Acts 3:1–26

A Lame Man Healed

3Now Peter and John went up together ^ato the temple at the hour of prayer, ^bthe ninth hour. ²And ^ca certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^dto ¹ask alms from those who entered the temple; ³who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. ⁴And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” ⁵So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: ^eIn 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 ankle bones received strength. ⁸So he, ^fleaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. ^9gAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God. ¹⁰Then they knew that it was he who ^hsat 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

¹¹Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch ⁱwhich is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. ¹²So 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? ^13jThe God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, ^kglorified His Servant Jesus, whom you ^ldelivered up and ^mdenied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. ¹⁴But you denied ⁿthe Holy One ^oand the Just, and ^pasked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵and killed the ²Prince of life, ^qwhom God raised from the dead, ^rof which we are witnesses. ^16sAnd 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“Yet now, brethren, I know that ^tyou did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸But ^uthose things which God foretold ^vby the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. ^19wRepent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, ²⁰and that He may send ³Jesus Christ, who was ⁴preached to you before, ^21xwhom heaven must receive until the times of ^yrestoration of all things, ^zwhich God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since ⁵the world began. ²²For Moses truly said to the fathers, ^a‘The Lord 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. ²³And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ ²⁴Yes, and ^ball the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also ⁶foretold these days. ^25cYou are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ^d‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ ²⁶To you ^efirst, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, ^fin turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”