4.
Peter's second message to the Jews
3:1-26
a.
The healing of a lame man
vv. 1-10
Acts 3
:1
3:1
Now Peter and John were going up into the
1atemple at the
2bninth-hour prayer;
Acts 3
:2
3:2
And a certain man who had been
alame from his mother's womb was being carried
there, whom they had laid day by day at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms from those entering into the temple.
Acts 3
:3
3:3
And he, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, began to ask to receive alms.
Acts 3
:4
3:4
And Peter, gazing at him with John, said, Look at us!
Acts 3
:5
3:5
And he turned his attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Acts 3
:6
3:6
But Peter said,
1Silver and gold I do
anot possess, but what I have, this I give to you: In the
bname of Jesus Christ the
2cNazarene 3rise up and walk.
Acts 3
:7
3:7
And he seized him by the right hand and raised him up; and instantly his feet and ankles were made strong.
Acts 3
:8
3:8
And aleaping up and about, he stood and began to walk, and he entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and
bpraising God.
Acts 3
:9
3:9
And all the
apeople saw him walking and praising God,
Acts 3
:10
3:10
And they recognized him, that he was the one who had been sitting for alms at the temple's Beautiful Gate; and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.
b.
The message
vv. 11-26
1)
Testifying of Jesus in His death and resurrection
vv. 11-18
Acts 3
:11
3:11
And while he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people ran together toward them at the
aportico called Solomon's, greatly amazed.
Acts 3
:12
3:12
And when Peter saw
this, he replied to the people,
1Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this? Or why are you gazing at us, as though by our own power or godliness we have made him walk?
Acts 3
:13
3:13
The 1aGod of Abraham and
2Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has
3bglorified His
cServant Jesus, whom you
ddelivered up and
edenied in the presence of
fPilate, when he had decided to
grelease Him.
Acts 3
:14
3:14
But you denied the
aholy and
brighteous One and
casked that a man
who was a murderer be granted to you;
Acts 3
:15
3:15
And the
1Author of
alife you
bkilled, whom
2God has
craised from the dead, of
3which we are
dwitnesses.
Acts 3
:16
3:16
And 1upon faith in His
aname, His
2name has made this man strong, whom you behold and know; and the faith which is through Him has given him this wholeness
of health before you all.
Acts 3
:17
3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in
aignorance, as also your rulers did;
Acts 3
:18
3:18
But the things which God
1announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that
aHis Christ would
bsuffer, He has thus fulfilled.
2)
Exhorting people to repent and turn that they may partake of the ascended and coming Christ
vv. 19-26
Acts 3
:19
3:19
aRepent therefore and turn, that your sins may be
bwiped away,
Acts 3
:20
3:20
So that seasons of
1refreshing may come from the presence of the
2Lord and that He may send the Christ, who has been previously
aappointed for you, Jesus,
Acts 3
:21
3:21
Whom heaven must indeed receive until the
1times of the
arestoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy
bprophets 2from of old.
Acts 3
:22
3:22
Moses said,
a"A
1Prophet will the Lord your God
braise up unto you from your brothers, like me; Him shall you
chear in whatever things He speaks to you.
Acts 3
:23
3:23
aAnd it shall be
that every soul who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly
bdestroyed from among the people.''
Acts 3
:24
3:24
And also all the prophets, from
aSamuel and those in succession after
him, as many as spoke, also announced these days.
Acts 3
:25
3:25
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with your fathers, saying to Abraham,"And
ain your
1seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.''
Acts 3
:26
3:26
To you
afirst, God, having
braised up His
cServant, has sent
1Him to bless you in
dturning each
of you away from your wicked deeds.
