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Acts 3

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered into the temple.

3 He, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.

4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, "Look on us."

5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.

6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I give thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."

7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8 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,

10 and they knew that it was he that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

11 And as the lame man who had been healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch, which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, "Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man walk?

13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate when he was determined to let Him go.

14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you,

15 and killed the Prince of Life whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

16 And His name, through faith in His name, hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know. Yea, the faith which is by Him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17 "And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

18 But those things which God before had shown by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He hath thus fulfilled.

19 Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

20 Then He shall send Jesus Christ, who before was preached unto you,

21 whom Heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, `A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you.

23 And it shall come to pass that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.'

24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

25 Ye are the children of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, `And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.'

26 Unto you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you in turning every one of you away from his iniquities."

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Peter and John were going to the temple courtyard for the three o'clock prayer.

2 At the same time, a man who had been lame from birth was being carried by some men. Every day these men would put the lame man at a gate in the temple courtyard. The gate was called Beautiful Gate. There he would beg for handouts from people going into the courtyard.

3 When the man saw that Peter and John were about to go into the courtyard, he asked them for a handout.

4 Peter and John stared at him. "Look at us!" Peter said.

5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to receive something from them.

6 However, Peter said to him, "I don't have any money, but I'll give you what I do have. Through the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, walk!"

7 Peter took hold of the man's right hand and began to help him up. Immediately, the man's feet and ankles became strong.

8 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.

9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.

10 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.

11 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.

12 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?

13 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.

14 You rejected the man who was holy and innocent. You asked to have a murderer given to you,

15 and you killed the source of life. But God brought him back to life, and we are witnesses to that.

16 We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw.

17 "And now, brothers, I know that like your rulers you didn't know what you were doing.

18 But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets.

19 So change the way you think and act, and turn [to God] to have your sins removed.

20 Then times will come when the Lord will refresh you. He will send you Jesus, whom he has appointed to be the Christ.

21 Heaven must receive Jesus until the time when everything will be restored as God promised through his holy prophets long ago.

22 "Moses said, 'The Lord your God will send you a prophet, an Israelite like me. Listen to everything he tells you.

23 Those who won't listen to that prophet will be excluded from the people.'

24 Samuel and all the prophets who followed him spoke about these days.

25 You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the promise that God made to our ancestors when he said to Abraham, 'Through your descendant all people on earth will be blessed.'

26 God has brought his servant back to life and has sent him to you first. God did this to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways."