He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
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He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
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And he gaue hede vnto the trustinge to receave somthinge of them.
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And hee gaue heede vnto them, trusting to receiue some thing of them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Both with heart and eyes.
Both with heart and eyes.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to…
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
Ver. 5. Expecting] 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.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Gave heed, with his eyes and mind too, being…
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.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he gave heed unto them,.... Or "he looked…
And he gave heed unto them,.... 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.
Expecting to receive something of them; not a cure for his lameness, which he little thought of, but some money, as an alms.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Expecting to receive something of them.] Because…
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. 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.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain From for of, A.V.
From for of, A.V.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 1
See notes on verse 1
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