Acts of the Apostles 3

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour,	1 Now Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth 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 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 this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them.	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 Peter, and John too, looked straight at him and said, 'Look at us.'	4 Then Peter and John, gazing at him, said, “Look at us.”
5 He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them,	5 And he looked intently at them, hoping that he might 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 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 he took him by the right hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly his feet and ankles becamefirm,	7 And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his legs and feet were strengthened.
8 he jumped up, stood, and began to walk, and he went with them into the Temple, walking and jumpingand 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 Everyone could see him walking and praising God,	9 And 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 It was you who accused the Holy and Upright One, you who demanded that a murderer should bereleased to you	14 Then you denied the Holy and Just One, and petitioned for a murderous man to be given 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 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 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 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 neither you nor your leaders had any idea what you were real y doing;	17 And now, brothers, I know that you did this through ignorance, just as your leaders also 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 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 Now you must repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,	19 Therefore, repent and be converted, so 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 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 keep til the universal restoration comes which God proclaimed, speaking throughhis holy prophets.	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 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 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 Anyone who refuses to listen to that prophet shal 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 In fact, al the prophets that have ever spoken, from Samuel onwards, have predicted these days.	24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and thereafter, have 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 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 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 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.”