Acts 3
1 Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, at three in the afternoon.
Now, about that time, Peter and John went up to the temple, at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
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.
And a certain man, who had been lame from his birth, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that entered into the temple;
3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, begged to receive alms.
4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
But Peter, with John, looking steadfastly upon him, said, Look on us.
5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
And he fixed his eyes upon them, 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 (the) Messiah the Nazorean, get up and walk."
But Peter said, Silver and gold I have none, but what I have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, rise up and walk.
7 He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
And, taking him by the right hand, he raised him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones were strengthened.
8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
And leaping up, he stood, and walked about, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
And 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 they knew him to be the same person who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and were filled with wonder and amazement at that which 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.
And while he kept fast hold of Peter and John, all the people ran together to them, exceedingly astonished, in the portico called Solomon's.
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?
And Peter, seeing this, answered the people, Israelites, why do you wonder at this? or why do you fix your eyes on us, as if by our own power, or piety, 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, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you delivered up, and rejected in the presence of Pilate, when he was desirous to release him:
14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man who was a murderer to be granted to you,
but you rejected the Holy and Righteous One, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;
15 and killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
and killed the Prince of Life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses;
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.
and his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom ye see and know; yes, the faith which is by him, has given him this perfect soundness, in the presence of you all.
17 "Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers;
18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Messiah should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
but those things which God foretold, by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Messiah should suffer, he has thus fulfilled.
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,
Reform, therefore, and return to God, that so your sins may be blotted out; that seasons of refreshment may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that he may send Jesus, the Messiah who was ordained for you before,
and that he may send Jesus Christ, who was before designed for you:
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)
whom, indeed, heaven must retain till the time of the accomplishment of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, from the beginning of time. (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 truly said, to the fathers, "A prophet like me shall the Lord your God raise up for you, from among your brethren; him shall you obey in all things, whatsoever he shall say to you:
23 It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
and it shall come to pass, that every soul who will not obey that prophet, shall be cut off 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, and those that succeeded, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.
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 children of the prophets, and of the institution which God instituted with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in your see shall all the families of the earth 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."
To you, first, God, having raised up his Son, has sent him to bless you; in turning every one of you, from your iniquities.
