Now aPeter
and John
were going
up to the temple
at the 1ninth
hour, bthe hour
of prayer
.
And aa man who had been
lame
from his mother's
womb
was being carried
along, whom
they bused to set
down
every
day
at the gate
of the temple
which is called
Beautiful
, cin order to beg
1alms
of those
who were entering
the temple
.
When he saw aPeter
and John
about
to go
into the temple
, he began asking
to receive
alms
.
But Peter, along
with John
, afixed
his gaze
on him and said
, "Look
at us!"
And he began to give them his attention
, expecting
to receive
something
from them.
But Peter said
, "I do not possess
silver
and gold
, but what
I do have
I give
to you: aIn the name
of Jesus
Christ
the Nazarene
--walk
!"
And seizing him by the right
hand
, he raised
him up; and immediately
his feet
and his ankles
were strengthened
.
1 aWith a leap he stood
upright
and began to walk
; and he entered
the temple
with them, walking
and leaping
and praising
God
.
And aall the people
saw
him walking
and praising
God
;
and they were taking note
of him as being
the one who used to asit
at the Beautiful
Gate
of the temple
to beg alms
, and they were filled
with wonder
and amazement
at what had happened
to him.
While he was clinging to aPeter
and John
, all
the people
ran
together
to them at the so-called
1 bportico
of Solomon
, full
of amazement
.
But when Peter saw
this, he replied
to the people
, "Men
of Israel
, why
are you amazed
at this
, or
why
do you gaze
at us, as if
by our own
power
or
piety
we had made
him walk
?
" aThe God of Abraham
, Isaac
and Jacob
, bthe God
of our fathers
, has glorified
His 1 cservant
Jesus
, the one whom
dyou delivered
and disowned
in the presence
of ePilate
, when he had fdecided
to release
Him.
"But you disowned athe Holy
and Righteous
One
and basked
for a murderer
to be granted
to you,
but put to death
the 1 aPrince
of life
, the one whom
bGod
raised
from the dead
, a fact to which
we are cwitnesses
.
"And on the basis of faith
ain His name
, it is 1the name
of Jesus which has strengthened
this
man whom
you see
and know
; and the faith
which comes through
Him has given
him this
perfect
health
in the presence
of you all
.
"And now, brethren
, I know
that you acted
ain ignorance
, just
as your brulers
did also
.
"But the things which aGod
announced
beforehand
by the mouth
of all
the prophets
, bthat His 1Christ
would suffer
, He has thus
fulfilled
.
"Therefore arepent
and return
, so
that your sins
may be wiped
away
, in order
that btimes
of refreshing
may come
from the presence
of the Lord
;
and that He may send Jesus
, the 1Christ
appointed
for you,
awhom heaven
must
receive
until
the 1period
of brestoration
of all
things
about which
cGod
spoke
by the mouth
of His holy
prophets
from ancient
time
.
"Moses said
, ` aTHE LORD
GOD
WILL RAISE
UP FOR YOU A PROPHET
1LIKE
ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN
; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE
HEED
to everything
He says
to you.
` aAnd it will be that every bsoul
that does not heed
that prophet
cshall be utterly
destroyed
from among
the people
.'
"And likewise, aall
the prophets
who
have spoken
, from Samuel
and his successors
onward
, also
announced
these
days
.
"It is you who are athe sons of the prophets
and of the bcovenant
which
God
1made
with your fathers
, saying
to Abraham
, ` cAND IN YOUR SEED
ALL
THE FAMILIES
OF THE EARTH
SHALL BE BLESSED
.'
"For you afirst, God
braised
up His 1Servant
and sent
Him to bless
you by turning
every
one
of you from your wicked
ways
."