1. One day Peter and John went to the Temple. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. This was the time for the daily prayer service.
2. There, at the Temple gate called Beautiful Gate, was a man who had been crippled all his life. Every day he was carried to this gate to beg. He would ask for money from the people going into the Temple.
3. The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple and asked them for money.
4. Peter and John looked straight at him and said, “Look at us!”
5. The man looked at them; he thought they were going to give him some money.
6. But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you: By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth—stand up and walk!”
7. Then Peter took the man’s right hand and lifted him up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8. He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping, and praising God.
9-10. All the people recognized him. They knew he was the crippled man who always sat by the Beautiful Gate begging for money. Now they saw this same man walking and praising God. The people were amazed. They could not understand how this could happen.
11. The man was holding on to Peter and John. All the people were amazed and ran to Peter and John at Solomon’s Porch.
12. When Peter saw this, he said to them, “Men of Israel, why are you surprised? You are looking at us as if it were our own power that made this man walk. Do you think this happened because we are good? No!
13. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, gave glory to Jesus, his servant. But you gave him up to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free. But you told Pilate you did not want Jesus.
14. He was pure and good, but you said you did not want him. You told Pilate to give you a murderer instead of Jesus.
15. And so you killed the One who gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses to this.
16. It was the power of Jesus that made this crippled man well. This happened because we trusted in the power of Jesus. You can see this man, and you know him. He was made completely well because of trust in Jesus. You all saw it happen!