The Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate

Peter and John go up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. At the gate called Beautiful, a man who has been lame from birth is laid every day to ask for alms. He holds out his hand to them. Peter says: “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.” He takes him by the right hand; the man’s feet and ankle bones receive strength, and he enters the temple walking, leaping, and praising God. In Solomon’s Portico, Peter explains to the crowd that this healing comes through faith in the name of Jesus. Arrested by the priests and the Sadducees, Peter and John appear before the Sanhedrin: “Neither is there salvation in any other.” Threatened, they answer: “We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”