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Acts 3:12

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3:12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel,31 why are you amazed at this? Why32 do you stare at us as if we had made this man33 walk by our own power or piety?

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  1. 31 Or perhaps “People of Israel,” since this was taking place in Solomon’s Portico and women may have been present. The Greek ἄνδρες Ἰσραηλῖται (andres Israēlitai) used in the plural would normally mean “men, gentlemen” ( ἀνήρ 1.a).
  2. 32 Grk “or why.”
  3. 33 Grk “him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

NLTNew Living Translation

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?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when he saw it, Peter replied to the people, “Men and Israelites, why are you astonished at this? Or why are you staring at us, as if by our own power or godliness we have made him walk?

KJV 1900King James Version

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?