Acts 3
New Catholic Bible
First Encounter with the Authorities in Israel
Chapter 3
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Walk![a] 1 One day, Peter and John were on their way to the temple for the hour of prayer at three o’clock in the afternoon.[b] 2 A man who had been crippled from his birth was carried there every day and laid at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate[c] so that he could beg for alms from those who entered the temple.
3 When this man saw Peter and John about to enter into the temple, he asked them for alms. 4 Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said to him, “Look at us!” 5 He looked at them attentively, 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 Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.”
7 Then Peter grasped him by the right hand and helped him to get up. Immediately, his feet and ankles were strengthened. 8 He jumped up, stood straight, and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 When all the people there saw him walking and praising God, 10 they recognized him as the man who used to sit and beg for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 Peter Speaks to the People.[d] While he continued to cling to Peter and John, all the people came running in amazement toward them in Solomon’s Portico, as it is called. 12 When Peter saw the people assembling, he addressed them:
“Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as though we had enabled this man to walk by our own power or holiness? 13 The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant[e] Jesus whom you handed over and disowned in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. 14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. 15 The author of life[f] you put to death, but God raised him from the dead. Of this we are witnesses.
16 “By faith in his name, this man whom you see here and who is known to you has been made strong. Faith in him has made him completely well in the presence of all of you.
17 “Now I am aware, brethren, that you acted out of ignorance as did your rulers. 18 God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the Prophets, revealing that his Christ would suffer. 19 Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away, 20 that a time of refreshment may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, that is, Jesus. 21 He must remain in heaven until the time comes for the universal restoration announced by God in ages past through his holy Prophets. 22 For Moses said,
‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me
from among your own people.
To him shall you listen
in whatever he tells you.
23 Everyone who refuses to listen to that prophet
will be cut off from the people.’
24 “Furthermore, all the Prophets who have spoken, from Samuel onward, predicted these days.
25 “You are the heirs of the Prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your wicked ways.”
Footnotes
- Acts 3:1 Peter’s action, as he takes the initiative in the first miracle that Acts ascribes to the disciples of the wonderworker of Nazareth, has special significance: it is done “in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” and aims to show the presence of Christ and his divine activity.
- Acts 3:1 Three o’clock in the afternoon: literally, “the ninth hour.” See notes on Mt 27:35 and Mk 15:25.
- Acts 3:2 The Beautiful Gate: it was made of Corinthian bronze and led from the court of the Gentiles to the court of the women, on the side where Solomon’s Portico was (v. 11).
- Acts 3:11 The discourse that follows embodies the kerygma (i.e., the essentials of Christian preaching) as intended for a Jewish audience.
- Acts 3:13 Servant: the Greek word can also be translated as “son” or “child” (see Acts 3:26; 4:25, 27, 30). However, scholars believe that the word “servant” fits in better with the underlying idea of Jesus as the suffering Servant of the Lord (Isa 52:13—53:12).
- Acts 3:15 Author of life: this may also be rendered as the “prince of life” or the “pioneer of life”—indicating Jesus as the originator of salvation.
Travay 3
Haitian Creole Version
3 ¶ Yon jou, vè twazè konsa nan apremidi, Pyè ak Jan t'ap moute nan tanp lan. Se te lè lapriyè.
2 Bò Bèl Pòt la (se konsa yo te rele yon pòt nan tanp lan), te gen yon nonm ki te enfim depi l' te fèt. Chak jou yo te pote l' bò Bèl Pòt la pou l' te kapab mande moun k'ap antre nan tanp lan lacharite.
3 Li wè Pyè ak Jan ki tapral antre, li mande yo kichòy.
4 Pyè ak Jan fikse je yo sou li, epi Pyè di li: Gade nou.
5 Nonm lan pran gade yo; li te kwè yo tapral ba l' kichòy.
6 Lè sa a, Pyè di li: Mwen pa gen ni lajan ni lò. Men, sa m' genyen an, m'ap ba ou li. Nan non Jezikri, moun Nazarèt la, leve ou mache.
