Acts 3
1 Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple at the time of the afternoon prayer, around 3 p.m.
And Peter and John went up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth.
2 A man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day he was placed beside the Temple gate called “Beautiful” so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb was habitually carried, whom they placed daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple;
3 He saw Peter and John as they were about to enter the Temple and asked them for some money.
who seeing Peter and John about to come into the temple, asked to receive alms.
4 Peter looked right at him. John did, too. “Look at us!” Peter said.
And Peter along with John, fixing his attention on him, said, Look unto us.
5 The lame man gave them his full attention, expecting to get something from them.
And he gave attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 “I don't have any silver or gold,” Peter told him, “but I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”
Peter said, Silver and gold do not belong to me; but I give thee that which I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk about.
7 Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. Right away his feet and ankles became strong.
And taking him by the right hand he raised him up; and immediately the bottoms of his feet and his ankle-bones were strengthened.
8 He jumped to his feet, and then began to walk. He went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God.
And leaping out, he stood, and continued to walk around, and came into the temple with them, walking around and leaping, and praising God.
9 Everyone there saw him walking around and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking round and praising God.
10 They recognized him as the beggar who used to sit by the Temple's Beautiful Gate, and they were surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.
And they recognized him, that he was the one sitting for alms at Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with astonishment and delight at that which had happened to him.
11 He held on tightly to Peter and John while everyone ran to them by Solomon's Porch in complete astonishment at what had happened.
And he holding on to Peter and John; all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon's, exceedingly astonished.
12 When Peter saw this opportunity he told them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised at what's happened to this man? Why are you staring at us as if it was by our own power or faith that we made him walk?
And Peter seeing them, responded to the people; Israelitish men, why are you astonished at this, or why do you look upon us as having by our own power or holiness, made this man to walk about?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of our forefathers—has glorified his servant Jesus. He was the one you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even after Pilate had decided to release him.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Child, Jesus, who you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate having decided to release Him.
14 You rejected the one who is holy and good, and demanded a murderer be released to you.
And you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and ask that a man who was a murderer should be delivered unto you,
15 You killed the author of life, the one God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses to this.
and you slew the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.
16 By trusting in Jesus' name this man was healed by him. You see this man here; you know him. Through trusting in Jesus this man has received complete healing right in front of all of you.
And through the faith of his name, his name hath made sound this one who you see and know, and through him faith has given unto him this soundness, in the presence of you all.
17 Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you did this in ignorance, like your rulers.
And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance, as did your rulers also;
18 But God fulfilled what he had prophesied through all the prophets: that his Messiah would suffer.
and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.
19 Now repent, and change your ways, that your sins can be wiped away, so the Lord can send opportunities for you to heal and recover,
Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and send Jesus, the Messiah appointed for you.
and he may send forth Jesus, who has been preached unto you as the Christ,
21 For he must stay in heaven until the time when everything is restored, as God announced through his holy prophets long ago. (aiōn g165)
whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning. (aiōn g165)
22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will send you a prophet from among your own people who is like me. You must listen to everything he tells you.
Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you.
23 Anybody who doesn't listen to him will be totally removed from the people.’
And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people.
24 All the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel on, prophesied about these days.
And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and consecutively, so many as spoke, also proclaimed these days.
25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, ‘From your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, In thy seed shall the families of the earth be truly blessed.
26 God prepared his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways.”
To you God, having first raised up his Son, sent him blessing you, in turning each one from your sins.
