1 En Petrus en Johannes het saam na die tempel opgegaan op die uur van die gebed, die negende uur.

2 En daar is 'n sekere man aangedra wat van sy geboorte af kreupel was; hulle het hom elke dag neergesit by die tempelpoort wat die Skone genoem word, om 'n aalmoes te vra van die wat in die tempel ingaan.

3 Toe hy sien dat Petrus en Johannes die tempel wou binnegaan, het hy om 'n aalmoes gevra.

4 En Petrus saam met Johannes het hom stip aangekyk en gesê: Kyk na ons.

5 En hy het sy oë op hulle gehou in die verwagting dat hy iets van hulle sou ontvang.

6 Maar Petrus sê: Silwer en goud het ek nie; maar wat ek het, dit gee ek vir jou: In die Naam van Jesus Christus, die Nasar,ner, staan op en loop!

7 Toe gryp hy hom aan sy regterhand en rig hom op, en onmiddellik het sy voete en enkels sterk geword.

8 En hy het opgespring en gestaan en rondgeloop en saam met hulle in die tempel ingegaan terwyl hy rondloop en spring en God prys.

9 En die hele volk het gesien hoe hy daar loop en God prys.

10 En hulle het hom herken, dat dit hy was wat by die Skone Poort van die tempel gesit het om te bedel, en hulle is vervul met verwondering en verbasing oor wat met hom gebeur het.

11 En toe die kreupel man wat genees was, aan Petrus en Johannes vashou, het die hele volk uitermate verbaas na hulle gehardloop in die pilaargang wat Salomo s'n genoem word.

12 En toe Petrus dit sien, sê hy vir die volk: Israeliete, waarom is julle hieroor verwonderd, of waarom kyk julle ons so aan asof ons deur ons eie krag of godsvrug bewerk het dat hy loop?

13 Die God van Abraham en Isak en Jakob, die God van ons vaders, het sy Kind Jesus verheerlik, Hom wat julle oorgelewer en voor Pilatus verloën het toe hy besluit het om Hom los te laat.

14 En julle het die Heilige en Regverdige verloën en gevra dat 'n moordenaar aan julle geskenk sou word,

15 en die Leidsman tot die lewe het julle gedood. God het Hom uit die dode opgewek, waarvan ons getuies is.

16 En deur die geloof in sy Naam het sy Naam hierdie man, wat julle sien en ken, sterk gemaak, en die geloof wat deur Hom is, het hom hierdie volkome gesondheid gegee in die teenwoordigheid van julle almal.

17 En nou, broeders, ek weet dat julle dit in onwetendheid gedoen het, net soos julle owerstes;

18 maar God het op die manier vervul wat Hy tevore verkondig het deur die mond van al sy profete, dat die Christus sou ly.

19 Kom dan tot inkeer en bekeer julle, sodat julle sondes uitgewis kan word en tye van verkwikking van die aangesig van die Here mag kom,

20 en Hy Hom mag stuur wat vooraf aan julle verkondig is, naamlik Jesus Christus,

21 Hom wat die hemel moet ontvang tot op die tye van die wederoprigting van alle dinge, waarvan God van ouds af gespreek het deur die mond van al sy heilige profete.

22 Want Moses het tot die vaders gespreek: Die Here julle God sal vir julle 'n Profeet verwek uit julle broeders net soos ek is; na Hom moet julle luister volgens alles wat Hy met julle sal spreek.

23 En elke siel wat nie na die Profeet luister nie, sal uit die volk uitgeroei word.

24 En ook al die profete van Samuel af en die wat gevolg het, almal wat gespreek het, het ook hierdie dae aangekondig.

25 En julle is kinders van die profete en van die verbond wat God met ons vaders gesluit het toe Hy vir Abraham gesê het: En in jou saad sal al die geslagte van die aarde geseënword.

26 God het, nadat Hy sy Kind Jesus opgewek het, Hom eers vir julle gestuur om julle te seën deur elkeen van sy booshede te bekeer.

1 Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3 who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us. 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk. 7 And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength. 8 And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 10 and they took knowledge of him, that it was he that 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.

11 And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14 But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you, 15 and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. 16 And by faith in his name hath his name made this man strong, whom ye behold and know: yea, the faith which is through him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. 19 Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus: 21 whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old. 22 Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; to him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you. 23 And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days. 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.