Acts of the Apostles 3

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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 at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
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 lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple.
3 When this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them.	3 Seeing 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 And Peter directed his gaze at him, with John, and said, "Look at us."
5 He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them,	5 And he fixed his attention upon 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 But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."
7 Then he took him by the right hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly his feet and ankles becamefirm,	7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
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 and entered the temple with them, 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 recognized him as the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder 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 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomons, astounded.
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 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him 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 of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, 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 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted 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 and killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To 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 his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and the faith which is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence 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, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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 what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
19 Now you must repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,	19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
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 he may send the Christ 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 time for establishing all that God spoke by 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 Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
23 Anyone who refuses to listen to that prophet shal be cut off from the people."	23 And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed 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 those who came afterwards, also proclaimed 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 sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth 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, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."