Acts 3
1 Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, at three in the afternoon.
One day Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the hour of prayer--the ninth hour--and, just then,
2 A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they put daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called) of the Temple, for him to beg from the people as they went in.
3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.
4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
Peter fixing his eyes on him, as John did also, said, "Look at us."
5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
So he looked and waited, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, get up and walk."
"I have no silver or gold," Peter said, "but what I have, I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene-- walk!"
7 He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Then taking his hand Peter lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
Leaping up, he stood upright and began to walk, and went into the Temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.
9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
All the people saw him walking and praising God;
10 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
and recognizing him as the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple asking for alms, they were filled with awe and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 And as he held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
While he still clung to Peter and John, the people, awe-struck, ran up crowding round them in what was known as Solomon's Portico.
12 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
Peter, seeing this, spoke to the people. "Israelites," he said, "why do you wonder at this man? Or why gaze at us, as though by any power or piety of our own we had enabled him to walk?
13 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, when he had determined to release him.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has conferred this honour on His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to let Him go.
14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man who was a murderer to be granted to you,
Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer.
15 and killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
The Prince of Life you put to death; but God has raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses as to that.
16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
It is His name-- faith in that name being the condition--which has strengthened this man whom you behold and know; and the faith which He has given has made this man sound and strong again, as you can all see.
17 "Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
"And now, brethren, I know that it was in ignorance that you did it, as was the case with your rulers also.
18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.
19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be cancelled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord,
20 and that he may send Jesus, the Christ who was ordained for you before,
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets. (aiōn g165)
Heaven must receive Him until those times of which God has spoken from the earliest ages through the lips of His holy Prophets--the times of the reconstitution of all things. (aiōn g165)
22 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord your God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You must listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
Moses declared, "'The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet for you from among your brethren as He has raised me. In all that He says to you, you must listen to Him.
23 It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
And every one, without exception, who refuses to listen to that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the People.'
24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
Yes, and all the Prophets, from Samuel onwards--all who have spoken--have also announced the coming of this present time.
25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.'
"You are the heirs of the Prophets, and of the Covenant which God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham, 'And through your posterity all the families of the world shall be blessed.'
26 God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."
It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one of you to turn from your wickedness."
