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CHAPTER 3

One afternoon

Peter

and

John

were going up

to

the

temple

at

the

hour

of prayer,

the

ninth hour.

And

a

man

who was

lame

from

birth

was being carried

to

the

temple

gate

called

Beautiful,

where he was put

every

day

to beg

from

those

entering

the

temple courts.

When

he saw

Peter

and

John

about

to enter

the

temple,

he asked them

for

money.

Peter

looked directly

at

him,

as did

John.

“Look

at

us!”

said Peter.

So

the man gave them his attention,

expecting

to receive

something

from

them.

But

Peter

said,

“Silver

or

gold

I do not have,

but

what

I have

I give

you:

In

the

name

of Jesus

Christ

of

Nazareth,

get up

and

walk!"

Taking

him

by the

right

hand,

Peter helped him up,

and

at once

the man’s

feet

and

ankles

were strengthened.

He sprang

to his feet

and

began to walk.

Then

he went

with

them

into

the

temple courts,

walking

and

leaping

and

praising

God.

When

all

the

people

saw

him

walking

and

praising

God,

they recognized

him

as

the man

who used to sit

begging

at

the

Beautiful

Gate

of the

temple,

and

they were filled

with wonder

and

amazement

at

what

had happened

to him.

While

the man

clung to

Peter

and

John,

all

the

people

were astonished

and ran

to

them

in

the walkway

called

Solomon’s

Colonnade.

When Peter

saw this,

he addressed

the

people:

“Men

of Israel,

why

are you surprised

by

this?

Why

do you stare

at us

as if

by our own

power

or

godliness

we had made

this man

walk?

The

God

of Abraham,

Isaac,

and

Jacob,

the

God

of our

fathers,

has glorified

His

servant

Jesus.

You

handed Him over

and

rejected

Him

before

Pilate,

even though he

had decided

to release Him.

You

rejected

the

Holy

and

Righteous One

and

asked that

a murderer

be released

to you.

You killed

the

Author

of life,

but God

raised

Him

from

the dead,

and we

are

witnesses

of the fact.

By

faith

in

the name

of Jesus,

this man

whom

you see

and

know

has been made strong.

It is Jesus’

name

and

the

faith

that comes

through

Him

that has given

him

this

complete healing

in your presence.

And

now,

brothers,

I know

that

you acted

in

ignorance,

as did

your

leaders.

But

in this way

God has fulfilled

what

He

foretold

through

all

the

prophets,

saying that

His

Christ

would suffer.

Repent,

then,

and

turn back,

so that

your

sins

may be wiped away,

that

times

of refreshing

may come

from

the presence

of the

Lord,

and

that He may send

Jesus,

the Christ,

who

has been appointed

for you.

Heaven

must

take Him in

until

the time comes

for the restoration

of all things,

which

God

announced

long ago

through

His

holy

prophets.

For

Moses

said,

‘The

Lord

your

God

will raise up

for you

a prophet

like

me

from among

your

brothers.

You must listen to

Him

in

everything

He tells

you.

Everyone

who

does not heed

His words

will be completely cut off

from among

the

people.’

Indeed,

all

the

prophets

from

Samuel on,

as many as

have spoken,

have proclaimed

these

days.

And you

are

sons

of the

prophets

and

of the

covenant

God

made

with

your

fathers,

when He said

to

Abraham,

‘Through

your

offspring

all

the

families

of the

earth

will be blessed.'

When God

raised up

His

servant,

He sent

Him

first

to you

to bless

you

by

turning

each of you

from

your

wicked ways.”

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