1 One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G5610", as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" three|strong="G1766" o’clock Prayers|strong="G4335",
2 a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100", who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" birth|strong="G2836", was|strong="G3588" being|strong="G5225" carried|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1537". This|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5100" used to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" set|strong="G5087" down|strong="G5087" every|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G2374" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413" called|strong="G3004" “the|strong="G2532" Beautiful|strong="G5611" Gate|strong="G2374",” to|strong="G1519" beg of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" went|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519".
3 Seeing|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G2532" entering|strong="G1524", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" give him|strong="G3588" something|strong="G3708".
4 Peter|strong="G4074" fixed his|strong="G1519" eyes on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", and|strong="G1161" then|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", ‘Look at|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004".’
5 The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G3588" all|strong="G1161" attention|strong="G1907", expecting|strong="G4328" to|strong="G5100" get something|strong="G5100" from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588";
6 but|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" added, ‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" gold|strong="G5553" or|strong="G2532" silver, but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192". In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" of|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3480", get|strong="G2192" up|strong="G1325" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043".’
7 Grasping the|strong="G2532" lame man by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G5495", Peter|strong="G4084" lifted|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453". Instantly the|strong="G2532" man’s feet and|strong="G2532" ankles|strong="G4974" became|strong="G3588" strong|strong="G2532",
8 and|strong="G2532", leaping|strong="G2476" up|strong="G1519", he|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" began to|strong="G1519" walk|strong="G4043" about|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts, walking|strong="G4043", and|strong="G2532" leaping|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" praising God|strong="G2316".
9 All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" about|strong="G4043" and|strong="G2532" praising God|strong="G2316";
10 and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" recognised him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" man who|strong="G3588" used to|strong="G4314" sit|strong="G2521" begging at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Beautiful|strong="G5611" Gate|strong="G4439" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" utterly astonished|strong="G2285" and|strong="G2532" amazed|strong="G2285" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G4819" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588".
11 While|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" still clung to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" all|strong="G3956" quickly gathered round|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Colonnade named|strong="G2564" after|strong="G1161" Solomon|strong="G4672", in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" greatest astonishment.
12 On|strong="G1909" seeing|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778", Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992", ‘People|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1411" Israel|strong="G2475", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3708" surprised|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778"? And|strong="G1161" why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3708" stare at|strong="G1909" us|strong="G4160", as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249", by|strong="G1909" any|strong="G1909" power|strong="G1411" or|strong="G2228" piety|strong="G2150" of|strong="G1411" our|strong="G4314" own|strong="G2398", had|strong="G3588" enabled this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" walk|strong="G4043"?
13 The|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Abraham, Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384", the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962", has|strong="G2316" done honour|strong="G1392" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424" – him|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" gave|strong="G3860" up|strong="G3860" and|strong="G2532" disowned before|strong="G2596" Pilate|strong="G4091", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" decided|strong="G2919" to|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" free.
14 You|strong="G5210", I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532", disowned the|strong="G2532" holy and|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" one|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" asked for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" release of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" murderer|strong="G5406"!
15 The|strong="G1537" guide to|strong="G1161" life|strong="G2222" you|strong="G3739" put to|strong="G1161" death|strong="G3498"! But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" dead|strong="G3498" – and|strong="G1161" of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" ourselves|strong="G2249" witnesses|strong="G3144".
16 And|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" see|strong="G1492" and|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492", has|strong="G3739" – by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" – been|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3956" strong|strong="G2532". Yes, it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" inspired by|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" made|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778" complete|strong="G3956" cure of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778", before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" eyes of|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956".
17 And|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532", my|strong="G3754" friends, I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" acted|strong="G4238" as|strong="G5618" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" ignorance, and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" rulers also|strong="G2532".
18 But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" fulfilled|strong="G4137" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" long ago foretold|strong="G4293", as|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" sufferings|strong="G3958" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" Christ|strong="G5547", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396".
19 Therefore|strong="G3767", repent|strong="G3340" and|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" so|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2962" sins may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" wiped|strong="G1813" away|strong="G1813"; so|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3588" happier times|strong="G2540" may|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" himself,
20 and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" send you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", your|strong="G2962" long-appointed Christ|strong="G5547".
21 But|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G3772" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1163" his|strong="G3956" home, until the|strong="G3956" days of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" Universal Restoration, of|strong="G1223" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" spoken|strong="G2980" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" holy prophets|strong="G4396" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" very|strong="G3588" first|strong="G3588".
22 Moses|strong="G3475" himself said|strong="G3004" –
23 And|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="G3956" among|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" not|strong="G3361" listen to|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" utterly|strong="G1842" destroyed|strong="G1842".”
24 Yes|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" from|strong="G2532" Samuel|strong="G4545" onwards, and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" their|strong="G2532" successors|strong="G2517" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" message to|strong="G2532" deliver, told|strong="G2980" of|strong="G2250" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250".
25 You|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" heirs of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396", and|strong="G2532" heirs, too|strong="G2532", of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1303" with|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Abraham –
26 For|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", first|strong="G4413", God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G2316" up|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3816", and|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G2316" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G5210", by|strong="G1722" turning|strong="G1722" each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1722" wicked|strong="G4189" ways|strong="G4189".’