1 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer,
the ninth hour*1 . 2 A certain man who was lame from his
mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the
temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who
entered into the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the
temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy. 4 Peter, fastening his
eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.” 5 He listened to them,
expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “Silver and
gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” 7 He took him by the right hand, and
raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the
temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him
walking and praising God. 10 They recognized him, that it was he who used
to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the
people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly
wondering.
12 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel,
why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us,
as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? 13 The God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his
Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of
Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14 But you denied the
Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whereof
we are witnesses. 16 By faith in his name has his name made this man
strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has
given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 “Now, brothers*2 , I know that
you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But the things
which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should
suffer, he thus fulfilled.
19 “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted
out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the
Lord, 20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you
before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all
things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets. 22 For
Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for
you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all
things whatever he says to you. 23 It will be, that every soul that will
not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as
many as have spoken, they also told of these days. 25 You are the
sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers,
saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be
blessed.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you
first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your
wickedness.”
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2 The word for “brothers” here may be also
correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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