Open English Translation ACTs Chapter 3

3 One afternoon around 3pm, Peter and Yohan were going to the prayer meeting in the temple. 2 Now there was a man who had been lame from birth, and every day he was placed beside a door into the temple—an entry named ‘Beautiful Door’. From there he could beg from the people entering the temple. 3 He saw Peter and Yohan about to enter into the temple, so he asked them for a donation, 4 but Peter and Yohan, looking closely at him said, “Look at us!” 5 So the man grabbed onto them, expecting to get given something by them. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I’ll give you what I do have. With the authority of Yeshua the messiah from Nazareth, I command you to walk.” 7 Then Peter grabbed the man by the right hand and pulled him upwards. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles were strengthened 8 and he jumped up and stood and started walking and went into the temple with them, walking and skipping and praising God. 9 All the people there saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognising that he was the man who usually sat outside begging at the ‘Beautiful Door’ of the temple, they were astonished and astounded at what had happened to him.

11 As the man clung onto Peter and Yohan, all the people ran to see them in Solomon’s Porch and they were really astounded. 12 But when Peter saw the crowd, he answered their thoughts, “Fellow Israelis, why are you all puzzled about this, and why are you staring at us as if this man is walking because of our power or closeness to God.” 13 [ref]The god of Abraham, Isaac, and Yacob—the god of our fathers—gave honour to his servant, Yeshua, who you handed over to be killed and then you rejected him when Pilate had judged him and wanted to release him. 14 [ref]You disowned this man who was innocent and sinless, and instead you requested that a murderer be released to you. 15 However in doing so, you killed the creator of life, who God then raised from the dead as we can attest. 16 Now it’s our faith in the authority of Yeshua that has strengthened the legs of this man that you have seen and that you already knew—this authority and faith that comes from Yeshua completely healed this man right in front of you all.

17 So now, friends, I know that you did all that in ignorance, just like your leaders, 18 but actually God was fulfilling what he had had written by the prophets, that the messiah should suffer. 19 Because of that, you all need to repent and turn back to God so that your sins can be erased, 20 and then times of refreshing will come from the presence of the master, and so that he may send Yeshua the messiah who has been appointed, back to save you. 21 For now it is appropriate for heaven to receive him, until the times of restoration of everything, which again God has had written by the faithful prophets. 22 [ref]Indeed Moses said, ‘The master, our God will raise up a prophet for you that’s like one of your own brothers. You must listen to everything he says—whatever he tells you. 23 [ref]Everyone who doesn’t listen to that prophet will end up totally destroyed and not part of God’s people.’ 24 Similarly, the prophets from Samuel onwards spoke in turn, and when they spoke they foretold these current days. 25 [ref]And you are the descendants of those prophets, and part of the agreement between God and your ancestors, when he told Abraham, ‘All the families in the world will be blessed by one of your descendants.’ 26 God had raised up his servant and sent him to you Jews first, to bless you by turning each of you away from your own wicked behaviour.”