Acts 3:1-12

1Now 1Peter and John were going up to the temple at the 2ninth hour, 3the hour of prayer. 2And 4a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they 5used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, 6in order to beg 7alms of those who were entering the temple. 3When he saw 8Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms. 4But Peter, along with John, 9fixed his gaze on him and said, “Look at us!” 5And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: 10In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene--walk!” 7And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. 81112With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9And 13all the people saw him walking and praising God; 10and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to 14sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

11While he was clinging to 15Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called 1617portico of Solomon, full of amazement. 12But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?