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Acts 3:1

The Passion Translation

One afternoon Peter and John went to the temple for the three o’clock prayer.

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Every evening I will explain my need to him. Every morning I will move my soul toward him. Every waking hour I will worship only him, and he will hear and respond to my cry.

Even after Daniel learned that the king had officially signed his decree, he continued his regular custom of praying at three set times a day. He went to the upper chamber of his house and opened the windows facing toward Jerusalem. Then he got down on his knees to pray, and he offered his grateful praise to God as he always had done.

Gabriel, whom I had seen in a vision previously, came flying down from heaven. He touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice.

Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, Jacob and John, and hiked up a high mountain to be alone.

He took Peter, Jacob, and John with him. However, an intense feeling of great sorrow plunged his soul into agony.

For three hours, beginning at noon, a sudden and unexpected darkness came over the earth.

A large crowd of worshipers had gathered to pray outside the temple at the hour when incense was being offered.

“Two men who went into the temple to pray. One was a proud religious leader, the other a despised tax collector.

Every day they went to the temple, to praise and worship God.

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” When Peter heard him say that, he quickly wrapped his outer garment around him, and because he was athletic, he dove right into the lake to go to Jesus!

One afternoon about three o’clock, he had an open vision and saw the angel of God appear right in front of him, calling out his name, “Cornelius!”

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was fasting and praying here in my home at this very hour, three o’clock in the afternoon, when a man in glistening clothing suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

Daily they met together in the temple courts and in one another’s homes to celebrate communion. They shared meals together with joyful hearts and tender humility.

When he noticed Peter and John going into the temple, he begged them for money.

Peter and John, looking straight into the eyes of the crippled man, said, “Look at us!”

The council members were astonished as they witnessed the bold courage of Peter and John, especially when they discovered that they were just ordinary men who had never had religious training. Then they began to understand the effect Jesus had on them simply by spending time with him.

Someone came and informed them, “The men you put in prison are out there standing in the temple courts, teaching the people!”

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God’s message of life, they sent Peter and John

When they all recognized this grace operating in my ministry, those who were recognized as influential pillars in the church—Jacob, Peter, and John—extended to Barnabas and me the warmth of Christian fellowship and honored my calling to minister to the gentiles, even as they were to go to the Jews.




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