Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² and Peter having seen, answered unto the people, `Men, Israelites! why wonder ye at this? or on us why look ye so earnestly, as if by our own power or piety we have made him to walk?

¹³ `The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release [him],

¹⁴ and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you,

¹⁵ and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

¹⁶ and on the faith of his name, this one whom ye see and have known, his name made strong, even the faith that [is] through him did give to him this perfect soundness before you all.

¹⁷ `And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did [it], as also your rulers;

¹⁸ and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

¹⁹ reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

4 To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.

² Sons of men! till when [is] my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

³ And know ye that Jehovah Hath separated a saintly one to Himself. Jehovah heareth in my calling to Him.

⁴ `Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye [thus] in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

⁵ Sacrifice ye sacrifices of righteousness, And trust ye unto Jehovah.

⁶ Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

⁷ Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

⁸ In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

3 See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

² beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

³ and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

⁴ Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

⁵ and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

⁶ every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

⁷ Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

³⁶ and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, `Peace -- to you;'

³⁷ and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

³⁸ And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?

³⁹ see my hands and my feet, that I am he; handle me and see, because a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having.'

⁴⁰ And having said this, he shewed to them the hands and the feet,

⁴¹ and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, `Have ye anything here to eat?'

⁴² and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb,

⁴³ and having taken, he did eat before them,

⁴⁴ and he said to them, `These [are] the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'

⁴⁵ Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,

⁴⁶ and he said to them -- `Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day,

⁴⁷ and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

⁴⁸ and ye -- ye are witnesses of these things.