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- Chapter 3 -

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One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.(a)
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And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.(b)
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
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Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
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So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
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But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!(c)”
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Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
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He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
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When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
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they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade

(Deuteronomy 18:15–22)
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While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.(d)
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And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant (e) Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
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You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
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You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
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By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
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And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
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But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
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Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
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that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.
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Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
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For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.(f)
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Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.(g)’
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Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
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And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’(h)
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When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Footnotes

(a)3:1 That is, three in the afternoon
(b)3:2 Literally the temple; also in verse 8
(c)3:6 SBL, NE, and WH In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!
(d)3:11 Literally in the colonnade called Solomon’s
(e)3:13 Or His child; also in verse 26
(f)3:22 Deuteronomy 18:15
(g)3:23 See Deuteronomy 18:19.
(h)3:25 Genesis 22:18
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Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.(a)
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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.
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Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
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Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.”
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He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
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But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
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He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
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Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
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All the people saw him walking and praising God.
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They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade

(Deuteronomy 18:15–22)
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As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
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When Peter saw it, he responded 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?
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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 in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
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But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
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and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
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By faith in his name, his name has 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.
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“Now, brothers,(b) I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
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and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
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whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
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For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
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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.’(c)
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Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, also told of these days.
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You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’(d) (e)
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God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

Footnotes

(a)3:1 p.m.
(b)3:17 The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
(c)3:23 ℘ Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19
(d)3:25 or, seed
(e)3:25 ℘ Genesis 22:18; 26:4
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