2 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;



Ver. 2. To ask alms] This ought not to have been suffered, Deu_15:7-8 There might not be a beggar in Israel. But all was out of order, as it useth to be among a people nigh to destruction.