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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Lame Beggar Is Healed</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_3_1"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.1" class="v44_3_1">1</span>One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer. </span><span class="v44_3_2"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.2" class="v44_3_2">2</span>There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life. Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple. </span><span class="v44_3_3"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.3" class="v44_3_3">3</span>When he saw Peter and John going in, he begged them to give him something. </span><span class="v44_3_4"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.4" class="v44_3_4">4</span>They looked straight at him, and Peter said, “Look at us!” </span><span class="v44_3_5"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.5" class="v44_3_5">5</span>So he looked at them, expecting to get something from them. </span><span class="v44_3_6"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.6" class="v44_3_6">6</span>But Peter said to him, “I have no money at all, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I order you to get up and walk!” </span><span class="v44_3_7"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.7" class="v44_3_7">7</span>Then he took him by his right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong; </span><span class="v44_3_8"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.8" class="v44_3_8">8</span>he jumped up, stood on his feet, and started walking around. Then he went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. </span><span class="v44_3_9"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.9" class="v44_3_9">9</span>The people there saw him walking and praising God, </span><span class="v44_3_10"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.10" class="v44_3_10">10</span>and when they recognized him as the beggar who had sat at the Beautiful Gate, they were all surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.</span></p><h3 class="s">Peter's Message in the Temple</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_3_11"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.11" class="v44_3_11">11</span>As the man held on to Peter and John in Solomon's Porch, as it was called, the people were amazed and ran to them. </span><span class="v44_3_12"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.12" class="v44_3_12">12</span>When Peter saw the people, he said to them, “Fellow Israelites, why are you surprised at this, and why do you stare at us? Do you think that it was by means of our own power or godliness that we made this man walk? </span><span class="v44_3_13"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.13" class="v44_3_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.3.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has given divine glory to his Servant Jesus. But you handed him over to the authorities, and you rejected him in Pilate's presence, even after Pilate had decided to set him free. </span><span class="v44_3_14"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.14" class="v44_3_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.3.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer. </span><span class="v44_3_15"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.15" class="v44_3_15">15</span>You killed the one who leads to life, but God raised him from death—and we are witnesses to this. </span><span class="v44_3_16"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.16" class="v44_3_16">16</span>It was the power of his name that gave strength to this lame man. What you see and know was done by faith in his name; it was faith in Jesus that has made him well, as you can all see.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_3_17"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.17" class="v44_3_17">17</span>“And now, my friends, I know that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was due to your ignorance. </span><span class="v44_3_18"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.18" class="v44_3_18">18</span>God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way. </span><span class="v44_3_19"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.19" class="v44_3_19">19</span>Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do, </span><span class="v44_3_20"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.20" class="v44_3_20">20</span>times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you. </span><span class="v44_3_21"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.21" class="v44_3_21">21</span>He must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new, as God announced through his holy prophets of long ago. </span><span class="v44_3_22"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.22" class="v44_3_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.3.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me,<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.3.22!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and he will be one of your own people. You are to obey everything that he tells you to do. </span><span class="v44_3_23"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.23" class="v44_3_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.3.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Anyone who does not obey that prophet shall be separated from God's people and destroyed.’ </span><span class="v44_3_24"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.24" class="v44_3_24">24</span>And all the prophets who had a message, including Samuel and those who came after him, also announced what has been happening these days. </span><span class="v44_3_25"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.25" class="v44_3_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.3.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.’ </span><span class="v44_3_26"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.3.26" class="v44_3_26">26</span>And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.22: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">just as he sent me; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">like me.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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