Acts 3
1 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
And it occurred, as Simon Cephas and John went together up to the temple, at the time of prayer, being the ninth hour,
2 A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
that, lo, those accustomed to bring a man lame from his mother's womb, brought him and laid him at the gate of the temple called Beautiful; that he might ask alms of those going into the temple.
3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
This man, when he saw Simon and John going into the temple, asked them to give him alms.
4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.”
And Simon and John looked on him, and said to him: Look on us.
5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
And he looked on them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
Simon said to him: Gold and silver, I have not; but what I have, I give to thee; in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, the Nazarean, rise up and walk.
7 He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and forthwith, his feet and his heels recovered strength.
8 Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
And he sprang, stood up, and walked: and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
And all the people saw him, as he walked and praised God.
10 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
And they knew that he was the beggar, who sat daily and asked alms, at the gate called Beautiful: and they were filled with wonder and admiration at what had occurred.
11 As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
And as he held fast to Simon and John, all the people admiring ran to them at the portico called Solomon's.
12 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
And when Simon saw it, he answered and said to them: Men, sons of Israel, why do ye wonder at this? or why do ye gaze on us, as if by our own power or authority we had made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
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 in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free.
14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
But ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you.
15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
And that Prince of life ye slew; and him, hath God raised from the dead, and all of us are witnesses of it.
16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
And, by the faith in his name, he hath strengthened and cured this man, whom ye see and know; and faith in him hath given the man this soundness before you all.
17 “Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
And now, my brethren, I know that through misapprehensions ye did this, as did also your chiefs:
18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
and God, according as he had previously announced by the mouth of all the prophets that the Messiah would suffer, hath in this manner fulfilled it.
19 “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
Repent, therefore, and be converted; that so your sins may be blotted out,
20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
and times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah:
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke from the age (aiōn g165) by the mouth of his holy prophets.
whom the heavens must retain, until the completion of the times of those things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of old. (aiōn g165)
22 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
For Moses said: A prophet, like me, will the Lord raise up to you, from among your brethren; to him hearken ye, in all that he shall say to you.
23 It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
And it will be, that every soul who will not hearken to that prophet, that soul shall perish from his people.
24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, also told of these days.
And all the prophets that have been, from Samuel and those after him, have spoken and proclaimed of these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’
Ye are the children of the prophets: and that covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, that in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed,
26 God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”
he hath first established to you: and God hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be converted, and repent of your wickedness.
