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Luke 18

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¹ And all those who had believed [in Jesus as Savior][11] were together and had all things in common [considering their possessions to belong to the group as a whole].

² And they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing the proceeds with all [the other believers], as anyone had need.

³ Day after day they met in the temple [area] continuing with one mind, and breaking bread in various private homes. They were eating their meals together with joy and generous hearts,

⁴ praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved.

⁵ Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),

⁶ and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called[1] Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple.

⁷ So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking [them] for coins.

⁸ But Peter, along with John, stared at him intently and said, "Look at us!"

⁹ And the man began to pay attention to them, eagerly expecting to receive something from them.

¹⁰ But Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!"

¹¹ Then he seized the man's right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankles became strong and steady,

¹² and with a leap he stood up and began to walk; and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

¹³ All the people saw him walking and praising God;

¹⁴ and they recognized him as the very man who usually sat begging for coins at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement and were mystified at what had happened to him.

¹⁵ Now while he was still holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly amazed, ran together and crowded around them at the covered porch called Solomon's portico.

¹⁶ And Peter, seeing this, said to the people, "You men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

¹⁷ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus [doing Him this honor], the One whom you handed over and disowned and rejected before Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

¹⁸ But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

¹⁹ But you killed the Prince (Author, Originator, Source) of life, whom God raised [bodily] from the dead. To this [fact] we are witnesses [for we have seen the risen Christ].

²⁰ And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health and complete wholeness in your presence.

²¹ "Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.

²² And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer.

²³ So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];

²⁴ and that He may send [to you] Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you,

²⁵ whom heaven must keep until the time for the [complete] restoration of all things about which God promised through the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

²⁶ Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet[2]like me from your countrymen; you shall listen to Him and obey everything He tells you.

²⁷ And it will be that every person that does not listen to and heed that Prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

²⁸ Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also announced these days.

²⁹ You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'

³⁰ It was for you first of all that God raised up His Servant and Son [Jesus], and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."

³¹ And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

³² being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

³³ So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.

³⁴ But many of those who heard the message [of salvation] believed [in Jesus and accepted Him as the Christ]. And the number of the men came to be about 5,000.

³⁵ On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

³⁶ and[1] Annas the high priest was there, and[2] Caiaphas and[3] John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent.

³⁷ When they had put the men in[4] front of them, they repeatedly asked, "By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?"

³⁸ Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court],

³⁹ if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,

⁴⁰ let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health.

⁴¹ This Jesus is the stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which became the[5]chief Cornerstone.

⁴² And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]."

⁴³ Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were[6] uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.

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1	And all those who had believed [in Jesus as Savior][11] were together and had all things in common [considering their possessions to belong to the group as a whole].
2	And they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing the proceeds with all [the other believers], as anyone had need.
3	Day after day they met in the temple [area] continuing with one mind, and breaking bread in various private homes. They were eating their meals together with joy and generous hearts,
4	praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved.
5	Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),
6	and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called[1] Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple.
7	So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking [them] for coins.
8	But Peter, along with John, stared at him intently and said, "Look at us!"
9	And the man began to pay attention to them, eagerly expecting to receive something from them.
10	But Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!"
11	Then he seized the man's right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankles became strong and steady,
12	and with a leap he stood up and began to walk; and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
13	All the people saw him walking and praising God;
14	and they recognized him as the very man who usually sat begging for coins at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement and were mystified at what had happened to him.
15	Now while he was still holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly amazed, ran together and crowded around them at the covered porch called Solomon's portico.
16	And Peter, seeing this, said to the people, "You men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
17	The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus [doing Him this honor], the One whom you handed over and disowned and rejected before Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.
18	But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.
19	But you killed the Prince (Author, Originator, Source) of life, whom God raised [bodily] from the dead. To this [fact] we are witnesses [for we have seen the risen Christ].
20	And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health and complete wholeness in your presence.
21	"Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.
22	And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer.
23	So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];
24	and that He may send [to you] Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you,
25	whom heaven must keep until the time for the [complete] restoration of all things about which God promised through the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
26	Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet[2]like me from your countrymen; you shall listen to Him and obey everything He tells you.
27	And it will be that every person that does not listen to and heed that Prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
28	Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also announced these days.
29	You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
30	It was for you first of all that God raised up His Servant and Son [Jesus], and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."
31	And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
32	being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
33	So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.
34	But many of those who heard the message [of salvation] believed [in Jesus and accepted Him as the Christ]. And the number of the men came to be about 5,000.
35	On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;
36	and[1] Annas the high priest was there, and[2] Caiaphas and[3] John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent.
37	When they had put the men in[4] front of them, they repeatedly asked, "By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?"
38	Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court],
39	if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,
40	let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health.
41	This Jesus is the stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which became the[5]chief Cornerstone.
42	And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]."
43	Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were[6] uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.

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