Peter Heals a Beggar Who Can’t Walk
1One day Peter and John were going up to the temple. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. It was the time for prayer. 2A man unable to walk was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. He had been that way since he was born. Every day someone put him near the gate. There he would beg from people going into the temple courtyards. 3He saw that Peter and John were about to enter. So he asked them for money. 4Peter looked straight at him, and so did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” 5So the man watched them closely. He expected to get something from them.
6Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold. But I’ll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.” 7Then Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. At once the man’s feet and ankles became strong. 8He jumped to his feet and began to walk. He went with Peter and John into the temple courtyards. He walked and jumped and praised God. 9All the people saw him walking and praising God. 10They recognized him as the same man who used to sit and beg at the temple gate called Beautiful. They were filled with wonder. They were amazed at what had happened to him.
Peter Speaks to the People at the Temple
11The man was holding on to Peter and John. All the people were amazed. They came running to them at the place called Solomon’s Porch. 12When Peter saw this, he said, “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us? It’s not as if we’ve made this man walk by our own power or godliness. 13The God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has done this. God has brought glory to Jesus, who serves him. But you handed Jesus over to be killed. Pilate had decided to let him go. But you spoke against Jesus when he was in Pilate’s court. 14You spoke against the Holy and Blameless One. You asked for a murderer to be set free instead. 15You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. 16This man whom you see and know was made strong because of faith in Jesus’ name. Faith in Jesus has healed him completely. You can see it with your own eyes.
17“My fellow Israelites, I know you didn’t realize what you were doing. Neither did your leaders. 18But God had given a promise through all the prophets. And this is how he has made his promise come true. He said that his Messiah would suffer. 19So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new. 20He will send the Messiah. Jesus has been appointed as the Messiah for you. 21Heaven must receive him until the time when God makes everything new. He promised this long ago through his holy prophets. 22Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me. He will be one of your own people. You must listen to everything he tells you. 23Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’ (Deuteronomy 18:15,18,19)
24“Beginning with Samuel, all the prophets spoke about this. They said these days would come. 25What the prophets said was meant for you. The covenant God made with your people long ago is yours also. He said to Abraham, ‘All nations on earth will be blessed through your children.’ (Genesis 22:18; 26:4) 26God raised up Jesus, who serves him. God sent him first to you. He did it to bless you. He wanted to turn each of you from your evil ways.”
彼得醫治瘸腿的乞丐
1一天，在下午三點禱告的時間，彼得和約翰去聖殿。 2有一個生來瘸腿的人天天被人抬到聖殿美門的外面，向進殿的人乞討。 3他看見彼得和約翰要進殿，就求他們施捨。 4二人定睛看他，彼得說：「看著我們！」 5那人就緊盯著他們，期盼能有所收穫。
6彼得說：「金子、銀子我都沒有，但是我把我有的給你。我奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名，命令你起來行走！」
7彼得拉著他的右手扶他起來，那人的腳和踝骨立刻變得強健有力。 8他跳了起來，站穩後開始行走，跟著彼得和約翰進入聖殿，走著跳著讚美上帝。 9大家看見他一邊走一邊讚美上帝， 10認出他就是那個在美門外面的乞丐，都為發生在他身上的事而感到驚奇、詫異。 11那乞丐緊緊拉著彼得和約翰的手走到所羅門廊，眾人都跑過來，嘖嘖稱奇。
彼得傳揚基督
12彼得看見這情形，就對大家說：「以色列人啊，何必驚奇呢？為什麼一直盯著我們呢？你們以為我們是憑自己的能力和虔誠叫這人行走嗎？ 13亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的上帝，就是我們祖先的上帝，已經使祂的僕人耶穌得了榮耀。你們把耶穌交給彼拉多，儘管彼拉多想釋放祂，你們卻在彼拉多面前棄絕祂！ 14你們棄絕了那聖潔公義者，竟然要求彼拉多釋放一個兇手。 15你們殺了生命之主，上帝卻使祂從死裡復活了。我們都是這事的見證人。 16你們認識的這個乞丐因為相信耶穌的名，得到了醫治。你們都看見了，他能痊癒是因為他信耶穌。
17「弟兄們，我知道你們的所作所為是出於無知，你們的官長也是一樣。 18但是上帝早已藉眾先知預言基督要受害，這事果然應驗了。 19所以你們要悔改，歸向上帝，祂將除去你們一切的罪惡， 20賜給你們煥然一新的日子，也將差遣祂預先為你們選立的基督耶穌降臨。 21基督必須留在天上，直到萬物更新的時候，這是上帝自古以來藉聖先知的口說的。 22摩西曾經說，『主——你們的上帝將要在你們中間興起一位像我一樣的先知。你們要留心聽祂的話， 23凡不聽的，必將他從民中剷除。』
24「從撒母耳到後來的所有先知都宣告過這些日子。 25你們是先知的子孫，也承受了上帝和你們祖先所立的約。上帝曾對亞伯拉罕說，『天下萬族必因你的後裔而蒙福。』 26上帝興起祂的僕人，首先差遣祂到你們中間賜福給你們，使你們脫離罪惡。」
