Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.

A Psalm of David.

¹⁰ Then the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” ¹¹ The Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, ^(A)I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. ¹² In that day ^(B)I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. ¹³ For ^(C)I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for ^(D)the iniquity which he knew, because ^(E)his sons brought a curse on themselves and ^(F)he did not rebuke them. ¹⁴ Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that ^(G)the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

¹⁵ So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he ^(H)opened the doors of the house of the Lord. But Samuel was afraid to tell ^(I)the vision to Eli. ¹⁶ Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.” ¹⁷ He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. ^(J)May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.” ¹⁸ So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “^(K)It is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him.”

¹⁹ Thus ^(L)Samuel grew and ^(M)the Lord was with him and ^(N)let none of his words ^[a]fail. ²⁰ All Israel ^(O)from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord. ²¹ And ^(P)the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, ^(Q)because the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

Philistines Take the Ark in Victory

4 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside ^(R)Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in ^(S)Aphek.

¹⁰ Now there was a disciple at ^(A)Damascus named ^(B)Ananias; and the Lord said to him in ^(C)a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from ^(D)Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, ¹² and he has seen ^[a]in a vision a man named Ananias come in and ^(E)lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” ¹³ But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ^(F)how much harm he did to ^(G)Your ^[b]saints at Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and here he ^(H)has authority from the chief priests to bind all who ^(I)call on Your name.” ¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^(J)he is a chosen ^[c]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before ^(K)the Gentiles and ^(L)kings and the sons of Israel; ¹⁶ for ^(M)I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” ¹⁷ So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after ^(N)laying his hands on him said, “^(O)Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be ^(P)filled with the Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; ¹⁹ and he took food and was strengthened.

Saul Begins to Preach Christ

Now ^(Q)for several days he was with ^(R)the disciples who were at Damascus,