Peter Heals a Crippled Man

3 One day Peter and John went to the Temple at ·three o’clock [^Lthe ninth hour; time was reckoned from dawn, traditionally set at 6 AM], ·the time set each day for the afternoon prayer service [^Lthe hour of prayer]. ² There, at the Temple gate called Beautiful Gate [^Cunknown location, perhaps one of several gates between various courtyards], was a man who had been ·crippled [lame] ·all his life [^Lfrom his mother’s womb]. Every day ·he was carried to [people would lay him at] this gate to beg for ·money [alms] from the people going into the Temple [^Cthe Temple complex; 2:46]. ³ The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple [^Ccourts; 2:46] and asked them for ·money [alms; help]. ⁴ Peter and John looked ·straight [intently] at him and said, “Look at us!” ⁵ The man ·looked at [paid attention to] them, thinking they were going to give him ·some money [^Lsomething]. ⁶ But Peter said, “·I don’t have any silver or gold, but ·I do have something else I can give you [^Lwhat I do have, I give to you]. ·By the power [^LIn the name] of Jesus Christ ·from Nazareth [or the Nazarene], stand up and walk [Luke 5:23]!” ⁷ Then Peter took the man’s right hand and ·lifted [raised] him up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong. ⁸ He ·jumped up [leaped], stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple [^Ccourts; 2:46] with them, walking and ·jumping [leaping] and praising God [Is. 35:4–6]. All the people recognized him as the ·crippled [lame] man who always sat by the Beautiful Gate [3:2] begging for ·money [alms; help]. Now they saw this same man walking and praising God, and they were amazed. ·They wondered how this could happen [or …and stunned/astonished at what had happened].

Peter Speaks to the People

¹¹ While the man was ·holding on [clinging] to Peter and John, all the people were ·amazed [astonished] and ran to them at Solomon’s ·Porch [Portico; Colonnade; ^Ccolumns marked the outside perimeter of the large outer court of the Temple]. ¹² When Peter saw this, he ·said to [addressed] them, “·People of Israel [^LMen, Israelites], why are you ·surprised [amazed]? ·You are [^LOr why are you…?] ·looking [staring] at us as if it were our own power or ·goodness [piety; godliness] that made this man walk. ¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ·ancestors [forefathers; fathers], ·gave glory to [has glorified/honored] Jesus, his ·servant [or child]. But you handed him over to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free, but you ·told Pilate you did not want [^Ldisowned; rejected] Jesus. ¹⁴ You ·did not want [^Ldisowned; rejected] the One who is holy and ·good [righteous] but asked Pilate to give you a murderer [^CBarabbas; Luke 23:18] instead. ¹⁵ And so you killed the ·One who gives [Author/Source/Ruler of] life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this. ¹⁶ It was faith in [^Lthe name of] Jesus that made this ·crippled [lame] man ·well [strong]. You can see this man, and you know him. He was made completely well because of ·trust [faith] in ·Jesus [^Lthe name of Jesus], ·and you all saw it happen [in front of you all]!

¹⁷ “·Brothers and sisters [or Brothers; ^Cfellow Jews], I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders [rulers] understood what you were doing. ¹⁸ God ·said [foretold; predicted] through [^Lthe mouth of all] the prophets that his ·Christ [Messiah] would suffer. And now God has ·made these things come true [^Lfulfilled these things] in this way. ¹⁹ So you must ·change your hearts and lives [repent]! ·Come back [Return; Turn back] to God, and he will ·forgive [wipe out; erase] your sins. Then the ·time [^Ltimes; seasons] of ·rest [refreshment; comfort; ^Cthe messianic age] will come from [^Lthe presence of] the Lord. ²⁰ And he will send Jesus, the One he ·chose [appointed] to be the ·Christ [Messiah]. ²¹ But ·Jesus must stay in heaven [^Lheaven must receive/welcome him] until the time comes when all things will be ·made right again [restored; made new]. God ·told about [announced] this time long ago when he spoke through his holy prophets. ²² Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will ·give you [^Lraise up for you] a prophet like me, ·who is one of your own people [^Lfrom among your brothers]. You must ·listen to [hear; obey] everything he tells you. ²³ Anyone who does not listen to that prophet will ·die, cut off [be utterly destroyed] from God’s people [Lev. 23:29; Deut. 18:15–20].’ ²⁴ Samuel, and all the other prophets who spoke for God after Samuel, ·told [announced; foretold; predicted] about ·this time now [^Lthese days; ^Cthere are no specific messianic prophecies from Samuel, but he did anoint David whose kingship anticipated the Messiah; 2 Sam. 7:12–16; Acts 13:22–23; Heb. 5:1]. ²⁵ You are ·descendants [children; sons] of the prophets. You have received the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] God made with your ·ancestors [^Lfathers; patriarchs]. He said to your father Abraham, ‘Through your ·descendants [heirs; ^Lseed] all the ·nations [or families] on the earth will be blessed [Gen. 22:18; 26:4].’ ²⁶ God has raised up his ·servant [or child] Jesus and sent him to you first [^Cthe Jews were to receive the blessing first, and through them God would bless all nations] to bless you by turning each of you away from ·doing evil [your wicked ways].”