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* And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer , [which is ] the ninth [hour ]; * and a certain man who was lame from his mother 's womb was being carried , whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful , to ask alms of those who were going into the temple ; * who , seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple , asked to receive alms . * And Peter , looking stedfastly upon him with John , said , Look on us . * And he gave heed to them , expecting to receive something from them . * But Peter said , Silver and gold I have not ; but what I have , this give I to thee : In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk . * And having taken hold of him [by ] the right hand he raised him up , and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong . * And leaping up he stood and walked , and entered with them into the temple , walking , and leaping , and praising God . * And all the people saw him walking and praising God ; * and they recognised him , that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple ; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him . * And as he held Peter and John , all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon 's , greatly wondering . * And Peter , seeing it , answered the people , Men of Israel , why are ye astonished at this ? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk ? * The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob , the God of our fathers , has glorified his servant Jesus , whom ye delivered up , and denied him in the presence of Pilate , when he had judged that he should be let go . * But ye denied the holy and righteous one , and asked that a man [that was ] a murderer should be granted to you ; * but the originator of life ye slew , whom God raised from among [the ] dead , whereof we are witnesses . * And , by faith in his name , his name has made this [man ] strong whom ye behold and know ; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all . * And now , brethren , I know that ye did it in ignorance , as also your rulers ; * but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets , that his Christ should suffer . * Repent therefore and be converted , for the blotting out of your sins , so that times of refreshing may come from [the ] presence of the Lord , * and he may send Jesus Christ , who was foreordained for you , * whom heaven indeed must receive till [the ] times of [the ] restoring of all things , of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began . * Moses indeed said , A prophet shall [the ] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me : him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you . * And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people . * And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him ], as many as have spoken , have announced also these days . * Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers , saying to Abraham , And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed . * To you first God , having raised up his servant , has sent him , blessing you in turning each one [of you ] from your wickedness .

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