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Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
Chapter 3
The Encounter at the Beautiful Gate
1  Πέτρος δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀνέβαινον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τὴν ἐνάτην. 2  καί τις ἀνὴρ χωλὸς ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων ἐβαστάζετο, ὃν ἐτίθουν καθ' ἡμέραν πρὸς τὴν θύραν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τὴν λεγομένην Ὡραίαν τοῦ αἰτεῖν ἐλεημοσύνην παρὰ τῶν εἰσπορευομένων εἰς τὸ ἱερόν· 3  ὃς ἰδὼν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην μέλλοντας εἰσιέναι εἰς τὸ ἱερόν, ἠρώτα ἐλεημοσύνην λαβεῖν. 4  ἀτενίσας δὲ Πέτρος εἰς αὐτὸν σὺν τῷ Ἰωάννῃ εἶπεν, βλέψον εἰς ἡμᾶς. 5  ὁ δὲ ἐπεῖχεν αὐτοῖς προσδοκῶν τι παρ' αὐτῶν λαβεῖν.
1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer—the ninth hour. 2And a certain man, who had been lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried along; they would place him every day at the temple gate called “Beautiful” so he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. 3When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive an alms-gift. 4But Peter, along with John, gazed intently at him and said, “Look at us!” 5So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
A Greater Gift
6  εἶπεν δὲ Πέτρος, ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον οὐχ ὑπάρχει μοι, ὃ δὲ ἔχω τοῦτό σοι δίδωμι· ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου [ἔγειρε καὶ] περιπάτει. 7  καὶ πιάσας αὐτὸν τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν· παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐστερεώθησαν αἱ βάσεις αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σφυδρά, 8  καὶ ἐξαλλόμενος ἔστη καὶ περιεπάτει καὶ εἰσῆλθεν σὺν αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν περιπατῶν καὶ ἁλλόμενος καὶ αἰνῶν τὸν θεόν.
6But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not possess, but what I do have, this I give to you: In 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 made strong. 8Leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking and leaping and praising God.
9  καὶ εἶδεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτὸν περιπατοῦντα καὶ αἰνοῦντα τὸν θεόν· 10  ἐπεγίνωσκον δὲ αὐτὸν ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ πρὸς τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καὶ ἐκστάσεως ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ.
9And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10And they recognized him as the one who used to sit for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
Peter’s Second Sermon
Peter’s Address in Solomon’s Portico
11  Κρατοῦντος δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην συνέδραμεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῇ στοᾷ τῇ καλουμένῃ Σολομῶντος ἔκθαμβοι. 12  ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος ἀπεκρίνατο πρὸς τὸν λαόν, ἄνδρες Ἰσραηλῖται, τί θαυμάζετε ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἢ ἡμῖν τί ἀτενίζετε ὡς ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ εὐσεβείᾳ πεποιηκόσιν τοῦ περιπατεῖν αὐτόν; 13  ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ [ὁ θεὸς] Ἰσαὰκ καὶ [ὁ θεὸς] Ἰακώβ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, {Ex. 3:6,15} ἐδόξασεν τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν ὃν ὑμεῖς μὲν παρεδώκατε καὶ ἠρνήσασθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Πιλάτου, κρίναντος ἐκείνου ἀπολύειν· 14  ὑμεῖς δὲ τὸν ἅγιον καὶ δίκαιον ἠρνήσασθε καὶ ᾐτήσασθε ἄνδρα φονέα χαρισθῆναι ὑμῖν, 15  τὸν δὲ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς ζωῆς ἀπεκτείνατε ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, οὗ ἡμεῖς μάρτυρές ἐσμεν. 16  καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ τοῦτον ὃν θεωρεῖτε καὶ οἴδατε, ἐστερέωσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ πίστις ἡ δι' αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν ταύτην ἀπέναντι πάντων ὑμῶν.
11While the man was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the portico called Solomon’s, utterly astounded. 12When Peter saw this, 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 had made him walk? 13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of our fathers {Ex. 3:6,15} has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and disowned in the presence of Pilate, even after he had decided to release Him. 14But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15and you killed the Author of Life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. 16And by faith in His name, His name itself has strengthened this man whom you see and know; yes, the faith that comes through Him has given this man this complete wholeness in the presence of you all.”
A Call to Repentance and Restoration
17  καὶ νῦν, ἀδελφοί, οἶδα ὅτι κατὰ ἄγνοιαν ἐπράξατε ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν· 18  ὁ δὲ θεός, ἃ προκατήγγειλεν διὰ στόματος πάντων τῶν προφητῶν παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐπλήρωσεν οὕτως. 19  μετανοήσατε οὖν καὶ ἐπιστρέψατε εἰς τὸ ἐξαλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας, 20  ὅπως ἄν ἔλθωσιν καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἀποστείλῃ τὸν προκεχειρισμένον ὑμῖν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, 21  ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν μὲν δέξασθαι ἄχρι χρόνων ἀποκαταστάσεως πάντων ὧν ἐλάλησεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων ἀπ' αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶν.
17"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did. 18But in this way God has fulfilled what He announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Christ would suffer. 19Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, 20so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send the Christ appointed for you—Jesus. 21It is necessary for heaven to receive Him until the times of the restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient times.”
The Testimony of Moses and the Prophets
22  Μωϋσῆς μὲν εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ· αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἄν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς. {Deut. 18:15-16} 23  ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ. {Deut. 18:19} 24  καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ προφῆται ἀπὸ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν καθεξῆς ὅσοι ἐλάλησαν καὶ κατήγγειλαν τὰς ἡμέρας ταύτας. 25  ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ, καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου εὐλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς. {Gen. 22:18; 16:4} 26  ὑμῖν πρῶτον ἀναστήσας ὁ θεὸς τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εὐλογοῦντα ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέφειν ἕκαστον ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν.
22"Moses indeed said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; you shall listen to Him in everything He says to you. {Deut. 18:15-16} 23And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ {Deut. 18:19} 24And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed, as many as have spoken, also announced these days. 25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God ratified with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ {Gen. 22:18; 16:4} 26God, having raised up His Servant, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”