3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time¹ for prayer,² at three o’clock in the afternoon.³ 3:2 And a man lame⁴ from birth⁵ was being carried up, who was placed every day⁶ at the temple gate called the ‘Beautiful Gate’ so he could ask for money⁷ from those going into the temple courts.⁸ 3:3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts,⁹ he asked them for money.¹⁰ 3:4 Peter looked directly¹¹ at him (as did John) and said, “Look at us!” 3:5 So the lame man¹² paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. 3:6 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold,¹³ but what I do have I give you. In the name¹⁴ of Jesus Christ¹⁵ of Nazareth,¹⁶ stand up and¹⁷ walk!” 3:7 Then¹⁸ Peter¹⁹ took hold²⁰ of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s²¹ feet and ankles were made strong.²² 3:8 He²³ jumped up,²⁴ stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts²⁵ with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 3:9 All²⁶ the people saw him walking and praising God, 3:10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations²⁷ at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement²⁸ at what had happened to him.

3:11 While the man²⁹ was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the covered walkway³⁰ called Solomon’s Portico,³¹ completely astounded. 3:12 When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel,³² why are you amazed at this? Why³³ do you stare at us as if we had made this man³⁴ walk by our own power or piety? 3:13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,³⁵ the God of our forefathers,³⁶ has glorified³⁷ his servant³⁸ Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected³⁹ in the presence of Pilate when he had decided⁴⁰ to release him. 3:14 But you rejected⁴¹ the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be given to you. 3:15 You killed⁴² the Originator⁴³ of life, whom God raised⁴⁴ from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses.⁴⁵ 3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’⁴⁶ name,⁴⁷ his very name has made this man strong whom you see and know. The⁴⁸ faith that is through Jesus⁴⁹ has given him this complete health in the presence⁵⁰ of you all. 3:17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance,⁵¹ as your rulers did too. 3:18 But the things God foretold⁵² long ago through⁵³ all the prophets, that his Christ⁵⁴ would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way. 3:19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, 3:20 so that times of refreshing⁵⁵ may come from the presence of the Lord,⁵⁶ and that he may send the Messiah⁵⁷ appointed⁵⁸ for you—that is, Jesus. 3:21 This one⁵⁹ heaven must⁶⁰ receive until the time all things are restored,⁶¹ which God declared⁶² from times long ago⁶³ through his holy prophets. 3:22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey⁶⁴ him in everything he tells you.⁶⁵ 3:23 Every person⁶⁶ who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed⁶⁷ from the people.’⁶⁸ 3:24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced⁶⁹ these days. 3:25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors,⁷⁰ saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants⁷¹ all the nations⁷² of the earth will be blessed.’⁷³ 3:26 God raised up⁷⁴ his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning⁷⁵ each one of you from your iniquities.”⁷⁶