Acts 3:1-16

1Peter and John were going to the temple courtyard for the three o’clock prayer.

2At the same time, a man who had been lame from birth was being carried by some men. Every day these men would put the lame man at a gate in the temple courtyard. The gate was called Beautiful Gate. There he would beg for handouts from people going into the courtyard.

3When the man saw that Peter and John were about to go into the courtyard, he asked them for a handout.

4Peter and John stared at him. “Look at us!” Peter said.

5So the man watched them closely. He expected to receive something from them.

6However, Peter said to him, “I don’t have any money, but I’ll give you what I do have. Through the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, walk!”

7Peter took hold of the man’s right hand and began to help him up. Immediately, the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

8Springing to his feet, he stood up and started to walk. He went with Peter and John into the temple courtyard. The man was walking, jumping, and praising God.

9All the people saw him walking and praising God.

10They knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the temple’s Beautiful Gate. The people were amazed and stunned to see what had happened to him.

11They were excited, and everyone ran to see them at the place called Solomon’s Porch. The man wouldn’t let go of Peter and John.

12When Peter saw this, he said to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed about this man? Why are you staring at us as though we have made him walk by our own power or godly life?

13The God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed Jesus over to Pilate. You rejected him in Pilate’s presence, even though Pilate had decided to let him go free.

14You rejected the man who was holy and innocent. You asked to have a murderer given to you,

15and you killed the source of life. But God brought him back to life, and we are witnesses to that.

16We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw.