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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Acts 3 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Acts 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/2.htm" title="Acts 2">◄</a> Acts 3 <a href="../acts/4.htm" title="Acts 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/acts/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Lame Beggar Healed</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, 3 p.m.">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And all the people saw him walking and praising God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.</p> <p class="heading">Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Portico</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or child; also verse 26">b</a></sup></span> Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek him">c</a></sup></span> has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> That is, <span class="us-time">3 p.m.</span><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>child</i>; also verse 26<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Greek <i>him</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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