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Acts 3:12-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12. And when he saw it, Peter replied to the people, “Men and Israelites, why are you astonished at this? Or why are you staring at us, as if by our own power or godliness we have made him walk?

13. The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, after he had decided to release him.

14. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and demanded that a man—a murderer—be granted to you.

15. And you killed the originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses!

16. And on the basis of faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know, and the faith that is through him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

17. And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.

18. But the things which God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way.

19. Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be blotted out,

20. so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send the Christ appointed for you—Jesus,

21. whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all things, about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times.

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