1 Once when Peter and John were going up to the Temple at three in the afternoon, the hour for prayer,
2 a man crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day they would bring him and put him at the temple gate called "Beautiful"; there he begged from those who entered the Temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple, he asked for alms.
4 Then Peter with John at his side looked straight at him and said, "Look at us."
5 So he looked at them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said, "I have neither silver nor gold, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, walk!"
7 Then he took the beggar by his right hand and helped him up. At once his feet and ankles became firm,
8 and jumping up he stood on his feet and began to walk. And he went with them into the Temple walking and leaping and praising God.
9 All the people saw him walking and praising God;
10 they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, and they were all astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.
11 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, struck with astonishment, came running to them in Solomon's Porch, as it was called.
12 When Peter saw the people, he said to them, "Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if it was by some power or holiness of our own that we made this man walk?
13 The God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus whom you handed over to death and denied before Pilate, when even Pilate had decided to release him.
14 You rejected the Holy and Just One, and you insisted that a murderer be released to you.
15 You killed the Master of life, but God raised him from the dead and we are witnesses to this.
16 It is his Name, and faith in his Name, that has healed this man whom you see and recognize. The faith which comes through Jesus has given him wholeness in the presence of all of you.
17 Yet I know that you acted out of ignorance, as did your leaders.
18 God has fulfilled in this way what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.
19 Repent, then, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out
20 and the time of refreshment may come by the mercy of God, when he sends the Messiah appointed for you, Jesus.
21 For he must remain in heaven until the time of the universal restoration which God spoke of long ago through his holy prophets.
22 Moses foretold this when he said: The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall listen to him in all that he says to you.
23 Whoever does not listen to that prophet is to be cut off from among his people.
24 In fact, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel onward, have announced the events of these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets and heirs of the covenant which God gave to your ancestors when he said to Abraham: All the families of the earth will be blessed through your descendant.
26 It is to you first that God sends his Servant; he raised him to life to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."
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Chapter 3 of Acts of the Apostles narrates the healing of a lame man who was at the temple door asking for alms. Peter and John, as they pass him, heal him in the name of Jesus Christ. This episode results in a great commotion of the people who witnessed the miracle and Peter takes the opportunity to preach about Jesus as the Messiah and urges the people to repentance and conversion. The verses related to the themes of the chapter are:
Psalm 103:3: "He is the one who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your illnesses" Peter and John cure a man who was sick from birth, showing that Jesus is able to heal and forgive sins.
Acts of the Apostles 2:38: "Peter answered them, He repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Peter preaches about repentance and conversion, showing that it is through Jesus that we can be forgiven and receive the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 53:5: "But he was wounded because of our transgressions, and ground because of our iniquities; the punishment that brings us peace was upon him, and by his footsteps we were healed." The healing of man lame through faith in Jesus Christ occurs in compliance with a prophecy of Isaiah, which shows that he was wounded to give us peace and heal us.
Matthew 4:23: "And Jesus roamed all Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all the diseases and diseases among the people." The healing of the lame man in Acts 3 is an example of the continuation of the ministry of Jesus Christ, who healed the sick and preached the gospel.
Mark 16:17-18: "And these signs will follow those who believe, in my name they will expel demons; they will speak new tongues; they will take the snakes; and if they drink something deadly, they will make them no damage; sick, and will heal them. " Peter and John show supernatural power in healing the lame man in the name of Jesus Christ, fulfilling the promise of signs and wonders to those who believe in Jesus.
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