Acts of the Apostles 3:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Acts of the Apostles 3:1 NLT
Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.
Acts of the Apostles 3:2 NLT
As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
Acts of the Apostles 3:6 NLT
But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”
Acts of the Apostles 3:7 NLT
Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.
Acts of the Apostles 3:8 NLT
He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.
Acts of the Apostles 3:10 NLT
When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded!
Acts of the Apostles 3:11 NLT
They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.
Acts of the Apostles 3:12 NLT
Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness?
Acts of the Apostles 3:13 NLT
For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him.
Acts of the Apostles 3:14 NLT
You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.
Acts of the Apostles 3:15 NLT
You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
Acts of the Apostles 3:16 NLT
“Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes.
Acts of the Apostles 3:17 NLT
“Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance.
Acts of the Apostles 3:18 NLT
But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.
Acts of the Apostles 3:19 NLT
Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
Acts of the Apostles 3:20 NLT
Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.
Acts of the Apostles 3:21 NLT
For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.
Acts of the Apostles 3:22 NLT
Moses said, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’
Acts of the Apostles 3:23 NLT
Then Moses said, ‘Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from God’s people.’
Acts of the Apostles 3:24 NLT
“Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today.
Acts of the Apostles 3:25 NLT
You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’
Acts of the Apostles 3:26 NLT
When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”