Acts of the Apostles 3

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour,	1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o'clock hour of prayer.
2 it happened that there was a man being carried along. He was a cripple from birth; and they used to puthim down every day near the Temple entrance cal ed the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from the peoplegoing in.	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.
3 When this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them.	3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.
4 Peter, and John too, looked straight at him and said, 'Look at us.'	4 But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."
5 He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them,	5 He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 but Peter said, 'I have neither silver nor gold, but I wil give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christthe Nazarene, walk!'	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."
7 Then he took him by the right hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly his feet and ankles becamefirm,	7 Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.
8 he jumped up, stood, and began to walk, and he went with them into the Temple, walking and jumpingand praising God.	8 He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.
9 Everyone could see him walking and praising God,	9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
10 and they recognised him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. Theywere all astonished and perplexed at what had happened to him.	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.
11 Everyone came running towards them in great excitement, to the Portico of Solomon, as it is called,where the man was stil clinging to Peter and John.	11 As he clung to Peter and John, all the people hurried in amazement toward them in the portico called "Solomon's Portico."
12 When Peter saw the people he addressed them, 'Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Whyare you staring at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or holiness?	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?
13 It is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, who has glorified his servantJesus whom you handed over and then disowned in the presence of Pilate after he had given his verdict torelease him.	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.
14 It was you who accused the Holy and Upright One, you who demanded that a murderer should bereleased to you	14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
15 while you killed the prince of life. God, however, raised him from the dead, and to that fact we are witnesses;	15 The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.
16 and it is the name of Jesus which, through faith in him, has brought back the strength of this manwhom you see here and who is wel known to you. It is faith in him that has restored this man to health, as youcan al see.	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.
17 'Now I know, brothers, that neither you nor your leaders had any idea what you were real y doing;	17 Now I know, brothers, that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did;
18 but this was the way God carried out what he had foretold, when he said through all his prophets thathis Christ would suffer.	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.
19 Now you must repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,	19 Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,
20 and so that the Lord may send the time of comfort. Then he wil send you the Christ he haspredestined, that is Jesus,	20 and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus,
21 whom heaven must keep til the universal restoration comes which God proclaimed, speaking throughhis holy prophets.	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.
22 Moses, for example, said, "From among your brothers the Lord God wil raise up for you a prophet likeme; you wil listen to whatever he tells you.	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.
23 Anyone who refuses to listen to that prophet shal be cut off from the people."	23 Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people.'
24 In fact, al the prophets that have ever spoken, from Samuel onwards, have predicted these days.	24 Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days.
25 'You are the heirs of the prophets, the heirs of the covenant God made with your ancestors when hetold Abraham, "Al the nations of the earth will be blessed in your descendants".	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.'
26 It was for you in the first place that God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you as every one ofyou turns from his wicked ways.'	26 For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways."