Acts 3:12–19

¹²But 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“^aThe God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, ^bthe God of our fathers, has glorified His ^1cservant Jesus, the one whom ^dyou delivered and disowned in the presence of ^ePilate, when he had ^fdecided to release Him.

¹⁴“But you disowned ^athe Holy and Righteous One and ^basked for a murderer to be granted to you,

¹⁵but put to death the ^1aPrince of life, the one whom ^bGod raised from the dead, a fact to which we are ^cwitnesses.

¹⁶“And on the basis of faith ^ain His name, it is ¹the 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“And now, brethren, I know that you acted ^ain ignorance, just as your ^brulers did also.

¹⁸“But the things which ^aGod announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, ^bthat His ¹Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

¹⁹“Therefore ^arepent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that ^btimes of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;