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 \v 1 Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
-\v 2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. They would place him there every day so he could ask those who were going into the temple for alms.
+\v 2 Now a man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. They would place him there every day so he could ask those who were going into the temple for alms.
 \v 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked them for alms.
 
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 \v 4 Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, "Look at us."
 \v 5 The lame man looked at them, expecting to receive something from them.
-\v 6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have, I will give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."
+\v 6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold do not belong to me, but what I do have, I will give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."
 
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 \v 7 Taking him by the right hand, Peter raised him up, and immediately the man's feet and ankles were made strong.
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 \v 12 When Peter saw this, he answered the people, "You Israelite men, why do you marvel? Why do you fix your eyes on us, as if we made him walk by our own power or godliness?
 
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-\v 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. He is the one whom you delivered up and rejected before the face of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
+\v 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. He is the one whom you handed over and rejected before the face of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
 \v 14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One, and you asked instead for a murderer to be released to you.
 
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 \v 18 But the things which God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has now fulfilled.
 
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-\v 19 Repent, therefore, and turn, so that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come periods of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
-\v 20 and that he may send the Christ who has been appointed for you, Jesus.
+\v 19 Repent, therefore, and turn, so that your sins may be blotted out,
+\v 20 so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; and that he may send the Christ who has been appointed for you, Jesus.
 
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-\v 21 He is the One heaven must receive until the time of the restoration of all things, about which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
+\v 21 He is the One heaven must receive until the time of the restoration of all things, about which God spoke from ancient time by the mouth of his holy prophets.
 \v 22 Moses indeed said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet like me from among your brothers. You shall listen to everything that he will speak to you.
 \v 23 It will happen that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.'
 
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 \v 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders,
-\v 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man, and by what means this man was healed,
+\v 9 if we are on trial today concerning a good deed done to a sick man, and by what means this man was healed,
 \v 10 let it be known to you all and to all the people of Israel that this man stands before you healthy in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.
 
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-\v 11 Jesus Christ is the stone which you builders despised but which has been made the head cornerstone.
+\v 11 Jesus Christ is the stone which you builders rejected but which has been made the head cornerstone.
 \v 12 There is no salvation in any other person, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
 
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 \v 15 But after they had commanded the apostles to leave the council meeting, they talked among themselves.
-\v 16 They said, "What shall we do to these men? For the fact that a remarkable miracle has been done through them is known to everyone who lives in Jerusalem; we cannot deny it.
+\v 16 They said, "What shall we do to these men? For the fact that a remarkable sign has been done through them is known to everyone who lives in Jerusalem; we cannot deny it.
 \v 17 But in order that it spreads no further among the people, let us warn them not to speak anymore to anyone in this name."
 \v 18 Then they called them in and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
 
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-\v 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than him, you judge.
+\v 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is proper in the sight of God to obey you rather than him, you judge.
 \v 20 We are not able to stop speaking about the things we have seen and heard."
 
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-\v 21 After further warning Peter and John, they let them go. They were unable to find any excuse to punish them, because all of the people were praising God for what had been done.
-\v 22 The man who had experienced this miracle of healing was more than forty years old.
+\v 21 After further warning Peter and John, they let them go. They were unable to find any excuse to punish them, because all of the people were glorifying God for what had been done.
+\v 22 The man who had experienced this sign of healing was more than forty years old.
 
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-\v 36 Joseph, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man from Cyprus,
-\v 37 sold a field that he owned and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
+\v 36 Joseph, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man from Cyprus,
+\v 37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
 
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