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1 Peter and John were going up to the temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the established prayer time.
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Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 Meanwhile, a man crippled since birth was being carried in. Every day, people would place him at the temple gate known as the Beautiful Gate so he could ask for money from those entering the temple.
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And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he began to ask them for a gift.
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Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.
4 Peter and John stared at him. Peter said, "Look at us!"
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And Peter directed his gaze at him, with John, and said, "Look at us."
5 So the man gazed at them, expecting to receive something from them.
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And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Peter said, "I don't have any money, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk!"
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But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."
7 Then he grasped the man's right hand and raised him up. At once his feet and ankles became strong.
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And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
8 Jumping up, he began to walk around. He entered the temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.
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And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
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And all the people saw him walking and praising God,
10 They recognized him as the same one who used to sit at the temple's Beautiful Gate asking for money. They were filled with amazement and surprise at what had happened to him.
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and recognized him as the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 While the healed man clung to Peter and John, all the people rushed toward them at Solomon's Porch, completely amazed.
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While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's, astounded.
12 Seeing this, Peter addressed the people: “You Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why are you staring at us as if we made him walk by our own power or piety?
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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 had made him walk?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of our ancestors—has glorified his servant Jesus. This is the one you handed over and denied in Pilate's presence, even though he had already decided to release him.
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The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
14 You rejected the holy and righteous one, and asked that a murderer be released to you instead.
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But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
15 You killed the author of life, the very one whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
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and killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
16 His name itself has made this man strong. That is, because of faith in Jesus' name, God has strengthened this man whom you see and know. The faith that comes through Jesus gave him complete health right before your eyes.
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And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and the faith which is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.
17 "Brothers and sisters, I know you acted in ignorance. So did your rulers.
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"And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
18 But this is how God fulfilled what he foretold through all the prophets: that his Christ would suffer.
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But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
19 Change your hearts and lives! Turn back to God so that your sins may be wiped away.
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Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 Then the Lord will provide a season of relief from the distress of this age and he will send Jesus, whom he handpicked to be your Christ.
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and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
21 Jesus must remain in heaven until the restoration of all things, about which God spoke long ago through his holy prophets.
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whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
22 Moses said, The Lord your God will raise up from your own people a prophet like me. Listen to whatever he tells you.
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Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
23 Whoever doesn't listen to that prophet will be totally cut off from the people.
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And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.'
24 All the prophets who spoke—from Samuel forward—announced these days.
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And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came afterwards, also proclaimed these days.
25 You are the heirs of the prophets and the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, Through your descendants, all the families on earth will be blessed.
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You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'
26 After God raised his servant, he sent him to you first—to bless you by enabling each of you to turn from your evil ways."
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God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.