Was carried (εβασταζετο). Imperfect passive, picturing the process as in verse 1.

Laid daily (ετιθουν καθ'…

Lame. The mention of this shows that there was no deception in the case. The man had always been lame; he was obliged to be carried; and h…

A certain man lame from his mother’s womb.—The careful record of the duration of his suffering is more or less characteristic of S…

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 alm…

The man is described as “crippled from birth” and having to be carried daily “to the temple gate called Beautiful” to beg for his living. Since alm…

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb
He was born so; his lameness came not through any disease or fall, or…

The apostles and the first believers attended the temple worship at the hours of prayer. Peter and John seem to have been led by a divine direction…