Acts 3
1 And Peter and John went up together into the temple 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, a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by.
2 and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;
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 enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.
Seeing Peter and John on the point of entering, he asked them to give him something.
4 And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.
Peter fixed his eyes on him, and so did John, and then Peter said: “Look at us.”
5 And he gave heed to 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, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean 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 I bid you walk.”
7 And having taken hold of him [by] the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.
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 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 they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
and, when they recognised 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 he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
While the man still clung to Peter and John, the people all quickly gathered round them in the Colonnade named after Solomon, in the greatest astonishment.
12 And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?
On seeing this, Peter said to the people: “Men 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 Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honour to his Servant Jesus — him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.
14 But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;
You, I say, disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for the release of a murderer!
15 but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among [the] dead, whereof we are witnesses.
The very Guide to Life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead — and of that we are ourselves witnesses.
16 And, by faith in his name, his name has made this [man] strong whom ye behold and know; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of 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 in ignorance, as also your rulers;
And yet, my Brothers, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
18 but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his 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, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from [the] presence of the Lord,
Therefore, repent and turn, 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 foreordained for you,
and that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.
21 whom heaven indeed must receive till [the] times of [the] restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began. (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 Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.
Moses himself said — ‘The Lord your God will raise up from among your brothers a Prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.
23 And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.
And it shall be that should any one among the people not listen to that Prophet, he will be utterly destroyed.’
24 And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him], as many as have spoken, have announced also 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 the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to 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 To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.
For you, first, God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways.”
