Acts 3

¹Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, beingthe ninth hour.

²And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

³who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.

⁴And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us.

⁵And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.

⁶But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.

⁷And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength.

⁸And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

⁹And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

¹⁰and they took knowledge of him, that it was he that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

¹¹And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

¹²And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?

¹³The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

¹⁴But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

¹⁵and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

¹⁶And by faith in his name hath his name made this man strong, whom ye behold and know: yea, the faith which is through him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

¹⁷And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

¹⁸But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

¹⁹Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

²⁰and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

²¹whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.

²²Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; to him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you.

²³And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.

²⁴Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.

²⁵Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

²⁶Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Acts 3

¹One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

²And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

³When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

⁴Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

⁵So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

⁶But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

⁷Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

⁸He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

⁹When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

¹⁰they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

¹¹While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

¹²And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

¹³The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

¹⁴You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

¹⁵You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

¹⁶By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

¹⁷And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

¹⁸But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

¹⁹Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

²⁰that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.

²¹Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

²²For Moses said, ‘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 tells you.

²³Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’

²⁴Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

²⁵And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

²⁶When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”