< 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 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, 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,
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, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.
4 And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, 'Look toward us;'
Peter fixing his eyes on him, as John did also, said, "Look at us."
5 and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;
So he looked and waited, expecting to receive 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.'
"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 having seized him by the right hand, he raised [him] up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened,
Then taking his hand Peter lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
8 and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, 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 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 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 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 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 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?
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, 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 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 and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man — 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 the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of 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 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.
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 have known that through ignorance ye did [it], as 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 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 in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.
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,
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 may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.
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 )
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 )
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 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 be, every soul that may not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed out of the people;
And every one, without exception, who refuses to listen to that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the People.'
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--all who have spoken--have also announced the coming of this present time.
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 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 child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'
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."