| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. | 1Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. |
| 2And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts. | 2As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. |
| 3When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money. | 3When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money. |
| 4Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!" | 4Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!” |
| 5So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. | 5The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. |
| 6But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!" | 6But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” |
| 7Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong. | 7Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. |
| 8He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. | 8He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them. |
| 9All the people saw him walking and praising God, | 9All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God. |
| 10and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him. | 10When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded! |
| 11While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon's Portico. | 11They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John. Peter Preaches in the Temple |
| 12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety? | 12Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness? |
| 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. | 13For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him. |
| 14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. | 14You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. |
| 15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! | 15You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact! |
| 16And on the basis of faith in Jesus' name, his very name has made this man--whom you see and know--strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all. | 16“Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes. |
| 17And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too. | 17“Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance. |
| 18But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets--that his Christ would suffer--he has fulfilled in this way. | 18But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things. |
| 19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, | 19Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. |
| 20so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you--that is, Jesus. | 20Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah. |
| 21This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets. | 21For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets. |
| 22Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. | 22Moses said, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’ |
| 23Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.' | 23Then Moses said, ‘Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from God’s people.’ |
| 24And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days. | 24“Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today. |
| 25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.' | 25You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’ |
| 26God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities." | 26When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.” |
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