瘸腿的人痊癒

有一次,在下午三點[a]禱告的時候,彼得約翰上聖殿去。 一個生來[b]瘸腿的被人抬來。他天天被放在那叫「美門」的聖殿門口,為要向進聖殿的人乞討。 他看見彼得約翰正要進入聖殿,就求他們施捨。 彼得約翰注視著他,彼得說:「你看我們!」 那人就留意看他們,期待著從他們那裡得些什麼。 彼得卻說:「金子銀子我都沒有,只把我有的給你:奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名,起來[c]走路吧!」 彼得抓著他的右手,扶他起來。他的腳和踝骨立刻就健壯了。 他一跳,站了起來,並且行走,與他們一起進入聖殿,邊走邊跳,讚美神。 全體民眾都看見他邊走邊讚美神, 10 認出他是坐在聖殿的美門口乞討的那個人,就對發生在他身上的事滿心希奇、驚訝。

在所羅門柱廊裡傳道

11 那個人[d]緊拉著彼得約翰的時候,全體民眾都一起跑向他們,到叫做「所羅門」的柱廊那裡,滿心驚奇。 12 彼得看見,就對民眾說:「各位以色列人哪!你們為什麼對這事感到驚奇?為什麼注視我們,以為我們是憑著自己的能力或虔誠使這個人走路的呢? 13 亞伯拉罕以撒雅各的神[e],也就是我們祖先的神,已經榮耀了他的僕人耶穌。你們竟然把他交出去,並且在彼拉多判定要釋放他的時候,在彼拉多面前拒絕了他。 14 你們拒絕了神聖、公義的那一位,而要求釋放一個殺人犯給你們。 15 你們殺害了生命的創始者[f],神卻使他從死人中復活了!我們就是這事的見證人。 16 現在,基於對他名的信心,他的名就使你們所看見所認識的這個人健壯了;這由耶穌而來的信心,使他在你們眾人面前完全康復了。

17 「同胞們[g],現在我知道,你們所做的是出於愚昧無知,就像你們的首領那樣。 18 但神藉著眾先知的口所預言的,就是基督要受難的事,就這樣應驗了。 19 所以,你們應當悔改,應當回轉,使你們的罪孽被抹去, 20 這樣,更新的日子[h]就會從主面前來到;並且他要將耶穌,就是預先指定給你們的那位基督差來。 21 不過天必須留他,直到萬有復興的時候,就是神自古以來藉著聖先知們的口所說的那時候。 22 摩西確實[i]說過:

『主——你們的神,將要從你們兄弟中給你們興起一位先知,像興起我一樣。他對你們所說的一切,你們都要聽從。 23 所有不聽從那位先知的人[j],都要從民中被全然滅絕。』[k]

24 「其實從撒母耳以來所有的先知,只要說預言[l],都同樣地預告了這些日子。 25 你們是先知們的子孫,也是神與你們[m]祖先所訂立之約的子孫。那時神對亞伯拉罕說:『藉著你的那位後裔,地上萬族都要蒙祝福。』[n] 26 神興起了他的僕人[o],差派他先到你們這裡來,要你們每個人轉離自己的罪行,好祝福你們。」

Footnotes

  1. 使徒行傳 3:1 下午三點——原文為「第九時刻」。
  2. 使徒行傳 3:2 生來——原文直譯「從母腹中」。
  3. 使徒行傳 3:6 有古抄本沒有「起來」。
  4. 使徒行傳 3:11 那個人——有古抄本作「那得了痊癒的瘸腿之人」。
  5. 使徒行傳 3:13 亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神——原文直譯「亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神」。
  6. 使徒行傳 3:15 創始者——或譯作「本源」或「元首」。
  7. 使徒行傳 3:17 同胞們——原文直譯「兄弟們」。
  8. 使徒行傳 3:20 更新的日子——或譯作「安舒的日子」。
  9. 使徒行傳 3:22 有古抄本附「對祖先」。
  10. 使徒行傳 3:23 人——原文直譯「靈魂」。
  11. 使徒行傳 3:23 《申命記》18:15-19。
  12. 使徒行傳 3:24 說預言——原文直譯「說話」。
  13. 使徒行傳 3:25 你們——有古抄本作「我們」。
  14. 使徒行傳 3:25 《創世記》12:3;22:18;26:4;28:14。
  15. 使徒行傳 3:26 有古抄本附「耶穌」。

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.

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

12 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?

13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.