| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. | 1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. |
| 2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts. | 2And a man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple. |
| 3When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. | 3When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms. |
| 4Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter. | 4But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!" |
| 5So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. | 5And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. |
| 6But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” | 6But Peter said, "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene-- walk!" |
| 7Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. | 7And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. |
| 8He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God. | 8With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. |
| 9When all the people saw him walking and praising God, | 9And all the people saw him walking and praising God; |
| 10they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. | 10and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. |
| 11While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade. | 11While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement. |
| 12And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? | 12But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? |
| 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. | 13"The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. |
| 14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. | 14"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, |
| 15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact. | 15but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. |
| 16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence. | 16"And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all. |
| 17And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. | 17"And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also. |
| 18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer. | 18"But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. |
| 19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, | 19"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; |
| 20that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. | 20and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, |
| 21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. | 21whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. |
| 22For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. | 22"Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you. |
| 23Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’ | 23'And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' |
| 24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. | 24"And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days. |
| 25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ | 25"It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.' |
| 26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” | 26"For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways." |
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