1 P eter and John were going to the house of God about three o’clock. It was the time for prayer.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon),

2 E ach day a certain man was carried to the Beautiful Gate of the house of God. This man had never been able to walk. He was there begging for money from those who were going in.

a certain man crippled from his birth was being carried along, who was laid each day at that gate of the temple called Beautiful, so that he might beg for charitable gifts from those who entered the temple.

3 H e asked Peter and John for money when he saw them going in.

So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him a gift.

4 P eter and John looked at him. Then Peter said, “Look at us!”

And Peter directed his gaze intently at him, and so did John, and said, Look at us!

5 T he man who could not walk looked at them. He thought he would get something from them.

And paid attention to them, expecting that he was going to get something from them.

6 P eter said, “I have no money, but what I have I will give you! In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

But Peter said, Silver and gold (money) I do not have; but what I do have, that I give to you: in '> use of] the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!

7 P eter took the man by the right hand and lifted him up. At once his feet and the bones in his legs became strong.

Then he took hold of the man’s right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankle bones became strong and steady,

8 H e jumped up on his feet and walked. Then he went into the house of God with them. He gave thanks to God as he walked.

And leaping forth he stood and began to walk, and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

9 A ll the people saw him walking and giving thanks to God.

And all the people saw him walking about and praising God,

10 T hey knew it was the man who had been sitting and begging at the Beautiful Gate. They were surprised he was walking.

And they recognized him as the man who usually sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement (bewilderment, consternation) over what had occurred to him.

11 T he man who was healed held on to Peter and John. All the people who were surprised gathered together around them in a place called Solomon’s Porch. Peter Preaches the Second Time

Now while he firmly clung to Peter and John, all the people in utmost amazement ran together and crowded around them in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon’s.

12 W hen Peter saw this, he said to them, “Jewish men, why are you surprised at this? Why do you look at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or holy lives?

And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, You men of Israel, why are you so surprised and wondering at this? Why do you keep staring at us, as though by our power or piety we had made this man to walk?

13 T he God of our fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, has done this. He has honored His Son Jesus. He is the One you handed over to Pilate. You turned your backs on Him after Pilate had decided to let Him go free.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus, Whom you indeed delivered up and denied and rejected and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to let Him go.

14 B ut you turned your backs against the Holy and Right One. Then you asked for a man who had killed someone to go free.

But you denied and rejected and disowned the Pure and Holy, the Just and Blameless One, and demanded a murderer to be granted to you.

15 Y ou killed the very One Who made all life. But God raised Him from the dead. We saw Him alive.

But you killed the very Source (the Author) of life, Whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

16 Y ou see and know this man here. He has been made strong through faith in Jesus’ name. Yes, it is faith in Christ that has made this man well and strong. This man is standing here in front of you all.

And His name, through and by faith in His name, has made this man whom you see and recognize well and strong. the faith which is through and by Him has given the man this perfect soundness before all of you.

17 “ Brothers, I know you and your leaders did this without knowing what you were doing.

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

18 I n this way, God did what He said He would do through all the early preachers. He said that Christ must suffer many hard things.

Thus has God fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (the Messiah) should undergo ill treatment and be afflicted and suffer.

19 B ut you must be sorry for your sins and turn from them. You must turn to God and have your sins taken away. Then many times your soul will receive new strength from the Lord.

So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return, that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;

20 H e will send Jesus back to the world. He is the Christ Who long ago was chosen for you.

And that He may send the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you—even Jesus,

21 B ut for awhile He must stay in heaven until the time when all things are made right. God said these things would happen through His holy early preachers.

Whom heaven must receive until the time for the complete restoration of all that God spoke by the mouth of all His holy prophets for ages past.

22 “ Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up from among your brothers One Who speaks for God, as He raised me. You must listen to everything He says.

Thus Moses said to the forefathers, The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as me; Him you shall listen to and understand by hearing and heed in all things whatever He tells you.

23 E veryone among the people who will not listen to that One Who speaks for God will be put to death.’

And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to and understand by hearing and heed that Prophet shall be utterly exterminated from among the people.

24 A ll the early preachers who have spoken from Samuel until now have told of these days.

Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and those who came afterwards, as many as have spoken, also promised and foretold and proclaimed these days.

25 Y ou are of the family of the early preachers and of the promise that God made with our early fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will receive God’s favor through your children.’

You are the descendants (sons) of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant which God made and gave to your forefathers, saying to Abraham, And in your Seed (Heir) shall all the families of the earth be blessed and benefited.

26 G od has raised up His Son Jesus and has sent Him to you first to give God’s favor to each of you who will turn away from his sinful ways.”

It was to you first that God sent His Servant and Son Jesus, when He raised Him up '> provided and gave Him for us], to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness and evil ways.