Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, ^[a]taking his stand with ^(A)the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed 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.”

The Ingathering

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[b]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[c]Brethren, ^[d](D)what shall we 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 off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(I)testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[e]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 ^[f](K)souls.

Thanksgiving for Deliverance 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)in obedience to the truth ^(R)purified your souls for a ^[c](S)sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from ^[d]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, ^(A)two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[a]about seven miles 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 prevented 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 stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You ^[b]the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about ^(C)Jesus the Nazarene, who was 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 delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(F)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us amazed us. ^(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 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 He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(H)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (I)Was it not necessary for the ^[c]Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[d]with ^(J)Moses and ^[e]with all the ^(K)prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(L)He acted as though He were going farther. ²⁹ But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[f]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^(M)blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. ³¹ Then their ^(N)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[g]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[h]Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(O)was ^[i]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(P)found gathered together the eleven 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 ^[j]their experiences on the road and how ^(T)He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.