A Lame Man Walks

[ One afternoon ] Peter and John were going up vvv vvv together[fn] to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth [hour].[fn] 2 And a man who was lame from vvv vvv birth was being carried [to] the temple gate called Beautiful, [where] he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple [courts].[fn] 3 [When] he saw Peter and John about to enter he asked [them] for money.

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Peter looked directly at him, as [did] John.“Look at us!” said [Peter]. 5 [So] [the man] gave them his attention expecting to receive something from them. 6 But 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![fn]”

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Taking him by the right hand, [Peter] helped him up, and at once [the man’s] feet and ankles were made strong. 8 He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple [courts], walking and leaping and praising God.

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[When] all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 they recognized him [as] the [man] who used to sit vvv vvv [begging] at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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