Daily Scripture

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Thursday, May 17, 2040

Thursday of the 2nd Sunday of Pascha

Fasting: No fastJulian: May 4

Epistle

Acts 4.23-31

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23And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.Log in to add notes

24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:Log in to add notes

25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?Log in to add notes

26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.Log in to add notes

27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,Log in to add notes

28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.Log in to add notes

29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,Log in to add notes

30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.Log in to add notes

31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.Log in to add notes

Gospel

John 5.24-30

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24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.Log in to add notes

25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.Log in to add notes

26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;Log in to add notes

27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.Log in to add notes

28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,Log in to add notes

29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.Log in to add notes

30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.Log in to add notes