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1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
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And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [which is] the ninth [hour];
2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
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and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;
3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
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who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.
4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us. ”
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And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
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And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk! ”
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But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
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And having taken hold of him [by] the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.
8 And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
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And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God,
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And all 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.
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and they recognised him, that it was *he* 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 he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s.
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And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
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?
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And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
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The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go.
14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
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But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;
15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
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but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among [the] dead, whereof *we* are witnesses.
16 And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.
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And, by faith in his name, his name has made this [man] strong whom ye behold and know; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all.
17 “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;
18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.
19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
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Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from [the] presence of the Lord,
20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
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and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,
21 whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
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whom heaven indeed must receive till [the] times of [the] restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.
22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
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Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.
23 And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people. ’
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And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.
24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.
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And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him], as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.
25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ’
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*Ye* are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness. ”
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To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.
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