“And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.”
Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, 'Look at us!' — the direct look (atenizo, fixed gaze, intense attention) commands the beggar's attention; no more mechanical requests but genuine encounter. The command 'Look at us!' (idē) requires the man to meet their gaze, to see and be seen, a precondition for the healing.
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