Acts 3
3
Healing of a Lame Man
1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer#Ps 55:17; Mt 27:46; Ac 10:3,30 at three in the afternoon.#3:1 Lit at the ninth hour 2A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.#Lk 16:20; Jn 9:8; Ac 14:8 3When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked for money. 4Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.” 5So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them. 6But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” #Ac 4:10; 2Co 6:10 7Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong. 8So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them — walking, leaping, and praising God.#Is 35:4–6; Ac 14:10 9All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.#Jn 9:8; Ac 3:2
Preaching in Solomon’s Colonnade
11While he#3:11 Other mss read the lame man who was healed was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astonished, ran toward them in what is called Solomon’s Colonnade.#Lk 22:8; Jn 10:23; Ac 5:12 12When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness? 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors,#Ac 5:30; 7:32; 22:14 has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate,#Mt 27:2; Lk 23:4; Jn 19:15; Ac 13:28 though he had decided to release him. 14You denied the Holy and Righteous One#Mk 1:24; Ac 4:27; 7:52 and asked to have a murderer released to you.#Mk 15:11; Lk 23:18,25 15You killed the source#3:15 Or the Prince, or the Ruler of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.#Ac 2:24; 5:31 16By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.
17“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.#Lk 23:34; Ac 13:27 18In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets — that his Messiah would suffer.#Lk 24:27; Ac 2:23; 17:3; 26:23 19Therefore repent#Ac 2:38; 8:22; 17:30; 26:20 and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,#Ps 51:1,9; Is 43:25; 44:22; Col 2:14 20that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send Jesus, who has been appointed#Ac 22:14; 26:16 for you as the Messiah. 21Heaven must receive him until the time of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through his holy prophets from the beginning.#Mt 17:10; Lk 1:70; Ac 1:11 22Moses said:#3:22 Other mss add to the fathers The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. 23And everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from the people.#3:22–23Dt 18:15–19#Dt 18:15–19; Ac 7:37
24“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days. 25You are the sons#3:25 = heirs of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.#3:25 Gn 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4#Gn 22:18; Ac 2:39; Rm 9:4 26God raised up his servant#3:26 Other mss add Jesus and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”#Ac 2:24; 13:46; Rm 1:16
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Acts 3
3
Peter Heals a Crippled Man
1One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o’clock, the time set each day for the afternoon prayer service. 2There, at the Temple gate called Beautiful Gate, was a man who had been crippled all his life. Every day he was carried to this gate to beg for money from the people going into the Temple. 3The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple and asked them for money. 4Peter and John looked straight at him and said, “Look at us!” 5The man looked at them, thinking they were going to give him some money. 6But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, stand up and walk!” 7Then Peter took the man’s right hand and lifted him up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong. 8He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. 9-10All the people recognized him as the crippled man who always sat by the Beautiful Gate begging for money. Now they saw this same man walking and praising God, and they were amazed. They wondered how this could happen.
Peter Speaks to the People
11While the man was holding on to Peter and John, all the people were amazed and ran to them at Solomon’s Porch. 12When Peter saw this, he said to them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised? You are looking at us as if it were our own power or goodness that made this man walk. 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, gave glory to Jesus, his servant. But you handed him over to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free, but you told Pilate you did not want Jesus. 14You did not want the One who is holy and good but asked Pilate to give you a murderer instead. 15And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this. 16It was faith in Jesus that made this crippled man well. You can see this man, and you know him. He was made completely well because of trust in Jesus, and you all saw it happen!
17“Brothers and sisters, I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders understood what you were doing. 18God said through the prophets that his Christ would suffer and die. And now God has made these things come true in this way. 19So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest. 20And he will send Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ. 21But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time comes when all things will be made right again. God told about this time long ago when he spoke through his holy prophets. 22Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will give you a prophet like me, who is one of your own people. You must listen to everything he tells you. 23Anyone who does not listen to that prophet will die, cut off from God’s people.’ 24Samuel, and all the other prophets who spoke for God after Samuel, told about this time now. 25You are descendants of the prophets. You have received the agreement God made with your ancestors. He said to your father Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.’ 26God has raised up his servant Jesus and sent him to you first to bless you by turning each of you away from doing evil.”
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