Acts 3 (NET)

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Acts 3:1¹Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 55:17 Acts 10:3 Acts 4:13 Luke 1:10 Luke 24:53 Acts 5:25 Acts 8:14 Dan 6:10 Acts 2:46 Dan 9:21

Acts 3:2²And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 14:8 John 9:8 Luke 16:20 Acts 10:31 Luke 18:35 Acts 10:4 Acts 4:22 John 1:9-30

Acts 3:3³When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Acts 3:4⁴Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, “Look at us!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 14:9-10 John 11:40 Acts 3:12 Luke 4:20 John 5:6

Acts 3:5⁵So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Acts 3:6⁶But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 3:16 Acts 10:38 Acts 4:10 Acts 9:34 2 Cor 8:9 Acts 16:18 Mark 16:17 Jas 2:5 Acts 4:7 1 Pet 4:10

Acts 3:7⁷Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 1:31 Mark 9:27 Acts 9:41 Mark 5:41 Luke 13:13

Acts 3:8⁸He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 14:10 Isa 35:6 Ps 107:20-22 Ps 103:1-2 John 5:14 Luke 17:15-18 Luke 6:23 John 5:8-9 Luke 18:43

Acts 3:10¹⁰and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 3:2 John 5:20 John 9:3 Luke 9:43 Acts 2:12 Acts 2:7 Acts 4:14-16 Acts 4:21-22 John 9:18-21 Luke 4:36

Acts 3:11¹¹While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 5:12 John 10:23 Luke 8:38 Acts 2:6 Luke 22:8

Acts 3:12¹²When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 3:5 John 3:27-28 Acts 14:11-15 Gen 41:16 Acts 10:25-26 Acts 2:22 Dan 2:28-30 Rom 9:4 Acts 13:26 Gen 40:8

Acts 3:13¹³The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:32 Matt 22:32 Exod 3:6 Heb 2:9 John 18:40 John 19:12 John 19:15 Luke 23:16-23 Matt 27:17-25 Phil 2:9-11

Acts 3:16¹⁶And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man—whom you see and know—strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 21:21-22 Acts 14:9 Acts 3:6 Mark 16:17-18 Acts 16:18 Acts 4:10 Luke 17:5-6 Matt 9:22 Mark 11:22-23 1 Cor 13:2

Acts 3:18¹⁸But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:1-12 Acts 2:23 Acts 26:22-23 Isa 50:6 Luke 24:26-27 Zech 12:10 1 Cor 15:3-4 1 Pet 1:10-11 Acts 17:2-3 Luke 24:44

Acts 3:20²⁰so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you—that is, Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Thess 2:2 2 Thess 2:8 Luke 19:11 Rev 1:7 Matt 24:30-36 Rev 19:11-16 Acts 17:31 Heb 9:28 Luke 21:27 Mark 13:26

Acts 3:21²¹This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 8:21 Isa 1:26 Acts 1:11 Mal 4:5-6 Mark 9:11-13 Matt 17:11-12 Luke 1:70 Rev 22:6 2 Pet 3:2 2 Pet 1:21

Acts 3:22²²Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 18:15-19 Acts 7:37 Gal 4:4 John 1:17 Heb 5:9 Heb 1:1-2 Heb 2:9-17 Isa 55:3-4 John 5:24 Luke 9:30-35

Acts 3:24²⁴And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 3:21 Luke 24:27 1 Sam 3:20 1 Sam 2:18 Ps 99:6 1 Sam 3:1 Acts 13:20 Rom 3:21 Acts 3:19 Jer 15:1

Acts 3:25²⁵You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 22:18 Gal 3:8 Acts 2:39 1 Chr 16:17 Rom 9:4-5 Gen 12:3 Ps 105:8-15 Gal 3:16 Gen 26:4 Gen 28:14

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