Acts 2:14, 22-32

ACTS 2:14A, 22-32

^14aBut Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them,

St. Mark Presbyterian Church

²²“You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know — ²³this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. ²⁴But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. ²⁵For David says concerning him,
     ‘I saw the Lord always before me,
          for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;
²⁶  therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
          moreover my flesh will live in hope.
²⁷  For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
          or let your Holy One experience corruption.
²⁸  You have made known to me the ways of life;
          you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

²⁹“Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ³⁰Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne. ³¹Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying,
     ‘He was not abandoned to Hades,
          nor did his flesh experience corruption.’
³²This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses.

Lectionary Reading for April 27, 2014