| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. | 1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. |
| 2And 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 from those who entered the temple; | 2And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts. |
| 3who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. | 3When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money. |
| 4And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” | 4Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!" |
| 5So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. | 5So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. |
| 6Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” | 6But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!" |
| 7And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. | 7Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong. |
| 8So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. | 8He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. |
| 9And all the people saw him walking and praising God. | 9All the people saw him walking and praising God, |
| 10Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. | 10and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him. |
| 11Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. | 11While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon's Portico. |
| 12So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? | 12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety? |
| 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. | 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. |
| 14But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, | 14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. |
| 15and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. | 15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! |
| 16And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. | 16And on the basis of faith in Jesus' name, his very name has made this man--whom you see and know--strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all. |
| 17“Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. | 17And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too. |
| 18But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. | 18But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets--that his Christ would suffer--he has fulfilled in this way. |
| 19Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, | 19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, |
| 20and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, | 20so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you--that is, Jesus. |
| 21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. | 21This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets. |
| 22For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. | 22Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. |
| 23And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ | 23Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.' |
| 24Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. | 24And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days. |
| 25You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ | 25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.' |
| 26To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.” | 26God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities." |
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