Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, taking his stand with ^(A)the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, ^[a]know this, and pay attention to my words.

³⁶ Therefore let all the ^(A)house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^(B)Lord and ^[a]Christ—this Jesus ^(C)whom you crucified.”

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[b]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[c]Brothers, ^(D)what are we to do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(E)Repent, and each of you be ^(F)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For ^(G)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(H)far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(I)testified and kept on urging them, saying, “^[d]Be saved from this ^(J)perverse generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[e](K)souls.

Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

¹⁷ If you ^(A)address as Father the One who ^(B)impartially ^(C)judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves ^(D)in fear during the time of your ^(E)stay on earth; ¹⁸ knowing that you were not ^[a](F)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(G)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹ but with precious ^(H)blood, as of a ^(I)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. ²⁰ For He was ^(J)foreknown before ^(K)the foundation of the world, but has ^(L)appeared ^[b]in these last times ^(M)for the sake of you ²¹ who through Him are ^(N)believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and ^(O)gave Him glory, so that your faith and ^(P)hope are in God.

²² Since you have ^(Q)purified your souls ^(R)in obedience to the truth for a ^(S)sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from ^[c]the heart, ²³ for you have been ^(T)born again ^(U)not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring ^(V)word of God.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, on that very day ^(A)two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[a]sixty stadia from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. ¹⁶ But ^(B)their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they came to a stop, looking sad. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You possibly the only one living near Jerusalem ^[b]who does not know about the things that happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about ^(C)Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a ^(D)prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(E)rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we ^[c]were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(F)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us left us bewildered. ^(G)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. ²⁴ And so some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And then He said to them, “^[d]You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(H)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (I)Was it not necessary for the ^[e]Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[f]with ^(J)Moses and ^[g]with all the ^(K)Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(L)He gave the impression that He was going farther. ²⁹ And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[h]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it came about, when He had reclined at the table with them, that He took the bread and ^(M)blessed it, and He broke it and began giving it to them. ³¹ And then their ^(N)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[i]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[j]Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(O)was ^[k]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(P)found the eleven gathered together and ^(Q)those who were with them, ³⁴ saying, “^(R)The Lord has really risen and ^(S)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ They began to relate ^[l]their experiences on the road, and how ^(T)He was recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.