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Acts 3:5
Patriarchal Greek New Testament (1904) · Berean Standard Bible
ὁ δὲ ἐπεῖχεν αὐτοῖς προσδοκῶν τι παρ᾽ αὐτῶν λαβεῖν.
So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.