Acts - Chapter 3

Passage

Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer. And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple. He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us. But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them. But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk. And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up: and forthwith his feet and soles received strength. And he leaping up, stood and walked and went in with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him. And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them, to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. But Peter seeing, made answer to the people: You men of Israel, why wonder you at this? Or why look you upon us, as if by our strength or power we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released. But you denied the Holy One and the Just: and desired a murderer to be granted to you. But the author of life you killed, whom God has raised from the dead: of which we are witnesses. And in the faith of his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, has his name strengthened. And the faith which is by him has given this perfect soundness in the sight of you all. And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance: as did also your rulers. But those things which God before had showed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled. Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out. That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who has been preached to you, Jesus Christ. Whom heaven indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world. For Moses said: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like to me: him you shall hear according to all things whatever he shall speak to you. And it shall be, that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people. And all the prophets, from Samuel and afterwards, who have spoken, have told of these days. You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. To you first, God, raising up his Son, has sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.