Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Peter Declares To The Crowd That This Event Is God Pouring Out His Promised Spirit

¹⁴ And Peter, having stood with the eleven, raised his voice and declared^[a] to them, “Men, Jews, and all the ones dwelling-in Jerusalem: let this be known to you, and pay-attention-to my words.

Therefore, Let All Israel Know That God Made Jesus Both Lord And Messiah

³⁶ “Therefore let all the house of Israel know with-certainty that God made Him both Lord and Christ— this Jesus Whom you crucified”.

Peter Urges The Crowd To Repent And Be Baptized. About 3,000 Respond

³⁷ And having heard it, they were pierced in the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Men, brothers, what should we do?” ³⁸ And Peter says to them, “Repent, and let each of you be baptized on-the-basis-of ^[a] the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is for you, and for your children, and for all the ones far-away— all-whom the Lord our God will call-to Himself ”. ⁴⁰ And he solemnly-testified with many other words, and was exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation”. ⁴¹ So indeed, the ones having welcomed^[b] his word were baptized. And about three-thousand souls were added on that day.

Live Out Your Days In The Fear of God

¹⁷ And if you are calling-upon as Father the One judging without-respect-of-persons according to the work of each person— conduct the time of your stay^[a] with fear^[b], ¹⁸ knowing that you were redeemed from your futile^[c] way-of-life handed-down-from-your-fathers not with perishable things, silver or gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without-blemish and without-spot; ²⁰ He having been foreknown before the foundation of the world but having appeared^[d] at the last of times for your sake, ²¹ the believers through Him in God— the One having raised Him from the dead and having given Him glory— so that your faith and hope are in God.

Love One Another From a Pure Heart

²² Having purified your souls in^[e] obedience of the truth for a sincere^[f] brotherly-love— love one another fervently from a pure heart, ²³ having been born-again not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.

Jesus Meets Two Disciples On The Way To Emmaus And Explains The Scriptures

¹³ And behold— two of them^[a] were going on the very day to a village being sixty stades^[b] distant from Jerusalem, for which the name was Emmaus. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with one another about all these things having happened. ¹⁵ And it came about during their conversing and discussing, that Jesus Himself, having drawn-near, was going with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were being held-back that they might not^[c] recognize Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words which you are exchanging with one another while walking?” And they stood [still], sad-faced. ¹⁸ And having responded, one— Cleopas by name— said to Him, “Are You alone^[d] staying in Jerusalem and did not know the things having taken place in it in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What things?” And the ones said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus from-Nazareth, Who became a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people; ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over for condemnation to death, and they crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that He was the One going to redeem Israel. Yet indeed also in-addition-to^[e] all these things, it is the third day from which time these things took place. ²² Yet some women from-among us also astonished us. Having come-to-be at the tomb very-early, ²³ and not having found His body, they came saying also to have seen a vision of angels who say that He is alive. ²⁴ And some of the ones with us went to the tomb and found it so— just as the women indeed said. But they did not see Him”. ²⁵ And He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow in the heart to be putting-faith upon all that the prophets spoke! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have-to suffer these things, and enter into His glory?” ²⁷ And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, He interpreted^[f] to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. ²⁸ And they drew-near to the village where they were going. And He made-as-if to be proceeding farther. ²⁹ And they strongly-urged Him, saying “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day has already declined”. And He went in that He might stay with them. ³⁰ And it came about at His lying down [to eat] with them that having taken the bread, He blessed it ^[g]. And having broken it, He was giving it to them. ³¹ And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He became invisible from them. ³² And they said to one another, “Was not our heart burning within us as He was speaking to us on the road, as He was opening the Scriptures to us?”

Jesus Appears To The Eleven And Helps Them Understand The Scriptures

³³ And having arisen at the very hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven^[h] and the ones with them having been assembled, ³⁴ saying that “The Lord really arose! And He appeared to Simon”. ³⁵ And they were describing^[i] the things on the road, and how He was recognized by them in^[j] the breaking of the bread.