Beautiful Gate

The Beautiful Gate was a gate of the Jerusalem temple, where Peter healed a lame man.
PlaceNew Testament1 book2 verses

Summary

A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Acts 3:2; only referred to as Beautiful Gate (ὡραῖος).

Location

Identified as
in Jerusalem
Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
31.777° N, 35.234° E
Beautiful Gate
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Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Beautiful Gate

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  2. …they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.