April 25, 2014

Reading

Acts of the Apostles   4: 1-12

4:1	But while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the magistrate of the temple and the Sadducees overwhelmed them,
4:2	being grieved that they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
4:3	And they laid hands on them, and they placed them under guard until the next day. For it was now evening.
4:4	But many of those who had heard the word believed. And the number of men became five thousand.
4:5	And it happened on the next day that their leaders and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,
4:6	including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family.
4:7	And stationing them in the middle, they questioned them: “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”
4:8	Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, listen.
4:9	If we today are judged by a good deed done to an infirm man, by which he has been made whole,
4:10	let it be known to all of you and to all of the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, by him, this man stands before you, healthy.
4:11	He is the stone, which was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.
4:12	And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.”

Gospel

John   21: 1-14

21:1	After this, Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. And he manifested himself in this way.
21:2	These were together: Simon Peter and Thomas, who is called the Twin, and Nathanael, who was from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
21:3	Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “And we are going with you.” And they went and climbed into the ship. And in that night, they caught nothing.
21:4	But when morning arrived, Jesus stood on the shore. Yet the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
21:5	Then Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any food?” They answered him, “No.”
21:6	He said to them, “Cast the net to the right side of the ship, and you will find some.” Therefore, they cast it out, and then they were not able to draw it in, because of the multitude of fish.
21:7	Therefore, the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” Simon Peter, when he had heard that it was the Lord, wrapped his tunic around himself, (for he was naked) and he cast himself into the sea.
21:8	Then the other disciples arrived in a boat, (for they were not far from the land, only about two hundred cubits) dragging the net with the fish.
21:9	Then, when they climbed down to the land they saw burning coals prepared, and fish already placed above them, and bread.
21:10	Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just now caught.”
21:11	Simon Peter climbed up and drew in the net to land: full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.
21:12	Jesus said to them, “Approach and dine.” And not one of them sitting down to eat dared to ask him, “Who are you?” For they knew that it was the Lord.
21:13	And Jesus approached, and he took bread, and he gave it to them, and similarly with the fish.
21:14	This was now the third time that Jesus was manifested to his disciples, after he had resurrected from the dead.