Acts 3

¹Now Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

²And a certain man, who was lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried in. They would lay him every day at the gate of the temple, which is called the Beautiful, so that he might request alms from those entering into the temple.

³And this man, when he had seen Peter and John beginning to enter the temple, was begging, so that he might receive alms.

⁴Then Peter and John, gazing at him, said, “Look at us.”

⁵And he looked intently at them, hoping that he might receive something from them.

⁶But Peter said: “Silver and gold is not mine. But what I have, I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.”

⁷And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his legs and feet were strengthened.

⁸And leaping up, he stood and walked around. 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 recognized him, that he was the same one who was sitting for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with awe and amazement at what had happened to him.

¹¹Then, as he held on to Peter and John, all the people ran to them at the portico, which is called Solomon’s, in astonishment.

¹²But Peter, seeing this, responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? Or why do you stare at us, as if it were by our own strength or power that we caused this man to walk?

¹³The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you, indeed, handed over and denied before the face of Pilate, when he was giving judgment to release him.

¹⁴Then you denied the Holy and Just One, and petitioned for a murderous man to be given to you.

¹⁵Truly, it was the Author of Life whom you put to death, whom God raised from the dead, to whom we are witnesses.

¹⁶And by faith in his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, has confirmed his name. And faith through him has given this man complete health in the sight of you all.

¹⁷And now, brothers, I know that you did this through ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

¹⁸But in this way God has fulfilled the things that he announced beforehand through the mouth of all the Prophets: that his Christ would suffer.

¹⁹Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away.

²⁰And then, when the time of consolation will have arrived from the presence of the Lord, he will send the One who was foretold to you, Jesus Christ,

²¹whom heaven certainly must take up, until the time of the restoration of all things, which God has spoken of by the mouth of his holy prophets, from ages past.

²²Indeed, Moses said: ‘For the Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet for you from your brothers, one like me; the same shall you listen to according to everything whatsoever that he shall speak to you.

²³And this shall be: every soul who will not listen to that Prophet shall be exterminated from the people.’

²⁴And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and thereafter, have announced these days.

²⁵You are sons of the prophets and of the testament which God has appointed for our fathers, saying to Abraham: ‘And by your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

²⁶God raised up his Son and sent him first to you, to bless you, so that each one may turn himself away from his wickedness.”

Acts 3

¹Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

²And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.

³He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.

⁴But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.

⁵But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them.

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

⁷And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up: and forthwith his feet and soles received strength.

⁸And he leaping up, stood and walked and went in with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

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

¹⁰And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

¹¹And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them, to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

¹²But Peter seeing, made answer to the people: Ye men of Israel, why wonder you at this? Or why look you upon us, as if by our strength or power we had made this man to walk?

¹³The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released.

¹⁴But you denied the Holy One and the Just: and desired a murderer to be granted unto you.

¹⁵But the author of life you killed, whom God hath raised from the dead: of which we are witnesses.

¹⁶And in the faith of his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, hath his name strengthened. And the faith which is by him hath given this perfect soundness in the sight of you all.

¹⁷And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance: as did also your rulers.

¹⁸But those things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

¹⁹Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

²⁰That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ.

²¹Whom heaven indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world.

²²For Moses said: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: him you shall hear according to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.

²³And it shall be, that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

²⁴And all the prophets, from Samuel and afterwards, who have spoken, have told of these days.

²⁵You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

²⁶To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.