Acts 3
1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple together at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour.
One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o’clock Prayers,
2 And a certain man who had been lame from his birth was carried along; whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that were going into the temple:
a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by. This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called ‘the Beautiful Gate,’ to beg of those who went in.
3 who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked alms of them.
Seeing Peter and John on the point of entering, he asked them to give him something.
4 But Peter, and John, looking earnestly at him said, Look on us.
Peter fixed his eyes on him, and so did John, and then Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 And he fixed his eyes upon them, expecting to receive something from them.
The man was all attention, expecting to get something from them;
6 But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
but Peter added, “I have no gold or silver, but I give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.”
7 And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up: and immediately his feet and ancles were strengthened:
Grasping the lame man by the right hand, Peter lifted him up. Instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong,
8 and leaping up he stood firm, and walked; and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
and, leaping up, he stood and began to walk about, and then went with them into the Temple Courts, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
All the people saw him walking about and praising God;
10 and knew that it was he who sat to ask for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and extasy at what had befallen him.
and, when they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were utterly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.
11 And as the lame man that was healed had hold of Peter and John, all the people being astonished ran together to them to the porch called Solomon's porch.
While the man still clung to Peter and John, the people all quickly gathered around them in the Colonnade named after Solomon, in the greatest astonishment.
12 And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?
On seeing this, Peter said to the people, “People of Israel, why are you surprised at this? And why do you stare at us, as though we, by any power or piety of our own, had enabled this man 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 before Pilate, when he determined to release Him.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honor to his servant Jesus – him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.
14 But ye refused the holy and righteous One, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you:
You, I say, disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for the release of a murderer!
15 and put to death the prince of life; whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
The guide to life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead – and of that we are ourselves witnesses.
16 And through faith in his name, hath strengthened this man, whom ye see and know: his name, I say, and saith in Him, hath wrought this perfect cure before you all.
And it is by faith in the name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has – by his name – been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I know that ye did it through ignorance, as did also your rulers:
And yet, my friends, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
18 but thus hath God accomplished those things which He had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.
But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the prophets.
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;
Therefore, repent and turn so that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,
20 and He may send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you:
and so that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.
21 whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning. (aiōn g165)
But heaven must be his home, until the days of the Universal Restoration, of which God has spoken by the lips of his holy prophets from the very first. (aiōn g165)
22 For Moses said unto the fathers, the Lord your God will raise up a prophet unto you, of your brethren, like me, Him shall ye hear in all things whatever He shall say unto you;
Moses himself said – ‘The Lord your God will raise up from among yourselves a prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.
23 and every soul, who will not hearken to that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people: yea and all the prophets from Samuel,
And it will be that should anyone among the people not listen to that prophet, he will be utterly destroyed.’
24 and those that followed, as many as have prophesied, have also foretold these days.
Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel onwards, and all their successors who had a message to deliver, told of these days.
25 Now 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 families of the earth be blessed:"
You yourselves are the heirs of the prophets, and heirs, too, of the covenant which God made with your ancestors, when he said to Abraham – ‘In your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed.’
26 and to you first God having raised up his son Jesus, sent Him to bless you; in your turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
For you, first, God raised up his servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways.”
