Acts 3:9-19

9 And ¹all the people saw him walking and praising God,

10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Portico

11 ²While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in ³the portico called Solomon’s.

12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

13 ⁴The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, ⁵the God of our fathers, ⁶glorified his servant^[a] Jesus, whom ⁷you delivered over and ⁸denied in the presence of Pilate, ⁹when he had decided to release him.

14 But you denied ¹⁰the Holy and ¹¹Righteous One, and ¹²asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

15 and you killed ¹³the Author of life, ¹⁴whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

16 And ¹⁵his name—by ¹⁶faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is ¹⁷through Jesus^[b] has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

17 “And now, brothers, I know that ¹⁸you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

18 But what God ¹⁹foretold ²⁰by the mouth of all the prophets, that ²¹his Christ would ²²suffer, he thus fulfilled.

19 ²³Repent therefore, and ²⁴turn back, that ²⁵your sins may be blotted out,

Cross References

• 1. 3:9 ch. 4:16, 21
• 2. 3:11 ch. 4:14
• 3. 3:11 ch. 5:12; John 10:23
• 4. 3:13 Matt. 22:32
• 5. 3:13 ch. 5:30; 22:14; [ch. 7:32]
• 6. 3:13 Isa. 55:5; [Isa. 52:13]; See John 8:54
• 7. 3:13 See Matt. 20:19
• 8. 3:13 ch. 13:28; John 19:7, 12, 15
• 9. 3:13 Luke 23:14, 16; John 19:12
• 10. 3:14 [ch. 4:27, 30]; See Mark 1:24
• 11. 3:14 ch. 7:52; 22:14; 1 Pet. 3:18; 1 John 2:1; 3:7; [James 5:6]
• 12. 3:14 Luke 23:18, 19, 25
• 13. 3:15 ch. 5:31
• 14. 3:15 See ch. 2:24
• 15. 3:16 [ver. 6]
• 16. 3:16 [John 1:12]
• 17. 3:16 [1 Pet. 1:21]
• 18. 3:17 ch. 13:27; [ch. 26:9; Luke 23:34; John 16:3; 1 Cor. 2:8; 1 Tim. 1:13]
• 19. 3:18 See ch. 2:23
• 20. 3:18 ch. 17:3; 26:22, 23; [Heb. 2:10]; See Luke 24:26, 27
• 21. 3:18 See Luke 9:20
• 22. 3:18 Matt. 17:12; Luke 22:15; 24:46; Heb. 13:12
• 23. 3:19 See ch. 2:38
• 24. 3:19 See Luke 22:32
• 25. 3:19 Ps. 51:1, 9; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; Col. 2:14

Footnotes

• [a] 3:13 Or 'child'; also verse 26
• [b] 3:16 Greek 'him'