The Concordant Literal New Testament

Acts of the Apostles

The Concordant Version

The King James Version

Chapter 3 (CV)

¹ Now Peter and John went up into the sanctuary at the hour of prayer, the ninth.
² And a certain man, being inherently lame from his mother's womb, was borne, whom they placed day by day at the door of the sanctuary which is termed "Beautiful," to request alms from those going into the sanctuary,
³ who, perceiving Peter and John being about to be passing in into the sanctuary, asked to obtain alms.
⁴ Now Peter, looking at him intently together with John, said, "Look at us!"
⁵ Now he attended to them, hoping to get something from them.
⁶ Yet Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not possess; yet what I have, this I am giving to you. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, walk!"
⁷ And seizing his right hand, he raises him up. Now instantly his insteps and ankles were given stability,
⁸ and, leaping up, he stood and walked and entered with them into the sanctuary, walking and leaping and praising God.
⁹ And the entire people perceived him walking and praising God.
¹⁰ Now they recognized him, that this was the one sitting for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the sanctuary. And they are filled with awe and amazement at that which has befallen him.
¹¹ Now at his holding himself to Peter and John, the entire people ran together to them at the portico called Solomon's, overawed.
¹² Now, perceiving it, Peter answers the people: "Men! Israelites! Why are you marveling at this? Or why at us are you looking so intently, as if by our own power or devoutness we had made him walk?
¹³ The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorifies His Boy Jesus, Whom you, indeed, give up and disown before the face of Pilate, when he decides to release Him.
¹⁴ Now you disown the holy and just One, and request a man, a murderer, to be surrendered to you as a favor.
¹⁵ Yet the Inaugurator of Life you kill, Whom God rouses from among the dead, of which we are witnesses.
¹⁶ And in the faith of His name, His name gives stability to this man whom you are beholding, with whom, also, you are acquainted, and the faith which is through Him, gives him this unimpaired soundness in front of you all.
¹⁷ "And now, brethren, I am aware that in ignorance you commit it, even as your chiefs also.
¹⁸ Yet what God announces before through the mouth of all the prophets -- the suffering of His Christ -- He thus fulfills.
¹⁹ Repent, then, and turn about for the erasure of your sins, so that seasons of refreshing should be coming from the face of the Lord,
²⁰ and He should dispatch the One fixed upon before for you, Christ Jesus,
²¹ Whom heaven must indeed receive until the times of restoration of all which God speaks through the mouth of His holy prophets who are from the eon.
²² "Moses, indeed, said that: A Prophet will the Lord your God, be raising up to you from among your brethren, as me. Him you shall hear, according to all, whatsoever He should be speaking to you.
²³ Yet it shall be that every soul whatsoever which should not hear that Prophet shall be utterly exterminated from among the people.
²⁴ Now all the prophets also, from Samuel, and consecutively, whoever speak, also announce these days.
²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with your fathers, saying to Abraham: And in your seed all the kindreds of the earth shall be blessed.
²⁶ To you first, God, raising His Boy, commissions Him to bless you by turning away each of you from your wickedness."

Chapter 3 (KJV)

¹ Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
² And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
³ Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
⁴ And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
⁵ And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
⁶ Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
⁷ And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
⁸ And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
¹⁰ And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
¹¹ And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
¹² And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
¹³ The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
¹⁴ But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
¹⁵ And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
¹⁶ And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
¹⁷ And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
¹⁸ But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
¹⁹ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
²⁰ And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
²¹ Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
²² For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
²³ And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
²⁴ Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
²⁶ Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

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