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 (the ninth) 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 had actually been lame from his mother's womb, was being carried (they would lay him daily at the temple gate, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple),
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
who, upon seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, began asking for alms.
4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
So Peter, with John, fastening his gaze on him said, “Look at us.”
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
So he gave them his attention, 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: “I do not have silver and gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, get up 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 grasping him by his right hand he lifted him up; immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
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.
So jumping up he stood, and began to walk! And he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
Well 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 he was the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, with a view to alms—and they were filled with wonder and amazement because of 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.
Now as the lame man who had been healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico, the one called ‘Solomon's’, really 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?
So upon observing this Peter responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this, or why are you staring at us as if we have made him walk by our own power or godliness?
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 Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up; and you repudiated Him to Pilate's face, when he was intending to release Him.
14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
Yes you repudiated the holy and righteous One, and you asked that a murderer be granted to you,
15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
while you killed the Originator of the Life, whom God raised from among the dead, to 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.
Well His name, based on faith in His name, made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that is through Him has given him this wholeness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
“So now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, as 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 that God foretold through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Messiah would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Repent therefore, and turn around, so that your sins may be erased, in order that times of refreshing may come from the Lord's face
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, who had been ordained to be your Messiah,
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 receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which times God spoke long ago by the mouth of all His holy prophets. (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 example, Moses said to the fathers: ‘The Lord our God will raise up for you a Prophet, like me, from among your brothers. You must listen to Him, in all that He may say to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
It will be that every person who will not listen to that Prophet will be extirpated from among the people.’
24 Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
“Yes and all the prophets, from Samuel on down, 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 sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘Yes, in your seed all the families of the earth will 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.”
God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning each of you away from your iniquities.”
