Acts 3
3
Healing of a Lame Man
1Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer # Ps 55:17; Mt 27:46; Ac 10:3,30 at three in the afternoon. # Lit at the ninth hour 2And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex. # Lk 16:20; Jn 9:8; Ac 14:8 3When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help. 4Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us.” 5So he turned to them, # Or he paid attention to them expecting to get something from them. 6But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, 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, stood, and started to walk, and he entered the temple complex with them — walking, leaping, and praising God. # Is 35:4-6; Ac14:10 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 complex. 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 # Other mss read the lame man who was healed was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, greatly amazed, 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: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or 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 fathers, # Ac 5:30; 7:32; 22:14 has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, # Mt 27:2; Lk 23:4; Jn 19:15; Ac 13:28 when he had decided to release Him. 14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One # Mk 1:24; Ac 4:27; 7:52 and asked to have a murderer given to you. # Mk 15:11; Lk 23:18,25 15You killed the source # 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 Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.
17“And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did. # Lk 23:34; Ac 13:27 18But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets — that His Messiah would suffer — He has fulfilled # Lk 24:27; Ac 2:23; 17:3; 26:23 in this way. 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 that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, # Some editors or translators put that seasons . . . the Lord in v. 20 20and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed # Ac 22:14; 26:16 for you as the Messiah. 21Heaven must welcome # Or receive, or retain Him until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about by the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning. # Mt 17:10; Lk 1:70; Ac 1:11 22Moses said: # 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 Him in everything He will say to you. 23And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people. # Dt 18:15-19; Ac 7:37 # Dt 18:15-19
24“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days. 25You are the sons 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. # Gn 22:18; Ac 2:39; Rm 9:4 # Gn 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4 26God raised up His Servant # 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 Beggar Who Can’t Walk
1One day Peter and John were going up to the temple. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. It was the time for prayer. 2A man unable to walk was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. He had been that way since he was born. Every day someone put him near the gate. There he would beg from people going into the temple courtyards. 3He saw that Peter and John were about to enter. So he asked them for money. 4Peter looked straight at him, and so did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” 5So the man watched them closely. He expected to get something from them.
6Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold. But I’ll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.” 7Then Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. At once the man’s feet and ankles became strong. 8He jumped to his feet and began to walk. He went with Peter and John into the temple courtyards. He walked and jumped and praised God. 9All the people saw him walking and praising God. 10They recognized him as the same man who used to sit and beg at the temple gate called Beautiful. They were filled with wonder. They were amazed at what had happened to him.
Peter Speaks to the People at the Temple
11The man was holding on to Peter and John. All the people were amazed. They came running to them at the place called Solomon’s Porch. 12When Peter saw this, he said, “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us? It’s not as if we’ve made this man walk by our own power or godliness. 13The God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has done this. God has brought glory to Jesus, who serves him. But you handed Jesus over to be killed. Pilate had decided to let him go. But you spoke against Jesus when he was in Pilate’s court. 14You spoke against the Holy and Blameless One. You asked for a murderer to be set free instead. 15You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. 16This man whom you see and know was made strong because of faith in Jesus’ name. Faith in Jesus has healed him completely. You can see it with your own eyes.
17“My fellow Israelites, I know you didn’t realize what you were doing. Neither did your leaders. 18But God had given a promise through all the prophets. And this is how he has made his promise come true. He said that his Messiah would suffer. 19So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new. 20He will send the Messiah. Jesus has been appointed as the Messiah for you. 21Heaven must receive him until the time when God makes everything new. He promised this long ago through his holy prophets. 22Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me. He will be one of your own people. You must listen to everything he tells you. 23Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’ (Deuteronomy 18:15,18,19)
24“Beginning with Samuel, all the prophets spoke about this. They said these days would come. 25What the prophets said was meant for you. The covenant God made with your people long ago is yours also. He said to Abraham, ‘All nations on earth will be blessed through your children.’ (Genesis 22:18; 26:4) 26God raised up Jesus, who serves him. God sent him first to you. He did it to bless you. He wanted to turn each of you from your evil ways.”
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