![]() ![]() For a while they listened, too, then they went away angry because Peter taught that Jesus had risen from the dead. And they heard Peter preaching to the wondering people who stood in the porch. Soon the rulers of the temple, the chief priests, and other religious leaders who had caused Jesus to be put to death, heard about the healing of the lame man. These and more words Peter spoke earnestly to the listening crowd and many of the people believed in Jesus and were saved. God will forgive them and you will be free from their guilt.” And now, if you will repent of your sins, they will be blotted out. Peter, seeing their sorrow, said to them, “I know you did not realize what you were doing when you cried out in the mob to crucify the Lord of glory, neither did your rulers know but God had showed by the prophets’ writings how these very things would happen to his Son. The listening people were made sad to think they had not believed in Jesus while he was with them. And through faith in the name of Jesus this man who was always crippled now walks, and has perfect strength in the presence of you all.” But you killed the Prince of life, this same Jesus whom God raised up from the dead, and of whom we are witnesses. ![]() “Even in the presence of Pilate, the Roman governor,” said Peter, “you denied Jesus, when Pilate was determined to let him go. He told them that the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, whom they called their forefathers, had glorified his Son Jesus, whom they had refused to believe. Seeing the people gather, Peter spoke to them and said, “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this what had happened to the lame man? And why do you look so earnestly upon us, as though we by our own power or holiness made this man to walk?” The happy man, wishing to express his great joy, then seized Peter and John, and while the three stood on Solomon’s porch the astonished people gathered round to look on them. The people who saw him walking and leaping for joy were amazed, because they knew he was the same beggar who had asked them for money when they entered the gate. With Peter and John he went into the temple, and there he rejoiced aloud. Then the man sprang up and walked and leaped about, praising God. ![]() With these words Peter took the surprised man by his right hand and lifted him up, and at once strength came into the feet and ankles that had always been helpless. Seeing his pitiful condition, Peter said to the man, “Look on us!”Īnd the cripple looked up, expecting to receive at least a small coin.īut Peter said to him, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you.” Then with a tone of command he said: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk!” The two apostles stopped and turned to look for him. He called them and asked for a gift of money, just as he had begged from every other passer-by. As they were about to enter the Beautiful gate, the crippled beggar saw them. One afternoon Peter and John went up to the temple to pray. He believed that when these people saw him they would pity him and give him money. His friends carried him to the temple gate, where many people entered each day to pray. Because this poor man could not walk, he begged for a living. Now he was a grown man, forty years old, and every morning his friends carried him to the place where he lay just outside the Beautiful gate. From his babyhood he had always been a cripple, unable to move himself about. JUST OUTSIDE THE gate called Beautiful which led into the temple sat a poor cripple who had never walked a step. ![]() With a tone of command Peter said, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk!” Peter Heals The Crippled Beggar Acts 3:1 to Acts 4:31 Today’s Bible Story Monday, December 23, 2013 ![]()
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