Acts 3
1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
One day Peter and John were going up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, 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 man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those who were entering the temple courts.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple courts, he began asking for alms.
4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
But Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us.”
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
So the man 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 have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give to yoʋ. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise 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.
Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once 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.
Leaping up, he stood and began walking. Then he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
When 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.
they recognized him as the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple asking for alms. 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.
As the lame man who had been healed clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the portico called Solomon's, utterly 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?
When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us as though by our own power or godliness we have made this man 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, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, even though Pilate had decided to release him.
14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
Yes, you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to 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.
You put to death the Author of life, whom God 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.
By faith in his name, his name has strengthened this man whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
“Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your rulers also.
18 But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
But in this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through the mouths of all his prophets, that the Christ would suffer.
19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped away, that times 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, the Christ who has been appointed 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)
Heaven must receive him until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God declared by the mouth of all his holy prophets long ago. (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 our fathers, ‘The Lord our God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
Every soul who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
24 Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, beginning with Samuel and continuing with those who came afterward, also proclaimed 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 when he said to Abraham, ‘In yoʋr offspring 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 raised up his servant Jesus and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”
