Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² And having seen it, Peter responded to the people—

God Raised Jesus, The One You Denied And Killed. And Jesus Healed This Man

“Men, Israelites, why are you marveling at this? Or why are you looking-intently at us as-if we caused him to walk by our own power or godliness? ¹³ The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers— He glorified His servant Jesus, Whom you indeed handed-over and denied in the presence of Pilate, that one having determined^[a] to release Him. ¹⁴ But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked that a man who was a murderer be granted to you. ¹⁵ And you killed the Author^[b] of life, Whom God raised from the dead— of which we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And on-the-basis-of [our] faith in His name, His name made this one strong whom you see and know. And the faith that comes through Him gave him this wholeness in front of all of you.

The Prophets Said The Christ Would Suffer, Which God Now Fulfilled. Therefore Repent

¹⁷ “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in-accordance-with^[c] ignorance, just as also your rulers. ¹⁸ But God fulfilled in this manner the things which He announced-beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets— that His Christ would suffer. ¹⁹ Therefore repent and turn-back so that your sins may be wiped-out^[d],

3 ¹ See what-kind-of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God! And we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. ² Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet appeared^[a]. We know that if He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. ³ And everyone having this hope in^[b] Him is purifying himself, just as that One is pure. ⁴ Everyone doing sin also is doing lawlessness. Indeed sin is lawlessness. ⁵ And you know that that One appeared in order that He might take-away sins. And there is no sin in Him. ⁶ Everyone abiding in Him is not sinning^[c]. Everyone sinning has not seen Him nor known Him. ⁷ Little-children, let no one be deceiving you— the one doing righteousness is righteous, just as that One is righteous.

³⁶ And while they were speaking these things, He Himself stood in the midst of them. And He says to them, “Peace to you”. ³⁷ But having been frightened and having become terrified, they were thinking that they were seeing a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And for what reason are doubts coming-up in your heart? ³⁹ Look at My hands and My feet, that I am Myself. Touch^[a] Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you observe Me having”. ⁴⁰ And having said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ But while they were still not-believing it because of the joy, and marveling, He said to them, “Do you have something edible here?” ⁴² And the ones gave Him a part of a broiled fish. ⁴³ And having taken it, He ate it in their presence. ⁴⁴ And He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while still being with you— that all the things having been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled”. ⁴⁵ Then He opened their mind that they might understand the Scriptures.

The Christ Had To Suffer And Rise Up, And The Message Go Forth. You Are Witnesses

⁴⁶ And^[b] He said to them that “Thus it has been written— that the Christ suffers and rises-up from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed on the basis of His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.