1. Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer.
2. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
3. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.
4. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.”
5. He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.