1 One|strong="G3588" day Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" went|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2411" area. It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G4074" three|strong="G1766" o’clock in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" afternoon, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G4074" the|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5610" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" daily Temple|strong="G2411" prayer|strong="G4335" service.
2 As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3739" entering|strong="G1531" the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2413" area, a|strong="G5087" man|strong="G0435" was|strong="G3739" there|strong="G2596" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" been|strong="G2532" crippled all|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" life. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" being|strong="G5225" carried|strong="G0941" by|strong="G1537" some|strong="G5100" friends who|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2413" every|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250". They|strong="G0846" put|strong="G5087" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1537" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" gates|strong="G2374" outside the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2413". It|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3739" called|strong="G3004" Beautiful|strong="G5611" Gate|strong="G2374". There|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" begged for|strong="G1519" money|strong="G0846" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" going to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2413".
3 That|strong="G3739" day he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" going|strong="G3195" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2411" area. He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1519" money|strong="G1654".
4 Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2491" looked at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" crippled man and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G0991" at|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004"!”
5 He|strong="G0846" looked at|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846"; he|strong="G0846" thought they|strong="G0846" would|strong="G5100" give|strong="G3844" him|strong="G0846" some|strong="G5100" money|strong="G0846".
6 But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" don’t|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" any|strong="G3756" silver|strong="G0694" or|strong="G2532" gold|strong="G5553", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2192" have|strong="G2192" something else|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771". By|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" power of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" from|strong="G1722" Nazareth|strong="G3480"—stand up|strong="G1325" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!”
7 Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G0846" took the|strong="G3588" man’s right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" lifted him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1453". Immediately|strong="G3916" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G0939" and|strong="G2532" legs became strong.
8 He|strong="G2532" jumped up|strong="G1519", stood|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" feet, and|strong="G2532" began to|strong="G1519" walk|strong="G4043". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G0846" area with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" and|strong="G2532" jumping and|strong="G2532" praising|strong="G0134" God|strong="G2316".
11 The|strong="G3956" man was|strong="G4074" holding|strong="G2902" on|strong="G1909" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491". All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G2992" amazed. They|strong="G0846" ran|strong="G4936" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" at|strong="G1909" Solomon’s|strong="G4672" Porch.
12 When|strong="G5613" Peter|strong="G4074" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778", he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G0611" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", “My|strong="G3708" Jewish brothers|strong="G0435", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3778" you|strong="G3708" surprised|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778"? You|strong="G3708" are|strong="G3778" looking|strong="G0816" at|strong="G1909" us|strong="G4160" as|strong="G5613" if|strong="G5613" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G4074" our|strong="G4160" power|strong="G1411" that|strong="G3778" made|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435" walk|strong="G4043". Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3708" think this|strong="G3778" was|strong="G4074" done|strong="G4160" because|strong="G1909" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3778" good?
13 No, God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G1392" it|strong="G0846"! He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Abraham|strong="G0011", the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Jacob|strong="G2384". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962". He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G3860" glory|strong="G1392" to|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424", his|strong="G0846" special servant|strong="G3816". But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" handed|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846" over|strong="G3860" to|strong="G2596" be|strong="G2532" killed. Pilate|strong="G4091" decided|strong="G2919" to|strong="G2596" let|strong="G0630" him|strong="G0846" go|strong="G0630" free|strong="G0630". But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" told Pilate|strong="G4091" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G1392" not|strong="G3739" want him|strong="G0846".
14 Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" holy|strong="G0040" and|strong="G2532" good, but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" said|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" did not|strong="G2532" want him|strong="G2532". You|strong="G5210" told Pilate to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5483" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G2532" murderer|strong="G5406" instead|strong="G1161" of|strong="G0435" Jesus|strong="G2532".
15 And|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" killed|strong="G0615" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" gives life|strong="G2222"! But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3739" from|strong="G1537" death|strong="G0615". We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" witnesses|strong="G3144" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3588"—we|strong="G2249" saw it|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2316" own eyes.
16 “This|strong="G3778" crippled man|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3739" healed because|strong="G1223" we|strong="G3739" trusted in|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G0846". It|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3739" Jesus’ power that|strong="G3739" made him|strong="G0846" well|strong="G2532". You|strong="G5210" can|strong="G1325" see|strong="G1492" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" made completely well|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G0846". You|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" saw|strong="G1492" it|strong="G0846" happen!
17 “My|strong="G3754" brothers|strong="G0080", I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G1492" to|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G4238" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" were|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4238". And|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="G3754" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G1492" any more|strong="G2596" than|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G1492".
18 But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" said these|strong="G3739" things|strong="G3956" would|strong="G5547" happen. Through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396" he|strong="G0846" said that|strong="G3739" his|strong="G0846" Messiah|strong="G5547" would|strong="G5547" suffer|strong="G3958" and|strong="G1161" die|strong="G1223". I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3956" told you|strong="G3739" how|strong="G3779" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G4137" this|strong="G3779" happen.
19 So|strong="G3767" you|strong="G5210" must|strong="G1994" change your|strong="G2962" hearts and|strong="G2532" lives. Come|strong="G2064" back|strong="G1994" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G4314", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2962" forgive your|strong="G2962" sins|strong="G0266".
20 Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" will|strong="G2962" give|strong="G2064" you|strong="G5210" times|strong="G2540" of|strong="G0575" spiritual rest. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2962" send|strong="G0649" you|strong="G5210" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" chose to|strong="G2064" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Messiah|strong="G5547".
21 “But|strong="G2316" Jesus|strong="G0846" must|strong="G1163" stay in|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G3772" until|strong="G0891" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="G5550" when|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1163" made|strong="G2980" right|strong="G0891" again. God|strong="G2316" told|strong="G2980" about|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550" when|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G2980" long|strong="G5550" ago|strong="G0575" through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" holy|strong="G0040" prophets|strong="G4396".
22 Moses|strong="G3475" said|strong="G3004", ‘The|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" your|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" give|strong="G0191" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G5613" prophet|strong="G4396". That|strong="G3754" prophet|strong="G4396" will|strong="G2316" come|strong="G0191" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2962" own|strong="G0846" people|strong="G3956". He|strong="G0846" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G3956" like|strong="G5613" me|strong="G3004". You|strong="G5210" must|strong="G3588" obey|strong="G0191" everything|strong="G3956" he|strong="G0846" tells you|strong="G5210".
23 And|strong="G1161" anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" refuses to|strong="G0191" obey|strong="G0191" that|strong="G1565" prophet|strong="G4396" will|strong="G1510" die, separated from|strong="G1537" God’s people|strong="G2992".’
24 “Samuel|strong="G4545", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" other|strong="G1161" prophets|strong="G4396" who|strong="G3588" spoke|strong="G2980" for|strong="G0575" God|strong="G2980" after|strong="G1161" Samuel|strong="G4545", said|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3778" this|strong="G3778" time|strong="G2250" would|strong="G4396" come.
25 And|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" those|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" talked about|strong="G1722" is|strong="G1510" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210", their|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G4690". You|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1510" received the|strong="G3956" agreement that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1303" with|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962". God|strong="G2316" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="G0011", ‘Every|strong="G3956" nation on|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" blessed|strong="G1757" through|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G4690".’
26 God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G0649" his|strong="G0846" special servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G0846". He|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0649" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" first|strong="G4413". He|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0649" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1722" bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G5210" by|strong="G1722" causing each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G0575" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1722" turn|strong="G0654" away|strong="G0654" from|strong="G0575" your|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G4189" ways|strong="G4189".”