Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Obadiah Meets Elijah

18 Now it happened ^(A)after many days that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and ^(B)I will send rain on the face of the earth.” ² So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. ³ And Ahab called Obadiah ^(C)who was over the household. (Now Obadiah ^[a](D)feared Yahweh greatly. ⁴ And it happened that ^(E)when Jezebel was cutting down the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and ^(F)sustained them with bread and water.) ⁵ Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to cut down some of the cattle.” ⁶ So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.

⁷ Now it happened that as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah ^[b]met him, ^(G)and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is this you, Elijah my master?” ⁸ And he said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.’” ⁹ And he said, “What ^[c]sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death? ^10 (H)As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and if they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you. ¹¹ And now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’ ¹² And it will be that when I leave you, ^(I)the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you where I do not know; and I will come and tell Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will kill me, although I your servant have ^[d]feared Yahweh from my youth. ^13 (J)Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, that I hid ^[e]one hundred prophets of Yahweh by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water? ¹⁴ So now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah is here”’; he will then kill me.” ¹⁵ And Elijah said, “^(K)As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.” ¹⁶ So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

In Berea

^10 (A)And the brothers immediately sent ^(B)Paul and Silas away by night to ^(C)Berea, ^[a]and when they arrived, they went into ^(D)the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹ Now these were more noble-minded than those in ^(E)Thessalonica, ^[b]for they received the word with ^[c]great eagerness, ^[d]examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. ¹² Therefore ^(F)many of them believed, along with not a few ^(G)prominent Greek ^(H)women and men. ¹³ But when the Jews of ^(I)Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in ^(J)Berea also, they came there as well, shaking up and disturbing the crowds. ¹⁴ Then immediately ^(K)the brothers sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and ^(L)Silas and ^(M)Timothy remained there. ¹⁵ Now ^(N)those who escorted Paul brought him as far as ^(O)Athens; and after receiving a command for ^(P)Silas and Timothy to ^(Q)come to him as soon as possible, they left.