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 went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.
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 who was lame from his mother’s womb, was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
He, when he had seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.
4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
But Peter with John fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of 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, I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, 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 taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles 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 he leaping up, stood, and walked, and went in 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 knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which 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 as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them to the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
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 Peter seeing, made answer to the people: Ye men of Israel, why wonder you at this? or why look you upon us, as if by our strength or power we had made 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 the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released.
14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you.
15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
But the author of life you killed, whom God hath 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 in the faith of his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, hath his name strengthened; and the faith which is by him, hath given this perfect soundness in the sight of you all.
17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance, 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 those things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.
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.
That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ,
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 indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world. (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: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: him you shall hear according to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
And it shall be, that every soul which 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 afterwards, who have spoken, have told of 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 children of the prophets, and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds 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, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you; that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.
