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 ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

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.

And 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.

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

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

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

But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him 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 he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive 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, “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!”

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.

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

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.

With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered 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 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 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

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

While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.

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?

But 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?

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, 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.

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 disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for 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 put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which 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 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.

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, just as your rulers did 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.

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

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.

Therefore 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;

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 Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

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 period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

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.

Moses 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.

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

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

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

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced 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.’

It 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.’

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.”

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