Act 3 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer .

Acts 3

Healing the Beggar Who Was Unable to Walk

1 Now ^aPeter and John were going up to the temple at the ^{▼▼I.e., 3 p.m.}ninth hour, ^cthe hour of prayer. 2 And ^da man who had been unable to walk from ^{▼▼Lit his mother’s womb}birth was being carried, whom they ^fused to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^gin order for him to beg for charitable gifts from those entering the temple grounds. 3 When he saw ^hPeter and John about to go into the temple grounds, he began asking to receive a charitable gift. 4 But Peter, along with John, ⁱlooked at him intently and said, “Look at us!” 5 And he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I do not have silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: ^jIn the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!” 7 And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. 8 And ^kleaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And ^lall the people saw him walking and praising God; 10 and they recognized him as being the very one who used to ^msit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg for charitable gifts, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter’s Second Sermon

11 While he was clinging to ⁿPeter and John, all the people ran together to them at the ^{▼▼Or colonnade
,} ^pportico named Solomon’s, completely astonished. 12 But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? 13 ^qThe God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ^rthe God of our fathers, has glorified His ^{▼▼Or Son
,} ^tservant Jesus, the one whom ^uyou handed over and disowned in the presence of ^vPilate, when he had ^wdecided to release Him. 14 But you disowned ^xthe Holy and Righteous One, and ^yasked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 but put to death the ^{▼▼Or Originator
,} ^aaPrince of life, whom ^abGod raised from the dead, ^{▼▼Or of whom we}a fact to which we are ^adwitnesses. 16 And on the basis of faith ^aein His name, it is ^{▼▼Lit His name}the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

17 “And now, brothers, I know that you acted ^agin ignorance, just as your ^ahrulers also did. 18 But the things which ^aiGod previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets, ^ajthat His ^{▼▼I.e., Messiah}Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way. 19 Therefore ^alrepent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that ^amtimes of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that He may send Jesus, the ^{▼▼I.e., Messiah}Christ appointed for you, 21 ^aowhom heaven must receive until the ^{▼▼Lit periods, times}period of ^aqrestoration of all things, about which ^arGod spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times. 22 Moses said, ‘ ^asThe Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your countrymen; to Him you shall listen regarding everything He says to you. 23 ^atAnd it shall be that every ^ausoul that does not listen to that prophet ^avshall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24 And likewise, ^awall the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and his successors onward, have also announced these days. 25 It is you who are ^axthe sons of the prophets and of the ^aycovenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘ ^azAnd in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 God ^baraised up His ^{▼▼Or Son}Servant for you ^bcfirst, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”