Day 31: What I have

Acts 3:1-16 (OTB)

¹Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, which was the ninth hour. ²A man who had been lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was placed every day to beg for alms from those entering the temple courts. ³Seeing Peter and John about to enter the temple courts, he asked them for alms. ⁴Peter, together with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, “Look at us.” ⁵The man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” ⁷Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened. ⁸He leapt to his feet and began to walk, and went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹Everyone witnessed him walking about, praising God; ¹⁰and they recognised him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. ¹¹While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the place called Solomon’s Colonnade, utterly astonished. ¹²When Peter saw this, he addressed the people, “Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? ¹³The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom you handed over and disowned before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. ¹⁴You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be released to you. ¹⁵You killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, and we are witnesses of this. ¹⁶By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.