Acts 3 Free Bible Version
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1 Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple at the time of the afternoon prayer, around 3 p.m.
1 PEDRO y Juan subían juntos al templo á la hora de oración, la de nona.
2 A man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day he was placed beside the Temple gate called “Beautiful” so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
2 Y un hombre que era cojo desde el vientre de su madre, era traído; al cual ponían cada día á la puerta del templo que se llama la Hermosa, para que pidiese limosna de los que entraban en el templo.
3 He saw Peter and John as they were about to enter the Temple and asked them for some money.
3 Este, como vió á Pedro y á Juan que iban á entrar en el templo, rogaba que le diesen limosna.
4 Peter looked right at him. John did, too. “Look at us!” Peter said.
4 Y Pedro, con Juan, fijando los ojos en él, dijo: Mira á nosotros.
5 The lame man gave them his full attention, expecting to get something from them.
5 Entonces él estuvo atento á ellos, esperando recibir de ellos algo.
6 “I don't have any silver or gold,” Peter told him, “but I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”
6 Y Pedro dijo: Ni tengo plata ni oro; mas lo que tengo te doy: en el nombre de Jesucristo de Nazaret, levántate y anda.
7 Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. Right away his feet and ankles became strong.
7 Y tomándole por la mano derecha le levantó: y luego fueron afirmados sus pies y tobillos;
8 He jumped to his feet, and then began to walk. He went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God.
8 Y saltando, se puso en pie, y anduvo; y entró con ellos en el templo, andando, y saltando, y alabando á Dios.
9 Everyone there saw him walking around and praising God.
9 Y todo el pueblo le vió andar y alabar á Dios.
10 They recognized him as the beggar who used to sit by the Temple's Beautiful Gate, and they were surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.
10 Y conocían que él era el que se sentaba á la limosna á la puerta del templo, la Hermosa: y fueron llenos de asombro y de espanto por lo que le había acontecido.
11 He held on tightly to Peter and John while everyone ran to them by Solomon's Porch in complete astonishment at what had happened.
11 Y teniendo á Pedro y á Juan el cojo que había sido sanado, todo el pueblo concurrió á ellos al pórtico que se llama de Salomón, atónitos.
12 When Peter saw this opportunity he told them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised at what's happened to this man? Why are you staring at us as if it was by our own power or faith that we made him walk?
12 Y viendo esto Pedro, respondió al pueblo: Varones Israelitas, ¿por qué os maravilláis de esto? ó ¿por qué ponéis los ojos en nosotros, como si con nuestra virtud ó piedad hubiésemos hecho andar á éste?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of our forefathers—has glorified his servant Jesus. He was the one you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even after Pilate had decided to release him.
13 El Dios de Abraham, y de Isaac, y de Jacob, el Dios de nuestros padres ha glorificado á su Hijo Jesús, al cual vosotros entregasteis, y negasteis delante de Pilato, juzgando él que había de ser suelto.
14 You rejected the one who is holy and good, and demanded a murderer be released to you.
14 Mas vosotros al Santo y al Justo negasteis, y pedisteis que se os diese un homicida;
15 You killed the author of life, the one God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses to this.
15 Y matasteis al Autor de la vida, al cual Dios ha resucitado de los muertos; de lo que nosotros somos testigos.
16 By trusting in Jesus' name this man was healed by him. You see this man here; you know him. Through trusting in Jesus this man has received complete healing right in front of all of you.
16 Y en la fe de su nombre, á éste que vosotros veis y conocéis, ha confirmado su nombre: y la fe que por él es, ha dado á éste esta completa sanidad en presencia de todos vosotros.
17 Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you did this in ignorance, like your rulers.
17 Mas ahora, hermanos, sé que por ignorancia lo habéis hecho, como también vuestros príncipes.
18 But God fulfilled what he had prophesied through all the prophets: that his Messiah would suffer.
18 Empero Dios ha cumplido así lo que había antes anunciado por boca de todos sus profetas, que su Cristo había de padecer.
19 Now repent, and change your ways, that your sins can be wiped away, so the Lord can send opportunities for you to heal and recover,
19 Así que, arrepentíos y convertíos, para que sean borrados vuestros pecados; pues que vendrán los tiempos del refrigerio de la presencia del Señor,
20 and send Jesus, the Messiah appointed for you.
