¹Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer , the ninth hour .[#3:1 3:00 p.m.]

²A certain man who was lame from his mother ’s womb was being carried , whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful , to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple .

³Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple , he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

⁴Peter , fastening his eyes on him , with John , said , “Look at us .”

⁵He listened to them , expecting to receive something from them .

⁶But Peter said , “I have no silver or gold , but what I have , that I give you . In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , get up and walk !”

⁷He took him by the right hand and raised him up . Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength .

⁸Leaping up , he stood and began to walk . He entered with them into the temple , walking , leaping , and praising God .

⁹All the people saw him walking and praising God .

¹⁰They recognised him , that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple . They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him .

¹¹As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John , all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon ’s, greatly wondering .

¹²When Peter saw it , he responded to the people , “You men of Israel , why do you marvel at this man ? Why do you fasten your eyes on us , as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk ?

¹³The God of Abraham, Isaac , and Jacob , the God of our fathers , has glorified his Servant Jesus , whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate , when he had determined to release him .

¹⁴But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you ,

¹⁵and killed the Prince of life , whom God raised from the dead , to which we are witnesses .

¹⁶By faith in his name , his name has made this man strong , whom you see and know . Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all .

¹⁷“Now , brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.[#3:17 The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”]

¹⁸But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets , that Christ should suffer , he thus fulfilled .

¹⁹“Repent therefore , and turn again , that your sins may be blotted out , so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord ,

²⁰and that he may send Christ Jesus , who was ordained for you before ,

²¹whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things , which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets .

²²For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from amongst your brothers, like me . You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you .

²³It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from amongst the people .’[#Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19]

²⁴Yes , and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after , as many as have spoken , also told of these days .

²⁵You are the children of the prophets , and of the covenant which God made with our fathers , saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’[#3:25 or, seed; #Genesis 22:18; 26:4]

²⁶God , having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you , in turning away every one of you from your wickedness .”