Acts 3–6

3Now Peter and ^aJohn ^bwent up together ^cinto the temple at ^dthe hour of prayer, being ^ethe ninth hour. ²And a certain man ^flame from his mother’s womb was carried, ^gwhom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^hto ask alms of them that entered into the temple; ³Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. ⁴And Peter, ⁱfastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. ⁵And he ^jgave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. ⁶Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: ^kIn the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. ⁷And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. ⁸And he ^lleaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and ^lleaping, and praising God. ⁹And ^mall the people saw him walking and praising God: ¹⁰And they ⁿknew that it was he which ^hsat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

¹¹And as the lame man which was healed ⁿⁿheld Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in ^othe porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. ¹²And when Peter saw it, he ^panswered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why ^qlook ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or ^rholiness we had made this man to walk? ¹³The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, ^sthe God of our fathers, hath ^tglorified his Son Jesus; whom ye ^udelivered up, and ^wdenied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to ^xlet him go. ¹⁴But ye denied ^ythe Holy One and ^zthe Just, and ^adesired a murderer to be ^bgranted unto you; ¹⁵And killed the ^||cPrince of ^dlife, whom ^eGod hath raised from the dead; whereof we are ^fwitnesses. ¹⁶And ^ghis name ^hthrough faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, ^hthe faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷And now, brethren, I wot that ⁱthrough ignorance ye did it, as did also your ^krulers. ¹⁸But those things, which God ^lbefore had shewed ^mby the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. ¹⁹ⁿRepent ye therefore, and ^obe converted, that your sins may be ^pblotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; ²⁰And he shall send Jesus Christ, which ^qbefore was preached unto you: ^21rWhom the heaven must receive until the times of ^srestitution of all things, which ^tGod hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets ^tusince the world began. ²²For Moses truly said unto the fathers, ^xA prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; ^yhim shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. ²³And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. ²⁴Yea, and all the ^zprophets from ^zSamuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise ^lforetold of these days. ²⁵Ye are ^athe children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, ^bAnd in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be ^eblessed. ²⁶Unto you ^cfirst God, ^dhaving raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to ^ebless you, in ^fturning away every one of you from his iniquities.

4And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the ^||captain of the temple, and the ^aSadducees, came upon them, ^2bBeing grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus ^cthe resurrection from the dead. ³And ^dthey laid hands on them, and put them in ^ehold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. ⁴Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was ^fabout five thousand. ⁵And it came to pass on the morrow, that their ^grulers, and elders, and scribes, ⁶And ^hAnnas the high priest, and ⁱCaiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. ⁷And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, ^kBy what power, or by what name, have ye done this? ⁸Then Peter, ^lfilled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye ^grulers of the people, and elders of Israel, ⁹If we this day be ^mexamined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is ⁿmade whole; ¹⁰Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that ^oby the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom ^pGod raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. ¹¹This is ^qthe stone which was ^rset at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. ^12sNeither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

¹³Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and ^tJohn, and ^uperceived that they were unlearned and ^xignorant men, they marvelled; and ^ythey took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴And beholding the man which was healed ^zstanding with them, they could say nothing against it. ¹⁵But when they had commanded them to go aside out of ^athe council, they conferred among themselves, ¹⁶Saying, ^bWhat shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is ^cmanifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷But that it spread no further among the people, let us ^dstraitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. ¹⁸And they ^ecalled them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹But Peter and John answered and said unto them, ^fWhether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. ²⁰For ^gwe cannot but speak the things which ^hwe have seen and heard. ²¹So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, ⁱbecause of the people: for all men ^kglorified God for ^lthat which was done. ²²For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

²³And being let go, they went to ^mtheir own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. ²⁴And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God ⁿwith one accord, and said, ^oLord, ^pthou art God, ^qwhich hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: ²⁵Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, ^rWhy did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? ²⁶The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his ^uChrist. ²⁷For ^sof a truth against ^tthy holy child Jesus, ^uwhom thou hast anointed, both ^xHerod, and ^yPontius Pilate, with ^zthe Gentiles, and ^athe people of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel ^bdetermined before to be done. ²⁹And now, Lord, ^cbehold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all ^dboldness they may speak thy word, ³⁰By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that ^esigns and wonders may be done ^fby the name of ^gthy holy child Jesus. ³¹And when they had prayed, the place ^hwas shaken where they were assembled together; and ⁱthey were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with ^dboldness.

³²And the multitude of them that believed were of ^jone heart and of ^kone soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but ^lthey had all things common. ³³And with great ^mpower gave the apostles ⁿwitness of ^othe resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great ^pgrace was upon them all. ³⁴Neither was there any among them that lacked: ^qfor as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, ³⁵And ^rlaid them down at the apostles’ feet: and ^sdistribution was made unto every man ^taccording as he had need. ³⁶And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed ^uBarnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of ^xCyprus, ³⁷Having land, ^qsold it, and brought the money, and ^rlaid it at the apostles’ feet.

5But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, ^2aAnd kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and ^blaid it at the apostles’ feet. ³But Peter said, Ananias, why hath ^cSatan ^dfilled thine heart ^||to lie to ^fthe Holy Ghost, and to ^akeep back part of the price of the land? ⁴Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou ^econceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but ^funto God. ⁵And Ananias hearing these words ^gfell down, and gave up the ghost: ^hand great fear came on all them that heard these things. ⁶ⁱAnd the young men arose, ^jwound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. ⁷And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. ⁸And Peter ^kanswered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. ⁹Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to ^kktempt ^fthe Spirit of the Lord? behold, ^lthe feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. ¹⁰Then ^gfell she down straightway at his feet, and ^gyielded up the ghost: and ⁱthe young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. ^11hAnd great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

¹²And ^mby the hands of the apostles were many ⁿsigns and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all ^owith one accord in ^pSolomon’s porch. ¹³And of the rest ^qdurst no man join himself to them: but ^rthe people magnified them. ¹⁴And believers were the more ^sadded to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) ¹⁵…