he responded to their call for him to listen to them for a moment, for they were bearers, not of a paralyzed body, but of the word of truth, without the hearing of which none can be saved; For “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God,” and “If any man have ears to hear,” he is called to hear, give heed or obey the word of God to him, Rom 10:17<\/span>; Luk 14:35<\/span>; Act 3:23<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2) “Expecting to receive something of them,”<\/strong> (prosdokon ti par’ auton labein) “Expecting to receive something from them,” or anticipating that he would receive something from them, in the way of a charitable or alms gift. Tho this lame man of forty years was asking to receive only temporal alms help that day, there was more in store for him than he had ever received before. When men ask for help in time of need, from the proper source, he who does “exceeding abundantly above what men ask or think,” intercedes to provide, Eph 3:20<\/span>; Mat 21:22<\/span>; Jas 1:6-7<\/span>.<\/p>\n And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. (6) Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. (7) And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. (8) And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It must have been a delightful sight, to have seen these poor Apostles, acting in the faith of the Lord, and the power of the Holy Ghost, in this wonderful manner. And no less astonishing must have been the expression of countenance of the cripple, when, instead of money, he found strength in his bones; and he who had never walked, entering with his benefactors into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God! But, Reader! think, if it were possible to be the object of our sight, how much greater would it be, to behold the Lord Jesus himself passing by, and bidding the crippled faculties of our souls to arise and walk: and to feel Jesus taking his redeemed by the hand, and lifting them up! Oh! the inexpressible joy, when at the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and in the power of his strength, poor crippled sinners, yea, dead sinners, and from their mother’s womb dead in trespasses and sins, are called into spiritual life; and walk, and leap, and enter with Jesus into the temple, and the galleries of his grace, walking, and leaping, and praising God! And who shall say the numbers, or who shall write down the greatness, of the cure; in the daily cases where Jesus manifests the riches of his grace, in restoring life and health to his people! Exo 15:6<\/span> ; Isa 61:1-3<\/span> , with Luk 4:18<\/span> , etc.<\/p>\n 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ver. 5. Expecting<\/strong> ] God was better to him than his expectation. God presseth kindness upon his suitors, and heapeth it upon them, as Naaman upon Gehazi, 2Ki 5:22-23<\/span> . <\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> <\/strong> ] not (as Bos and Kuinoel), which is implied<\/em> : but (see reff.) , fixed his attention on them<\/strong> .<\/p>\n Act 3:5<\/span> . , sc.<\/em> , (not ); cf.<\/em> Luk 14:7<\/span> , 1Ti 4:16<\/span> , Sirach 31 (34):2, 2Ma 9:25 (Job 30:26<\/span> , A.S. 2 al<\/em> .) with dative rei<\/em> ; so in Polybius.<\/p>\n gave heed. Greek. epecho. Here, Act 19:22. Luk 14:7. Php 1:2, Php 1:16. 1Ti 4:16. <\/p>\n unto = to. <\/p>\n expecting. Gr. prosdokao. App-133. <\/p>\n 5. ] not (as Bos and Kuinoel), which is implied:-but (see reff.) , fixed his attention on them.<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Act 3:5. But the lame man had never been treated to anything but the kindness of those who carried him to the place daily, and the alms that people bestowed on him. Hence he did not form the conclusion here suggested, but instead he gave the apostles an earnest look, expecting to receive some money.<\/p>\n Act 3:5. And he gave heed unto them. The sufferer, perhaps surprised at this unusual notice from a passer-by, gazed up at Peter and John with rapt attention (the Greek word is far stronger than the English equivalent), knowing he was about to receive some kindness, he knew not what, from these holy men, whom doubtless he knew well by sight, having often seen them go up to the Temple.<\/p>\n See notes on verse 1<\/p>\n 3:5 And he {a} gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.<\/p>\n (a) Both with heart and eyes.<\/p>\n And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. Verse 5. Expecting to receive something of them.] Because it was a constant custom for all who entered the temple to carry money with them to give to the treasury, or to the poor, or to both. 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