1 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy. 4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us." 5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!" 7 He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. 8 Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

12 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses. 16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17 "Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets. 22 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you. 23 It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, also told of these days. 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness."

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.