A Lame Beggar Is Healed
1 One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer. 2 There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life. Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John going in, he begged them to give him something. 4 They looked straight at him, and Peter said, “Look at us!” 5 So he looked at them, expecting to get something from them. 6 But Peter said to him, “I have no money at all, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I order you to get up and walk!” 7 Then he took him by his right hand and helped him up. At once the man's feet and ankles became strong; 8 he jumped up, stood on his feet, and started walking around. Then he went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. 9 The people there saw him walking and praising God, 10 and when they recognized him as the beggar who had sat at the Beautiful Gate, they were all surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.
Peter's Message in the Temple
11 As the man held on to Peter and John in Solomon's Porch, as it was called, the people were amazed and ran to them. 12 When Peter saw the people, he said to them, “Fellow Israelites, why are you surprised at this, and why do you stare at us? Do you think that it was by means of our own power or godliness that we made this man walk? 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has given divine glory to his Servant Jesus. But you handed him over to the authorities, and you rejected him in Pilate's presence, even after Pilate had decided to set him free. 14 He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer. 15 You killed the one who leads to life, but God raised him from death—and we are witnesses to this. 16 It was the power of his name that gave strength to this lame man. What you see and know was done by faith in his name; it was faith in Jesus that has made him well, as you can all see.
17 “And now, my friends, I know that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was due to your ignorance. 18 God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way. 19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do, 20 times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you. 21 He must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new, as God announced through his holy prophets of long ago. 22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people. You are to obey everything that he tells you to do. 23 Anyone who does not obey that prophet shall be separated from God's people and destroyed.’ 24 And all the prophets who had a message, including Samuel and those who came after him, also announced what has been happening these days. 25 The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.’ 26 And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways.”
Guérison d’un boiteux
V. 1-11: cf. Ac 4:9-22Ac 9:32-35Ac 14:8-10.1 Pierre et Jean montaient ensemble au temple, à l’heure de la prière: c’était la neuvième heure. 2 Il y avait un homme boiteux de naissance, qu’on portait et qu’on plaçait tous les jours à la porte du temple appelée la Belle, pour qu’il demandât l’aumône à ceux qui entraient dans le temple. 3 Cet homme, voyant Pierre et Jean qui allaient y entrer, leur demanda l’aumône. 4 Pierre, de même que Jean, fixa les yeux sur lui, et dit: Regarde-nous. 5 Et il les regardait attentivement, s’attendant à recevoir d’eux quelque chose. 6 Alors Pierre lui dit: Je n’ai ni argent, ni or; mais ce que j’ai, je te le donne: au nom de Jésus-Christ de Nazareth, lève-toi et marche. 7 Et le prenant par la main droite, il le fit lever. Au même instant, ses pieds et ses chevilles devinrent fermes; 8 d’un saut il fut debout, et il se mit à marcher. Il entra avec eux dans le temple, marchant, sautant, et louant Dieu. 9 Tout le monde le vit marchant et louant Dieu. 10 Ils reconnaissaient que c’était celui qui était assis à la Belle porte du temple pour demander l’aumône, et ils furent remplis d’étonnement et de surprise au sujet de ce qui lui était arrivé. 11 Comme il ne quittait pas Pierre et Jean, tout le peuple étonné accourut vers eux, au portique dit de Salomon.
Discours de Pierre au peuple
V. 12-26: cf. Ac 4:5-12Ac 2:22-36Ac 5:30-32.12 Pierre, voyant cela, dit au peuple: Hommes Israélites, pourquoi vous étonnez-vous de cela? Pourquoi avez-vous les regards fixés sur nous, comme si c’était par notre propre puissance ou par notre piété que nous eussions fait marcher cet homme? 13 Le Dieu d’Abraham, d’Isaac et de Jacob, le Dieu de nos pères, a glorifié son serviteur Jésus, que vous avez livré et renié devant Pilate, qui était d’avis qu’on le relâchât. 14 Vous avez renié le Saint et le Juste, et vous avez demandé qu’on vous accordât la grâce d’un meurtrier. 15 Vous avez fait mourir le Prince de la vie, que Dieu a ressuscité des morts; nous en sommes témoins. 16 C’est par la foi en son nom que son nom a raffermi celui que vous voyez et connaissez; c’est la foi en lui qui a donné à cet homme cette entière guérison, en présence de vous tous. 17 Et maintenant, frères, je sais que vous avez agi par ignorance, ainsi que vos chefs. 18 Mais Dieu a accompli de la sorte ce qu’il avait annoncé d’avance par la bouche de tous ses prophètes, que son Christ devait souffrir. 19 Repentez-vous donc et convertissez-vous, pour que vos péchés soient effacés, 20 afin que des temps de rafraîchissement viennent de la part du Seigneur, et qu’il envoie celui qui vous a été destiné, Jésus-Christ, 21 que le ciel doit recevoir jusqu’aux temps du rétablissement de toutes choses, dont Dieu a parlé anciennement par la bouche de ses saints prophètes. 22 Moïse a dit: Le Seigneur votre Dieu vous suscitera d’entre vos frères un prophète comme moi; vous l’écouterez dans tout ce qu’il vous dira, 23 et quiconque n’écoutera pas ce prophète sera exterminé du milieu du peuple. 24 Tous les prophètes qui ont successivement parlé, depuis Samuel, ont aussi annoncé ces jours-là. 25 Vous êtes les fils des prophètes et de l’alliance que Dieu a traitée avec nos pères, en disant à Abraham: Toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en ta postérité. 26 C’est à vous premièrement que Dieu, ayant suscité son serviteur, l’a envoyé pour vous bénir, en détournant chacun de vous de ses iniquités.
