Acts 3:11-26
Christian Standard Bible
Preaching in Solomon’s Colonnade
11 While he[a] was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astonished, ran toward them in what is called Solomon’s Colonnade.(A) 12 When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness? 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors,(B) has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate,(C) though he had decided to release him. 14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One(D) and asked to have a murderer released to you.(E) 15 You killed the source[b] of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.(F) 16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.
17 “And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.(G) 18 In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets—that his Messiah would suffer.(H) 19 Therefore repent(I) and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,(J) 20 that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send Jesus, who has been appointed(K) for you as the Messiah. 21 Heaven must receive him until the time of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through his holy prophets from the beginning.(L) 22 Moses said:[c] The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. 23 And everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from the people.[d](M)
24 “In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days. 25 You are the sons[e] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.[f](N) 26 God raised up his servant[g] and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”(O)
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Acts 3:11-26
Lexham English Bible
Peter’s Sermon in Solomon’s Portico
11 And while[a] he was holding fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, utterly astonished. 12 And when he[b] saw it,[c] Peter replied to the people, “Men and Israelites, why are you astonished at this? Or why are you staring at us, as if by our own power or godliness we have made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac[d] and of Jacob,[e] the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, after[f] he had decided to release him.[g] 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and demanded that a man—a murderer—be granted to you. 15 And you killed the originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses! 16 And on the basis of faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know, and the faith that is through him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also. 18 But the things which God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ[h] would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way. 19 Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be blotted out, 20 so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send the Christ[i] appointed for you—Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all things, about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times. 22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God[j] will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You will listen to him in everything that he says to you.[k] 23 And it will be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed utterly from the people.’[l] 24 And indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and all those who followed him[m] have spoken about and proclaimed these days. 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’[n] 26 God, after he[o] had raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning each of you back from your wickedness!”
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- Acts 3:11 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was holding fast to”)
- Acts 3:12 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 3:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 3:13 Some manuscripts have “the God of Isaac”
- Acts 3:13 Some manuscripts have “the God of Jacob”
- Acts 3:13 Or “although”; this genitive absolute construction can be understood as either temporal “after” or concessive “although”
- Acts 3:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 3:18 Or “Messiah”
- Acts 3:20 Or “Messiah”
- Acts 3:22 Some manuscripts have “The Lord your God”
- Acts 3:22 A quotation from Deut 18:15
- Acts 3:23 A quotation from Deut 18:19 and Lev 23:29
- Acts 3:24 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 3:25 A quotation from Gen 22:18
- Acts 3:26 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had raised up”) which is understood as temporal
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