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 went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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 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 from those who entered the temple;

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

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

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

And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”

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

So he gave 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!”

Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and 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 he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

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.

So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, 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.

Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Preaching in Solomon’s Portico

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 as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.

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?

So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man 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, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was 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 the Holy One and the Just, 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.

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of 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 His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

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

“Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

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 those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the 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.

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so 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 Christ, who was preached to you before,

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 times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

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.

For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The L ord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever 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 shall be that every soul who will not hear 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.

Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold 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 sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our 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.”

To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”