Acts 3:2

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb There is the verb expressed in the original, and it should be translated a certain man who was, &c.

was carried i.e. regularly every day, and the position in which he had been daily set for the greater part of his forty years" life (see Acts 4:22) made it certain that he would be widely and well known. So Bartimæus sat by the wayside to beg (Mark 10:46).

whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful The gateways of the Temple gave admission to the inner court from the court of the Gentiles and the court of the women; there were three on the north and the same number on the south, but the Beautiful Gate meant in this verse was probably the gate on the east which led from the court of the women. The other gates, Josephus says (B. J. v. 5. 3), were overlaid with gold and silver, but this one was "made of Corinthian bronze, and much surpassed in worth those enriched with silver and gold."