Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer.
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Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life. Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple.
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A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John going in, he begged them to give him something.
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Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
4 They looked straight at him, and Peter said, "Look at us!"
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Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
5 So he looked at them, expecting to get something from them.
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He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said to him, "I have no money at all, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I order you to get up and walk!"
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But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise and walk!"
7 Then he took him by his right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong;
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He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
8 he jumped up, stood on his feet, and started walking around. Then he went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.
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Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
9 The people there saw him walking and praising God,
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All the people saw him walking and praising God.
10 and when they recognized him as the beggar who had sat at the Beautiful Gate, they were all surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.
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They recognized him, that it was he who sat begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.
11 As the man held on to Peter and John in Solomon's Porch, as it was called, the people were amazed and ran to them.
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As the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12 When Peter saw the people, he said to them, "Fellow Israelites, why are you surprised at this, and why do you stare at us? Do you think that it was by means of our own power or godliness that we made this man walk?
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When Peter saw it, he answered to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has given divine glory to his Servant Jesus. But you handed him over to the authorities, and you rejected him in Pilate's presence, even after Pilate had decided to set him free.
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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
14 He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer.
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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 one who leads to life, but God raised him from death - and we are witnesses to this.
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and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.
16 It was the power of his name that gave strength to this lame man. What you see and know was done by faith in his name; it was faith in Jesus that has made him well, as you can all see.
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By faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 "And now, my friends, I know that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was due to your ignorance.
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"Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
18 God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way.
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But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,
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Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
20 times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you.
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and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
21 He must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new, as God announced through his holy prophets of long ago.
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whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from ancient times.
22 For Moses said, "The Lord your God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people. You are to obey everything that he tells you to do.
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For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet to you from among your brothers, like me. You will listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
23 Anyone who does not obey that prophet shall be separated from God's people and destroyed.'
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It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
24 And all the prophets who had a message, including Samuel and those who came after him, also announced what has been happening these days.
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Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
25 The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, "Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.'
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You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'
26 And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways."
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God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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