Acts 3
1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Now Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, which was the ninth hour.
2 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.
And a certain man, lame from his mother’s womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
This man, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked charity.
4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
But Peter, fixing his eyes on him with John, said: Look on us.
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none: but what I have, this I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, arise and walk.
7 Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
And he took him by his right hand and raised him up: and immediately his feet and ankles received strength.
8 He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
And leaping up, he stood and walked, and went with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.
9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
And all the people saw him walking and praising God;
10 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.
and they recognized him, that it was he that had sat for charity at the Beautiful gate of the temple. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
And while he was holding to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon’s, greatly astonished.
12 And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
But when Peter saw it, he answered the people: Men of Israel, why are you astonished at this? or, why do you look so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or godliness we had caused this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you delivered up, and whom you rejected in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to release him.
14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
But you rejected the Holy and Just One, and demanded that a murderer should be given to you;
15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
and you slew the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; even the faith which is by him, has given him this entire soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did this, as did also your rulers.
18 But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
But the things which God foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer, he has thus fulfilled.
19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Repent, therefore, and turn, in order that your sins may be blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.
and that he may send Jesus Christ, who was destined for you;
21 Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. (aiōn g165)
whom heaven must retain, till the time for restoring all things that God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of ancient times. (aiōn g165)
22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
For Moses said to the fathers, A prophet like me shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear in all things that he shall say to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
And it shall come to pass, that every soul that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
24 Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
And all the prophets, from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.
25 And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
26 When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
To you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, has sent him to bless you, in turning every one of you away from his iniquities.
