Book of Common Prayer

Peter Heals a Man Lame From Birth In The Name of Jesus Christ The Nazarene

3 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth^[a] hour. ² And a certain man being lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they were putting daily at the gate of the temple being called “Beautiful”, that he might be asking-for alms^[b] from the ones coming into the temple— ³ who, having seen Peter and John being about to go into the temple, was asking to receive alms. ⁴ And Peter, along with John, having looked-intently at him, said, “Look at us!” ⁵ And the one was fixing-his-attention-on them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ And Peter said, “There is no silver and gold with me. But what I have, this I give to you— in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, arise and walk”. ⁷ And having seized him by the right hand, he raised him. And at once his feet and ankles were made-strong^[c]. ⁸ And leaping-up, he stood and was walking-around. And he entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God. ¹⁰ And they were recognizing him— that he was the one sitting for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with wonder and astonishment at the thing having happened to him.

A Crowd Comes Together, And Peter Speaks To Them:

¹¹ And while he was holding-on-to Peter and John, all the people ran-together to them at the portico being called “Solomon’s”, struck-with-wonder.

John Came Baptizing To Make Straight The Way of The Lord, As Isaiah Prophesied

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent-out priests and Levites to him in order that they might ask him, “Who are you?”, ²⁰ and he confessed and did not deny. And he confessed that “I am not the Christ”, ²¹ and they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not”. “Are you the^[a] Prophet?” And he answered, “No”. ²² Then they said to him, “Who are you, in order that we may give an answer to the ones having sent us? What do you say about yourself ?” ²³ He said, “I am the ‘voice of one shouting in the wilderness: “Make-straight the way of the Lord”’, just as Isaiah the prophet said [in Isa 40:3]”. ²⁴ And they^[b] had been sent-out from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” ²⁶ John responded to them saying, “I am baptizing with^[c] water. Amidst you stands One Whom you do not know— ²⁷ the One coming after me, of Whom I am not worthy that I may untie the strap of His sandal”. ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.