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    Acts 3

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    The man asked for money and received a command instead: Peter had no silver or gold, but he had a name, a hand, and a most surprising instruction to a man lame from birth.

    A gift that walked awayvv. 1–10

    At the ninth hour, Peter and John were going up to the temple for prayer when a man lame from birth was carried to the Beautiful Gate, his daily post for begging. He asked for money, looked expectantly at the apostles, and was given neither coin nor the thing he had imagined. Peter took him by the right hand, his feet and ankles became strong, and the man entered the temple walking, leaping, and praising God. The people recognised the former beggar and were left with wonder enough for everyone.

    The Author of lifevv. 11–26

    The healed man clung to Peter and John in Solomon’s Colonnade, while the astonished crowd gathered round. Peter at once refused the starring role: neither his power nor his godliness had made the man walk. Instead he spoke of Jesus, whom the people had rejected before Pilate while asking for a murderer, and whom God had raised from the dead. Thus the speech holds its startling contradiction in plain view: the people killed the Author of life, and God raised Him. Peter then traced the moment through Moses, Samuel, the prophets, Abraham, and the covenant, ending with Jesus sent first to them to bless them by turning each from wicked ways.

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    1. Acts 3:1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

    2. Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

    3. Acts 3:3When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

    4. Acts 3:4Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

    5. Acts 3:5So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

    6. Acts 3:6But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

    7. Acts 3:7Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

    8. Acts 3:8He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

    9. Acts 3:9When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

    10. Acts 3:10they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

    11. Acts 3:11While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

    12. Acts 3:12And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

    13. Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

    14. Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

    15. Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

    16. Acts 3:16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

    17. Acts 3:17And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

    18. Acts 3:18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

    19. Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

    20. Acts 3:20that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.

    21. Acts 3:21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

    22. Acts 3:22For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

    23. Acts 3:23Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’

    24. Acts 3:24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

    25. Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

    26. Acts 3:26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 22Deuteronomy 18:15–19The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
    • 19Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
    • 19Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
    • 19Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
    • 6Acts 3:16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
    • 19Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
    • 1Psalms 55:17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
    • 19Matthew 18:3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
    • 25Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
    • 22Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
    • 1Acts 10:3One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
    • 6Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
    • 6Acts 9:34“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
    • 16Matthew 21:21–22“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
    • 19Psalms 51:9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
    • 6Mark 16:17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

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