Acts of the Apostles 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o'clock hour of prayer.	1 Now Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.
2 And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called "the Beautiful Gate" every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.	2 And a certain man, who was lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried in. They would lay him every day at the gate of the temple, which is called the Beautiful, so that he might request alms from those entering into the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.	3 And this man, when he had seen Peter and John beginning to enter the temple, was begging, so that he might receive alms.
4 But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."	4 Then Peter and John, gazing at him, said, “Look at us.”
5 He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.	5 And he looked intently at them, hoping that he might receive something from them.
6 Peter said, "I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, (rise and) walk."	6 But Peter said: “Silver and gold is not mine. But what I have, I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.”
7 Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.	7 And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his legs and feet were strengthened.
8 He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.	8 And leaping up, he stood and walked around. And he entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.
9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,	9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
10 they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.	10 And they recognized him, that he was the same one who was sitting for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with awe and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 As he clung to Peter and John, all the people hurried in amazement toward them in the portico called "Solomon's Portico."	11 Then, as he held on to Peter and John, all the people ran to them at the portico, which is called Solomon’s, in astonishment.
12 When Peter saw this, he addressed the people, "You Israelites, why are you amazed at this, and why do you look so intently at us as if we had made him walk by our own power or piety?	12 But Peter, seeing this, responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? Or why do you stare at us, as if it were by our own strength or power that we caused this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, (the God) of Isaac, and (the God) of Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant Jesus whom you handed over and denied in Pilate's presence, when he had decided to release him.	13 The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you, indeed, handed over and denied before the face of Pilate, when he was giving judgment to release him.
14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.	14 Then you denied the Holy and Just One, and petitioned for a murderous man to be given to you.
15 The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.	15 Truly, it was the Author of Life whom you put to death, whom God raised from the dead, to whom we are witnesses.
16 And by faith in his name, this man, whom you see and know, his name has made strong, and the faith that comes through it has given him this perfect health, in the presence of all of you.	16 And by faith in his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, has confirmed his name. And faith through him has given this man complete health in the sight of you all.
17 Now I know, brothers, that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did;	17 And now, brothers, I know that you did this through ignorance, just as your leaders also did.
18 but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.	18 But in this way God has fulfilled the things that he announced beforehand through the mouth of all the Prophets: that his Christ would suffer.
19 Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,	19 Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away.
20 and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus,	20 And then, when the time of consolation will have arrived from the presence of the Lord, he will send the One who was foretold to you, Jesus Christ,
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.	21 whom heaven certainly must take up, until the time of the restoration of all things, which God has spoken of by the mouth of his holy prophets, from ages past.
22 For Moses said: 'A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you.	22 Indeed, Moses said: ‘For the Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet for you from your brothers, one like me; the same shall you listen to according to everything whatsoever that he shall speak to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people.'	23 And this shall be: every soul who will not listen to that Prophet shall be exterminated from the people.’
24 Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days.	24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and thereafter, have announced these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he said to Abraham, 'In your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'	25 You are sons of the prophets and of the testament which God has appointed for our fathers, saying to Abraham: ‘And by your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
26 For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways."	26 God raised up his Son and sent him first to you, to bless you, so that each one may turn himself away from his wickedness.”