Acts 33ActsWitness in JerusalemMurdock New Testament (Peshitta)

Murdock New Testament (Peshitta)Berean Standard Bible

1. A Lame Man Walks

2. 1MURAnd it occurred, as Simon Cephas and John went together up to the temple, at the time of prayer, being the ninth hour,BSBBSB: One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
3. 2MURthat, lo, those accustomed to bring a man lame from his mother's womb, brought him and laid him at the gate of the temple called Beautiful; that he might ask alms of those going into the temple.BSBBSB: And 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.
4. 3MURThis man, when he saw Simon and John going into the temple, asked them to give him alms.BSBBSB: When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
5. 4MURAnd Simon and John looked on him, and said to him: Look on us.BSBBSB: Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
6. 5MURAnd he looked on them, expecting to receive something from them.BSBBSB: So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
7. 6MURSimon said to him: Gold and silver, I have not; but what I have, I give to thee; in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, the Nazarean, rise up and walk.BSBBSB: 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!”
8. 7MURAnd he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and forthwith, his feet and his heels recovered strength.BSBBSB: Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
9. 8MURAnd he sprang, stood up, and walked: and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.BSBBSB: He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
10. 9MURAnd all the people saw him, as he walked and praised God.BSBBSB: When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
11. 10MURAnd they knew that he was the beggar, who sat daily and asked alms, at the gate called Beautiful: and they were filled with wonder and admiration at what had occurred.BSBBSB: they 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.

12. Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade

    (Deuteronomy 18:15–22)

13. 11MURAnd as he held fast to Simon and John, all the people admiring ran to them at the portico called Solomon's.BSBBSB: While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
14. 12MURAnd when Simon saw it, he answered and said to them: Men, sons of Israel, why do ye wonder at this? or why do ye gaze on us, as if by our own power or authority we had made this man to walk?BSBBSB: And 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?
15. 13MURThe 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 in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free.BSBBSB: The 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.
16. 14MURBut ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you.BSBBSB: You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
17. 15MURAnd that Prince of life ye slew; and him, hath God raised from the dead, and all of us are witnesses of it.BSBBSB: You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
18. 16MURAnd, by the faith in his name, he hath strengthened and cured this man, whom ye see and know; and faith in him hath given the man this soundness before you all.BSBBSB: By 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.
19. 17MURAnd now, my brethren, I know that through misapprehensions ye did this, as did also your chiefs:BSBBSB: And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
20. 18MURand God, according as he had previously announced by the mouth of all the prophets that the Messiah would suffer, hath in this manner fulfilled it.BSBBSB: But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
21. 19MURRepent, therefore, and be converted; that so your sins may be blotted out,BSBBSB: Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
22. 20MURand times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah:BSBBSB: that 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.
23. 21MURwhom the heavens must retain, until the completion of the times of those things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of old.BSBBSB: Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
24. 22MURFor Moses said: A prophet, like me, will the Lord raise up to you, from among your brethren; to him hearken ye, in all that he shall say to you.BSBBSB: For 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.
25. 23MURAnd it will be, that every soul who will not hearken to that prophet, that soul shall perish from his people.BSBBSB: Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
26. 24MURAnd all the prophets that have been, from Samuel and those after him, have spoken and proclaimed of these days.BSBBSB: Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
27. 25MURYe are the children of the prophets: and that covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, that in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed,BSBBSB: And 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.’
28. 26MURhe hath first established to you: and God hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be converted, and repent of your wickedness.BSBBSB: When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”