Acts 3
1 And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, 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, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering 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, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.
Seeing Peter and John on the point of entering, he asked them to give him something.
4 And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, 'Look toward us;'
Peter fixed his eyes on him, and so did John, and then Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;
The man was all attention, expecting to get something from them;
6 and Peter said, 'Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'
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 having seized him by the right hand, he raised [him] up, and presently his feet and ankles 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 springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, 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 they were knowing him also that this it was who for a kindness was sitting at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what hath happened to 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 at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's — greatly amazed,
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 having seen, answered unto the people, 'Men, Israelites! why wonder ye at this? or on us why look ye so earnestly, as if by our own power or piety we have made him 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, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment 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 and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man — a murderer — to be granted to you,
You, I say, disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for the release of a murderer!
15 and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of 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 on the faith of his name, this one whom ye see and have known, his name made strong, even the faith that [is] through him did give to him this perfect soundness 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 have known that through ignorance ye did [it], as also your rulers;
And yet, my friends, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
18 and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;
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 reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come 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 before hath been preached to you,
and so that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.
21 whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age. (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, indeed, unto the fathers said — A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak 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 it shall be, every soul that may not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed out of the people;
And it will be that should anyone among the people not listen to that prophet, he will be utterly destroyed.’
24 and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of 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 'Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;
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 to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'
For you, first, God raised up his servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways.”
