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Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar
Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.
Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.
As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!”
And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.”
The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money.
And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”
Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.
And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.
And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God,
When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded!
and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.
Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Portico
While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s.
While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s.
Peter Preaches in the Temple
Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness?
And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — the God of all our ancestors — who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him.
You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
“Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed — and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes.
“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah — that he must suffer these things.
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.
that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.
whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’
“Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today.
And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’