Acts 3

A Lame Beggar Healed At The Temple 

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                                    1 One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.                                 

                                    1 Now (A)Peter and John were going up to the temple at the (a)ninth hour, (B)the hour of prayer.                                

                                    1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.                                

                                    1 Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer(A) at three in the afternoon.(a)                                 

                                    1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),                                 
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                                    2 Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.                                 

                                    2 And (C)a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they (D)used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, (E)in order to beg (b)alms of those who were entering the temple.                                

                                    2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;                                

                                    2 And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.(B)                                 

                                    2 and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called (a)Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple.                                 
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                                    3 When he saw that Peter and John were about to go into the Temple, he asked them to give him something.                                

                                    3 When he saw (F)Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.                                

                                    3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.                                

                                    3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help.                                 

                                    3 So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking [them] for coins.                                 
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                                    4 Peter, along with John, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look at us!"                                 

                                    4 But Peter, along with John, (G)fixed his gaze on him and said, “Look at us!”                                

                                    4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.                                

                                    4 Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us.”                                 

                                    4 But Peter, along with John, stared at him intently and said, “Look at us!”                                 
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                                    5 So the man watched them closely, expecting to get something from them.                                 

                                    5 And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.                                

                                    5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.                                

                                    5 So he turned to them,(b) expecting to get something from them.                                 

                                    5 And the man began to pay attention to them, eagerly expecting to receive something from them.                                 
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                                    6 However, Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth, walk!"                                 

                                    6 But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: (H)In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”                                

                                    6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.                                

                                    6 But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”(C)                                 

                                    6 But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!”                                 
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                                    7 Then Peter took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,                                 

                                    7 And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.                                

                                    7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength.                                

                                    7 Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong.                                 

                                    7 Then he seized the man’s right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankles became strong and steady,                                 
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                                    8 and he sprang to his feet, stood up, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the Temple, walking, jumping, and praising God.                                

                                    8 (c)(I)With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.                                

                                    8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.                                

                                    8 So he jumped up, stood, and started to walk, and he entered the temple complex with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.(D)                                 

                                    8 and with a leap he stood up and began to walk; and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.                                 
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                                    9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,                                 

                                    9 And (J)all the people saw him walking and praising God;                                

                                    9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:                                

                                    9 All the people saw him walking and praising God,                                 

                                    9 All the people saw him walking and praising God;                                 
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                                    10 they knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.                                

                                    10 and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to (K)sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.                                

                                    10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.                                

                                    10 and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple complex. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.(E)                                 

                                    10 and they recognized him as the very man who usually sat begging for coins at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement and were mystified at what had happened to him.                                 
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                                    11 While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people came running to them in what was called "Solomon's Colonnade". They were dumbfounded.                                 

                                    11 While he was clinging to (L)Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called (d)(M)portico of Solomon, full of amazement.                                

                                    11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.                                

                                    11 While he(c) was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, greatly amazed, ran toward them in what is called Solomon’s Colonnade.(F)                                 

                                    11 Now while he was still holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly amazed, ran together and crowded around them at the covered porch called Solomon’s portico.                                 
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                                    12 When Peter saw this, he told the people: "Fellow Israelis, why are you wondering about this, and why are you staring at us as if by our own power or godliness we made him walk?                                 

                                    12 But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?                                

                                    12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?                                

                                    12 When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?                                 

                                    12 And Peter, seeing this, said to the people, “You men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?                                 
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                                    13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob     the God of our ancestors     has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even though he had decided to let him go.                                 

                                    13 (N)The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, (O)the God of our fathers, has glorified His (e)(P)servant Jesus, the one whom (Q)you delivered and disowned in the presence of (R)Pilate, when he had (S)decided to release Him.                                

                                    13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.                                

                                    13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers,(G) has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate,(H) when he had decided to release Him.                                 

                                    13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus [doing Him this honor], the One whom you handed over and disowned and rejected before Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.(A)                                 
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                                    14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you,                                 

                                    14 But you disowned (T)the Holy and Righteous One and (U)asked for a murderer to be granted to you,                                

                                    14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;                                

                                    14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One(I) and asked to have a murderer given to you.(J)                                 

                                    14 But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.                                 
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                                    15 and you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses to that.                                 

                                    15 but put to death the (f)(V)Prince of life, the one whom (W)God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are (X)witnesses.                                

                                    15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.                                

                                    15 You killed the source(d) of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.(K)                                 

                                    15 But you killed the Prince (Author, Originator, Source) of life, whom God raised [bodily] from the dead. To this [fact] we are witnesses [for we have seen the risen Christ].                                 
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                                    16 It is his name     that is, by faith in his name     that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.                                

                                    16 And on the basis of faith (Y)in His name, it is (g)the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.                                

                                    16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.                                

                                    16 By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.                                 

                                    16 And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health and complete wholeness in your presence.                                 
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                                    17 "And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance like your leaders.                                 

                                    17 “And now, brethren, I know that you acted (Z)in ignorance, just as your (AA)rulers did also.                                

                                    17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.                                

                                    17 “And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.(L)                                 

                                    17 “Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.                                 
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                                    18 This is how God fulfilled what he had predicted through the voice of all the prophets     that his Messiah would suffer.                                 

                                    18 But the things which (AB)God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, (AC)that His (h)Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.                                

                                    18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.                                

                                    18 But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled(M) in this way.                                 

                                    18 And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer.                                 
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                                    19 Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,                                 

                                    19 Therefore (AD)repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that (AE)times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;                                

                                    19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;                                

                                    19 Therefore repent(N) and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,(O) that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,(e)                                 

                                    19 So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];                                 
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                                    20 so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, whom he appointed long ago to be the Messiah.                                 

                                    20 and that He may send Jesus, the (i)Christ appointed for you,                                

                                    20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:                                

                                    20 and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed(P) for you as the Messiah.                                 

                                    20 and that He may send [to you] Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you,                                 
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                                    21 He must remain in heaven until the time of universal restitution, which God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.                                 

                                    21 (AF)whom heaven must receive until the (j)period of (AG)restoration of all things about which (AH)God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.                                

                                    21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.                                

                                    21 Heaven must welcome(f) Him until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about by the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning.(Q)                                 

                                    21 whom heaven must keep until the time for the [complete] restoration of all things about which God promised through the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.                                 
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                                    22 In fact, Moses said,                                

                                    22 Moses said, ‘(AI)The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet (k)like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.                                

                                    22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.                                

                                    22 Moses said:(g)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 will say to you.                                 

                                    22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet (b)like me from your countrymen; you shall listen to Him and obey everything He tells you.                                 
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                                    23 "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'                                

                                    23 (AJ)And it will be that every (AK)soul that does not heed that prophet (AL)shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’                                

                                    23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.                                

                                    23 And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.(R)(h)                                 

                                    23 And it will be that every person that does not listen to and heed that Prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’(B)                                 
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                                    24 "Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who followed him, also announced these days.                                 

                                    24 And likewise, (AM)all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.                                

                                    24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.                                

                                    24 “In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days.                                 

                                    24 Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also announced these days.                                 
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                                    25 You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, "Through your descendant all the families of the earth will be blessed.'                                 

                                    25 It is you who are (AN)the sons of the prophets and of the (AO)covenant which God (l)made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘(AP)And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’                                

                                    25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.                                

                                    25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.(S)(i)                                 

                                    25 You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’(C)                                 
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                                    26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways."                                

                                    26 For you (AQ)first, God (AR)raised up His (m)Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”                                

                                    26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.                                

                                    26 God raised up His Servant(j) and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”(T)                                

                                    26 It was for you first of all that God raised up His Servant and Son [Jesus], and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”(D)