20 Y enviará á Jesucristo, que os fué antes anunciado:
21 For he must stay in heaven until the time when everything is restored, as God announced through his holy prophets long ago.
21 Al cual de cierto es menester que el cielo tenga hasta los tiempos de la restauración de todas las cosas, que habló Dios por boca de sus santos profetas que han sido desde el siglo.
22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will send you a prophet from among your own people who is like me. You must listen to everything he tells you.
22 Porque Moisés dijo á los padres: El Señor vuestro Dios os levantará profeta de vuestros hermanos, como yo; á él oiréis en todas las cosas que os hablare.
23 Anybody who doesn't listen to him will be totally removed from the people.’
23 Y será, que cualquiera alma que no oyere á aquel profeta, será desarraigada del pueblo.
24 All the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel on, prophesied about these days.
24 Y todos los profetas desde Samuel y en adelante, todos los que han hablado, han anunciado estos días.
25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, ‘From your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
25 Vosotros sois los hijos de los profetas, y del pacto que Dios concertó con nuestros padres, diciendo á Abraham: Y en tu simiente serán benditas todas las familias de la tierra.
26 God prepared his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways.”
26 A vosotros primeramente, Dios, habiendo levantado á su Hijo, le envió para que os bendijese, á fin de que cada uno se convierta de su maldad.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 55:17; Acts 10:3; Acts 4:13; Luke 1:10; Luke 24:53
- 2 Acts 14:8; John 9:8; Luke 16:20; Acts 10:31; Luke 18:35
- 4 Acts 14:9–10; John 11:40; Luke 4:20; Acts 3:12; John 5:6
- 6 Acts 3:16; Acts 10:38; Acts 4:10; Acts 9:34; Acts 16:18
- 7 Mark 1:31; Mark 9:27; Acts 9:41; Mark 5:41; Luke 13:13
- 8 Acts 14:10; Isaiah 35:6; Psalm 107:20–22; Psalm 103:1–2; Luke 17:15–18
- 9 Acts 4:21; Luke 13:17; Acts 4:16; Acts 14:11; Mark 2:11–12
- 10 Acts 3:2; John 5:20; Luke 9:43; John 9:3; Acts 2:12
- 11 Acts 5:12; John 10:23; Luke 8:38; Luke 22:8; Acts 2:6
- 12 2 Corinthians 3:5; John 3:27–28; Acts 14:11–15; Genesis 41:16; Daniel 2:28–30
- 13 Matthew 22:32; Acts 7:32; John 19:15; Luke 23:16–23; John 19:12
- 14 Mark 1:24; Acts 7:52; 1 Peter 3:18; Acts 4:27; Luke 23:18–19
- 15 Acts 2:24; Revelation 21:6; Acts 2:32; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Hebrews 2:10
- 16 Matthew 21:21–22; Acts 14:9; Acts 3:6; Mark 16:17–18; Acts 4:10
- 17 Luke 23:34; Acts 13:27; John 16:3; 1 Corinthians 2:8; 1 Timothy 1:13
- 18 Isaiah 53:1–12; Acts 2:23; Acts 26:22–23; Isaiah 50:6; Zechariah 12:10
- 19 Acts 2:38; Isaiah 44:22; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 1:16–20; Matthew 13:15
- 20 Revelation 1:7; Luke 19:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; Matthew 24:30–36
- 21 Romans 8:21; Isaiah 1:26; Acts 1:11; Malachi 4:5–6; Mark 9:11–13
- 22 Deuteronomy 18:15–19; Acts 7:37; Galatians 4:4; John 1:17; Hebrews 5:9
- 23 Deuteronomy 18:19; John 12:48; Hebrews 10:39; Hebrews 10:28–30; Revelation 20:15
- 24 Acts 3:21; Luke 24:27; 1 Samuel 3:20; Psalm 99:6; 1 Samuel 2:18
- 25 Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:8; 1 Chronicles 16:17; Acts 2:39; Romans 9:4–5
- 26 Matthew 1:21; Acts 3:22; 1 John 3:5–8; Jude 24; Ezekiel 11:19–20
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Everywhere we find these two Apostles in great harmony together. "To him Simon Peter beckoned." (John xiii. 24.) These two also "came together to the sepulchre. (Ib. xx. 3 et seq.) And concerning John, Peter said unto Christ, "And what shall this man do?" (Ib. xxi.
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