瘸腿的人痊愈

有一次,在下午三点[a]祷告的时候,彼得约翰上圣殿去。 一个生来[b]瘸腿的被人抬来。他天天被放在那叫“美门”的圣殿门口,为要向进圣殿的人乞讨。 他看见彼得约翰正要进入圣殿,就求他们施舍。 彼得约翰注视着他,彼得说:“你看我们!” 那人就留意看他们,期待着从他们那里得些什么。 彼得却说:“金子银子我都没有,只把我有的给你:奉拿撒勒人耶稣基督的名,起来[c]走路吧!” 彼得抓着他的右手,扶他起来。他的脚和踝骨立刻就健壮了。 他一跳,站了起来,并且行走,与他们一起进入圣殿,边走边跳,赞美神。 全体民众都看见他边走边赞美神, 10 认出他是坐在圣殿的美门口乞讨的那个人,就对发生在他身上的事满心希奇、惊讶。

在所罗门柱廊里传道

11 那个人[d]紧拉着彼得约翰的时候,全体民众都一起跑向他们,到叫做“所罗门”的柱廊那里,满心惊奇。 12 彼得看见,就对民众说:“各位以色列人哪!你们为什么对这事感到惊奇?为什么注视我们,以为我们是凭着自己的能力或虔诚使这个人走路的呢? 13 亚伯拉罕以撒雅各的神[e],也就是我们祖先的神,已经荣耀了他的仆人耶稣。你们竟然把他交出去,并且在彼拉多判定要释放他的时候,在彼拉多面前拒绝了他。 14 你们拒绝了神圣、公义的那一位,而要求释放一个杀人犯给你们。 15 你们杀害了生命的创始者[f],神却使他从死人中复活了!我们就是这事的见证人。 16 现在,基于对他名的信心,他的名就使你们所看见所认识的这个人健壮了;这由耶稣而来的信心,使他在你们众人面前完全康复了。

17 “同胞们[g],现在我知道,你们所做的是出于愚昧无知,就像你们的首领那样。 18 但神藉着众先知的口所预言的,就是基督要受难的事,就这样应验了。 19 所以,你们应当悔改,应当回转,使你们的罪孽被抹去, 20 这样,更新的日子[h]就会从主面前来到;并且他要将耶稣,就是预先指定给你们的那位基督差来。 21 不过天必须留他,直到万有复兴的时候,就是神自古以来藉着圣先知们的口所说的那时候。 22 摩西确实[i]说过:

‘主——你们的神,将要从你们兄弟中给你们兴起一位先知,像兴起我一样。他对你们所说的一切,你们都要听从。 23 所有不听从那位先知的人[j],都要从民中被全然灭绝。’[k]

24 “其实从撒母耳以来所有的先知,只要说预言[l],都同样地预告了这些日子。 25 你们是先知们的子孙,也是神与你们[m]祖先所订立之约的子孙。那时神对亚伯拉罕说:‘藉着你的那位后裔,地上万族都要蒙祝福。’[n] 26 神兴起了他的仆人[o],差派他先到你们这里来,要你们每个人转离自己的罪行,好祝福你们。”

Footnotes

  1. 使徒行传 3:1 下午三点——原文为“第九时刻”。
  2. 使徒行传 3:2 生来——原文直译“从母腹中”。
  3. 使徒行传 3:6 有古抄本没有“起来”。
  4. 使徒行传 3:11 那个人——有古抄本作“那得了痊愈的瘸腿之人”。
  5. 使徒行传 3:13 亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神——原文直译“亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神”。
  6. 使徒行传 3:15 创始者——或译作“本源”或“元首”。
  7. 使徒行传 3:17 同胞们——原文直译“兄弟们”。
  8. 使徒行传 3:20 更新的日子——或译作“安舒的日子”。
  9. 使徒行传 3:22 有古抄本附“对祖先”。
  10. 使徒行传 3:23 人——原文直译“灵魂”。
  11. 使徒行传 3:23 《申命记》18:15-19。
  12. 使徒行传 3:24 说预言——原文直译“说话”。
  13. 使徒行传 3:25 你们——有古抄本作“我们”。
  14. 使徒行传 3:25 《创世记》12:3;22:18;26:4;28:14。
  15. 使徒行传 3:26 有古抄本附“耶稣”。

Chapter 3

Cure of a Crippled Beggar. [a]Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer.[b] (A)And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. [c]Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, [rise and] walk.”(B) Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.(C) When all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.

