Acts 3
1 Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
One day Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the hour of prayer--the ninth hour--and, just then,
2 Now a man lame from birth was being carried every day to the Beautiful gate of temple, so he could ask people who were going into the temple for a gift of money.
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 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked them for a gift of money.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.
4 Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, “Look at us.”
Peter fixing his eyes on him, as John did also, said, "Look at us."
5 The lame man looked at 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 I do not have, but what I do have, I will give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, 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 Taking him by the right hand, Peter raised him up, and immediately the man's feet and ankle were made strong.
Then taking his hand Peter lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
8 Leaping up, the lame man stood and began to walk; and he entered with Peter and John 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 noticed that it was the man who had been asking people for a gift of money at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement because of 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 As he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly marveling.
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 this, he answered the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel? Why do you fix your eyes on us, as if we had made him to walk by our own power or godliness?
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, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. He is the one whom you delivered up and rejected before the face of Pilate, when he had decided 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 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One, and you asked instead for a murderer to be released to you.
Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer.
15 You killed the Founder of life, whom God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses of this.
The Prince of Life you put to death; but God has raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses as to that.
16 Now, by faith in his name—this man whom you see and know—this same name made him strong. The faith that is through Jesus gave to him this complete health in the presence of all of you.
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 acted 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 foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has now 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, so that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come periods 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 the Christ who has been appointed for you, Jesus.
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.
21 He is the One heaven must receive until the time of the restoration of all things, about 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 Moses indeed said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet like me from among your brothers. You shall listen to everything that he will speak 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 happen that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be completely 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 came after him, they spoke out and announced 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 sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, as he said to Abraham, 'In your seed shall all the families of the earth 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 After God raised up his servant, he sent him to you first, in order to bless you by turning every one 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."
