1 N ow Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

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

2 A nd a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

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

3 W hen he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.

who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked for alms.

4 B ut Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, “Look at us!”

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

5 A nd he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

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

6 B ut Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

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 A nd seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.

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

8 W ith a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

And he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

9 A nd all the people saw him walking and praising God;

And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

10 a nd they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Peter’s Second Sermon

and they knew that it was he who 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 W hile he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.

And as the lame man who was healed held onto Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

12 B ut when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

¶ 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 virtue or godliness we had made this man walk?

13 T he God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged to let him go.

14 B ut you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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

15 b ut put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

and killed the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

16 A nd on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

And in the faith of his name, unto this man whom ye see and know, has confirmed his name; and the faith which is by him has given this man this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17 “ And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.

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

18 B ut the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

But God has thus fulfilled those things which he had showed in advance by the mouth of all his prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

19 T herefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, for the times of refreshing of the presence of the Lord are come;

20 a nd that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

who has sent Jesus Christ, who before was preached unto you,

21 w hom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

whom it is certainly necessary that the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the age began.

22 M oses said, ‘ The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.

For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things doing whatever he shall say unto you.

23 A nd it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

And it shall come to pass that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

24 A nd likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.

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

25 I t is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘ And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

26 F or you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

Unto you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, that each one of you might turn from his iniquities.