Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Bright Tuesday

Fasting: No fastJulian: April 4

Epistle

Acts 2.14-21

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14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:Log in to add notes

15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.Log in to add notes

16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;Log in to add notes

17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:Log in to add notes

18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:Log in to add notes

19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:Log in to add notes

20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:Log in to add notes

21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 24.12-35

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12Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.Log in to add notes

13And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.Log in to add notes

14And they talked together of all these things which had happened.Log in to add notes

15And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.Log in to add notes

16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.Log in to add notes

17And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?Log in to add notes

18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?Log in to add notes

19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:Log in to add notes

20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.Log in to add notes

21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.Log in to add notes

22Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;Log in to add notes

23And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.Log in to add notes

24And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.Log in to add notes

25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:Log in to add notes

26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?Log in to add notes

27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.Log in to add notes

28And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.Log in to add notes

29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.Log in to add notes

30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.Log in to add notes

31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.Log in to add notes

32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?Log in to add notes

33And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,Log in to add notes

34Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.Log in to add notes

35And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.Log in to add notes