Acts 3Acts3

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. A Lame Man Walks

2. 1BSBOne afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.KJVKJV: Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
3. 2BSBAnd a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.KJVKJV: And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
4. 3BSBWhen he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.KJVKJV: Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
5. 4BSBPeter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.KJVKJV: And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
6. 5BSBSo the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.KJVKJV: And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
7. 6BSBBut 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!”KJVKJV: Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
8. 7BSBTaking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.KJVKJV: And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
9. 8BSBHe sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.KJVKJV: And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
10. 9BSBWhen all the people saw him walking and praising God,KJVKJV: And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
11. 10BSBthey recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.KJVKJV: And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

12. Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade

    (Deuteronomy 18:15–22)

13. 11BSBWhile the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.KJVKJV: And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
14. 12BSBAnd when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?KJVKJV: And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
15. 13BSBThe God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.KJVKJV: The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
16. 14BSBYou rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.KJVKJV: But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
17. 15BSBYou killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.KJVKJV: And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
18. 16BSBBy faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.KJVKJV: And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
19. 17BSBAnd now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.KJVKJV: And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
20. 18BSBBut in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.KJVKJV: But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
21. 19BSBRepent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,KJVKJV: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
22. 20BSBthat times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.KJVKJV: And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
23. 21BSBHeaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.KJVKJV: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
24. 22BSBFor Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.KJVKJV: For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
25. 23BSBEveryone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’KJVKJV: And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
26. 24BSBIndeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.KJVKJV: Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
27. 25BSBAnd you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’KJVKJV: Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
28. 26BSBWhen God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”KJVKJV: Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.