Peter’s Speech. 11 As he clung to Peter and John, all the people hurried in amazement toward them in the portico called “Solomon’s Portico.”(D) 12 When Peter saw this, he addressed the people, “You Israelites, why are you amazed at this, and why do you look so intently at us as if we had made him walk by our own power or piety?(E) 13 The God of Abraham, [the God] of Isaac, and [the God] of Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified[d] his servant Jesus whom you handed over and denied in Pilate’s presence, when he had decided to release him.(F) 14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One[e] and asked that a murderer be released to you.(G) 15 [f]The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.(H) 16 And by faith in his name, this man, whom you see and know, his name has made strong, and the faith that comes through it has given him this perfect health, in the presence of all of you. 17 Now I know, brothers, that you acted out of ignorance,[g] just as your leaders did;(I) 18 but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets,[h] that his Messiah would suffer.(J) 19 Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,(K) 20 and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus,[i] 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration[j] of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. 22 For Moses said:[k]

‘A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you
    from among your own kinsmen;
to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you.(L)
23 Everyone who does not listen to that prophet
    will be cut off from the people.’(M)

24 Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days. 25 You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he said to Abraham, ‘In your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’(N) 26 For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”(O)

Footnotes

  1. 3:1–4:31 This section presents a series of related events: the dramatic cure of a lame beggar (Acts 3:1–10) produces a large audience for the kerygmatic discourse of Peter (Acts 3:11–26). The Sadducees, taking exception to the doctrine of resurrection, have Peter, John, and apparently the beggar as well, arrested (Acts 4:1–4) and brought to trial before the Sanhedrin. The issue concerns the authority by which Peter and John publicly teach religious doctrine in the temple (Acts 4:5–7). Peter replies with a brief summary of the kerygma, implying that his authority is prophetic (Acts 4:8–12). The court warns the apostles to abandon their practice of invoking prophetic authority in the name of Jesus (Acts 4:13–18). When Peter and John reply that the prophetic role cannot be abandoned to satisfy human objections, the court nevertheless releases them, afraid to do otherwise since the beggar, lame from birth and over forty years old, is a well-known figure in Jerusalem and the facts of his cure are common property (Acts 4:19–22). The narrative concludes with a prayer of the Christian community imploring divine aid against threats of persecution (Acts 4:23–31).
  2. 3:1 For the three o’clock hour of prayer: literally, “at the ninth hour of prayer.” With the day beginning at 6 A.M., the ninth hour would be 3 P.M.
  3. 3:6–10 The miracle has a dramatic cast; it symbolizes the saving power of Christ and leads the beggar to enter the temple, where he hears Peter’s proclamation of salvation through Jesus.
  4. 3:13 Has glorified: through the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, God reversed the judgment against him on the occasion of his trial. Servant: the Greek word can also be rendered as “son” or even “child” here and also in Acts 3:26; 4:25 (applied to David); Acts 4:27; and Acts 4:30. Scholars are of the opinion, however, that the original concept reflected in the words identified Jesus with the suffering Servant of the Lord of Is 52:13–53:12.
  5. 3:14 The Holy and Righteous One: so designating Jesus emphasizes his special relationship to the Father (see Lk 1:35; 4:34) and emphasizes his sinlessness and religious dignity that are placed in sharp contrast with the guilt of those who rejected him in favor of Barabbas.
  6. 3:15 The author of life: other possible translations of the Greek title are “leader of life” or “pioneer of life.” The title clearly points to Jesus as the source and originator of salvation.
  7. 3:17 Ignorance: a Lucan motif, explaining away the actions not only of the people but also of their leaders in crucifying Jesus. On this basis the presbyters in Acts could continue to appeal to the Jews in Jerusalem to believe in Jesus, even while affirming their involvement in his death because they were unaware of his messianic dignity. See also Acts 13:27 and Lk 23:34.
  8. 3:18 Through the mouth of all the prophets: Christian prophetic insight into the Old Testament saw the crucifixion and death of Jesus as the main import of messianic prophecy. The Jews themselves did not anticipate a suffering Messiah; they usually understood the Servant Song in Is 52:13–53:12 to signify their own suffering as a people. In his typical fashion (cf. Lk 18:31; 24:25, 27, 44), Luke does not specify the particular Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled by Jesus. See also note on Lk 24:26.
  9. 3:20 The Lord…and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus: an allusion to the parousia or second coming of Christ, judged to be imminent in the apostolic age. This reference to its nearness is the only explicit one in Acts. Some scholars believe that this verse preserves a very early christology, in which the title “Messiah” (Greek “Christ”) is applied to him as of his parousia, his second coming (contrast Acts 2:36). This view of a future messiahship of Jesus is not found elsewhere in the New Testament.
  10. 3:21 The times of universal restoration: like “the times of refreshment” (Acts 3:20), an apocalyptic designation of the messianic age, fitting in with the christology of Acts 3:20 that associates the messiahship of Jesus with his future coming.
  11. 3:22 A loose citation of Dt 18:15, which teaches that the Israelites are to learn the will of Yahweh from no one but their prophets. At the time of Jesus, some Jews expected a unique prophet to come in fulfillment of this text. Early Christianity applied this tradition and text to Jesus and used them especially in defense of the divergence of Christian teaching from traditional Judaism.