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Springing to his feet, he stood up and started to walk. He went with Peter and John into the temple courtyard. The man was walking, jumping, and praising God.
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All the people saw him walking and praising God.
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They knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the temple's Beautiful Gate. The people were amazed and stunned to see what had happened to him.
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They were excited, and everyone ran to see them at the place called Solomon's Porch. The man wouldn't let go of Peter and John.
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When Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed about this man? Why are you staring at us as though we have made him walk by our own power or godly life?
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The God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed Jesus over to Pilate. You rejected him in Pilate's presence, even though Pilate had decided to let him go free.
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You rejected the man who was holy and innocent. You asked to have a murderer given to you,
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and you killed the source of life. But God brought him back to life, and we are witnesses to that.
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We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw.
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"And now, brothers, I know that like your rulers you didn't know what you were doing.
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But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets.