Acts 3
1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being 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 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that 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 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked alms.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
Peter fixing his eyes on him, as John did also, said, "Look at us."
5 And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
So he looked and waited, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise 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 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Then taking his hand Peter lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and 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 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
All the people saw him walking and praising God;
10 And they knew that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which 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 the lame man who was healed held 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 And when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to 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, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
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 ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired 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 Prince of life, whom God hath 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 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath 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 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it, 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 those things, which God before had shown by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come 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 he shall send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you:
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. (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 truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say 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 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, who will not hear that prophet, shall be 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 Yea, and all the prophets also from Samuel and those that follow, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold these days.
Yes, and all the Prophets, from Samuel onwards--all who have spoken--have also announced the coming of this present time.
25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds 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 To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away each one of you from his iniquities.
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."
