Acts 3:2 Meaning and Explanation
“And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;”
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What Does Acts 3:2 Mean?
Luke introduces the man with care: lame from his mother's womb, never having taken a step, dependent on friends who carried him. They laid him daily at the gate called Beautiful — likely the great east gate of the temple courts — where worshippers on their way in were most inclined to give.
For years he sat at the threshold of the house of God — near the worship, never inside the joy of it. The gate was beautiful; his life was not. Scripture often sets glory and misery side by side so that we feel the distance grace must cross. Many people live at beautiful gates, close to holy things yet still waiting. This man's waiting is nearly over, and God has seen every day of it.
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What does Acts 3:2 mean?
A man lame from birth is carried, as he is every day, to the temple gate called Beautiful, to beg from those going in to worship.