Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁷ And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.

¹⁸ And she saith unto Elijah, `What -- to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!'

¹⁹ And he saith unto her, `Give to me thy son;' and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

²⁰ and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil -- to put her son to death?'

²¹ And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;'

²² and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the lad turneth back into his midst, and he liveth.

²³ And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!'

²⁴ And the woman saith unto Elijah, `Now, this I have known, that a man of God thou [art], and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth [is] truth.'

30 A Psalm. -- A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me.

² Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

³ Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down [to] the pit.

⁴ Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness,

⁵ For -- a moment [is] in His anger, Life [is] in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

⁶ And I -- I have said in mine ease, `I am not moved -- to the age.

⁷ O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled.

⁸ Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication.

⁹ `What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.'

¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me [with] joy.

¹² So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

¹¹ And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,

¹² for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught [it], but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹³ for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

¹⁴ and I was advancing in Judaism above many equals in age in mine own race, being more abundantly zealous of my fathers' deliverances,

¹⁵ and when God was well pleased -- having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called [me] through His grace --

¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,

¹⁸ then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,

¹⁹ and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.

²⁰ And the things that I write to you, lo, before God -- I lie not;

²¹ then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

²² and was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that [are] in Christ,

²³ and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

²⁴ and they were glorifying God in me.

¹¹ And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

¹² and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

¹³ And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'

¹⁴ and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing [it] stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'

¹⁵ and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

¹⁶ and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- `A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- `God did look upon His people.'

¹⁷ And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.