7 Li pran men dwat li, li fè l' kanpe. Menm lè a tou, pla pye enfim lan ak zo jwenti pye l' yo vin fèm.
8 Li fè yon sèl sote, li kanpe sou de pye l', li pran mache. Li antre nan tanp lan avèk yo, li t'ap mache, li t'ap ponpe, li t'ap fè lwanj Bondye.
9 Tout pèp la te wè l' ap mache, ap fè lwanj Bondye.
10 Lè yo wè se te nonm enfim ki te konn chita bò Bèl Pòt la ap mande lacharite a, yo tout te pè. Yo sezi anpil pou sak te rive l' la.
11 Nonm lan pa t' kite Pyè ak Jan yon pa. Tout moun te sezi, yo kouri vin jwenn apòt yo sou Galeri Salomon an.
12 ¶ Lè Pyè wè sa, li di pèp la: Nou menm moun laras Izrayèl, poukisa nou sezi konsa? Poukisa n'ap plede gade n' konsa? Gen lè nou konprann se nou menm ki fè nonm sa a mache ak pwòp fòs kouraj nou osinon paske n'ap sèvi Bondye?
13 Se Bondye Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb, Bondye zansèt nou yo k'ap fè lwanj sèvitè li, Jezi. Nou menm, nou te lage l' nan men otorite yo, nou te voye l' jete devan Pilat, atout Pilat li menm te vle lage li.
14 Jezi se moun Bondye te chwazi a, li te mache dwat devan Bondye, men nou voye l' jete, nou te pito mande Pilat pou l' te lage yon ansasen ban nou.
15 Se konsa nou touye Mèt ki bay lavi a. Men, Bondye fè l' leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Nou se temwen tout bagay sa yo.
16 Nou wè nonm sa nou konnen an, se pouvwa ki nan non Jezi a mete ak konfyans nou gen nan non sa a ki ba li fòs ankò. Se konfyans nou gen nan Jezi ki fè l' geri nèt, jan nou ka wè l' la.
17 Enben, koulye a, frè m' yo, mwen rekonèt se konnen nou pa t' konnen, nou menm ansanm ak tout chèf nou yo, kifè nou te aji konsa avèk Jezi.
18 Men, depi nan tan lontan, Bondye te fè konnen nan bouch pwofèt li yo ki jan Kris li a te gen pou l' soufri. Se konsa sa l' te di a vin rive vre.
19 Chanje lavi nou, tounen vin jwenn Bondye pou l' ka efase peche nou yo.
20 Lè sa a, Bondye va fè nou jwenn yon rafrechi pou nanm nou devan li, la voye Jezikri, moun li te chwazi davans pou nou an.
21 Pou koulye a, Jezi gen pou l' rete nan syèl la jouk lè Bondye va vini pou mete tout bagay nan plas yo ankò, jan l' te fè nou konnen l' lan nan bouch pwofèt li yo depi nan tan lontan.
22 Se konsa Moyiz te di: Bondye, Mèt nou an, gen pou l' voye yon pwofèt ban nou tankou l' te voye m' lan. Se va yonn nan frè nou yo. Se pou nou koute tou sa la di nou.
23 Nenpòt moun ki p'ap koute pwofèt sa a, se pou yo disparèt li nèt nan mitan pèp Bondye a, se pou yo touye li.
24 Tout pwofèt ki te pale depi Samyèl ak tou sa ki te vin apre l' yo, yo tout yo te anonse tan sa a.
25 Pwomès Bondye te fè pwofèt li yo di ak bouch yo, se pou nou yo ye, lèfini nou gen pòsyon pa nou tou nan kontra Bondye te fè avèk zansèt nou yo. Se sa l' te di Abraram: Gremèsi pitit pitit ou yo, tout fanmi ki sou latè va jwenn benediksyon.
26 Se konsa Bondye fè sèvitè l' la parèt, li voye l' ban nou anvan pou l' beni nou, pou l' fè nou tout kite mechanste nou yo.
