Sunday, April 26, 2020

Readings for April 26, 2020 (Third Sunday of Easter) annotated

The bolded hyperlinks to scriptural citations will take you to additional translations of the scriptures cited. The other hyperlinks will take you to explanations of original Hebrew or Greek words.

Reading 1: Acts 2:14, 22-33  
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed: “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen  to my words. You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. For David says of him: I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope, because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.

“My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day. But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured him forth, as you see and hear.”

listenκούω = akouō
"to hear;" "hearken;" to attend to, consider what is or has been said; to understand, perceive the sense of what is said; to comprehend, to understand

commendedποδείκνυμι = apodeiknymi
"to point out, to exhibit" (apo, "forth," deiknumi, "to show"), is used once in the sense of proving by demonstration; "to prove;" "to show forth, declare;"to point out, show forth, to expose to view, exhibit;to demonstrate, i.e. accredit;to prove by arguments

You have made known= γνωρίζω = gnōrizō
to come to know, discover, know; to become known, be recognized; to gain knowledge of, have thorough knowledge of; give to understand

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11  
R. (11a) Lord, you will show us the path of life.
Preserve  me, O God, for in you I take refuge; I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.”
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
bless the LORD who counsels me; even in the night my heart exhorts   me.
I set the LORD continually before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence; because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
You will showme the path to life, abounding joy in your presence,
the delights at your right hand for ever.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.

showיָדַע= yada`
to cause to know; to make known, declare; to make oneself known, reveal oneself; instruction; advise; answer; to be taught by experience; to cause someone to know something; to aquaint 

lifeחַי= chay
living, alive; lively, active (of man); green (of vegetation); flowing, fresh (of water); reviving (of the springtime); fresh; vigorous; flourishing; reviving; 

Preserveשָׁמַר= shamar
to keep, guard, observe, give heed;have charge of; protect; treasure up (in memory); protect;pay heed;to hedge about; attend to; beward; attend; 

refugeחָסָה= chacah
to seek refuge, flee for protection; to put trust in [], confide or hope in; have hope, make refuge

Lordאֲדֹנָי= 'Adonay
spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence; God, used submissively and reverently

blessבָּרַךְ= barak
to bless, kneel;to praise, salute;congratulate; thank; bend the knees; celebrate

counselsיָעַץ= ya`ats
to advise, counsel, give counsel; guide; to provide for

heartכִּלְיָה= kilyah
seat of emotion and affection; figuratively, the mind (as the interior self); inmost mind; kidneys 

exhortsיָסַר= yacar
to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish; to discipline, correct; to teach; reform, reprove

continuallyתָּמִיד= tamiyd
continually, continuously; constant (or adverbially, constantly); alway(-s); perpetual

heartלֵב= leb
inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding; soul, heart (of man); thinking, reflection, memory;seat of appetites; seat of emotions and passions;  the feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything;

confidenceבֶּטַח= betach
security, safety; a place of refuge; trust; assurance, boldly; without fear

joyשִׂמְחָה= simchah 
mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure; blithesomeness or glee

presenceפָּנִים= paniym
before; in front of; face turned toward; to say or do anything to one’s face; person; the foremost part of something; the author and efficient cause of anything

Reading 2: 1 Peter 1:17-21 
Beloved:If you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb.
He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

invokeπικαλέω = epikaleō
"to call upon," has the meaning "appeal;” carries with it the suggestion of a special interest on the part of the doer of an action in that in which he is engaged; to be named after someone; to call something to one; to call upon for one's self, in one's behalf; to permit oneself to be surnamed; called by his name or declared to be dedicated to him

reverence= φόβος = phobos
"reverential fear;"anxious heed; respect

revealed= φανερόω = phaneroō
"to manifest;" in the Passive Voice, "to be manifested;""to make visible, clear, manifest," known; to uncover, lay bare, reveal; to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way; make actual and visible, realized; to become known, to be plainly recognized

believe= πιστός = pistos 
believing, trusting;faithful, to be trusted, reliable; relying; sure;confiding 

Alleluia: Luke 24:32  
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us; make our hearts burn while you speak to us.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

open= διανοίγω = dianoigō
to open up completely; to open the mind of one, i.e. to cause to understand a thing; to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning;to open thoroughly;to explain, expound 

burn= καίω = kaiō
to set on fire, light, burning; consume with fire; kindle or (by implication) consume; a light showing the right way

Gospel: Luke 24:13-35  
That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?”

They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?”

And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”

They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.”

And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believeall that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the Scriptures.

As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. But they urged him, “Staywith us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in tostaywith them.

And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.

Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

drew nearγγίζω= eggizō
to approach; to be present; to come to or upon; to join; to make near

went= συμπορεύομαι = symporeuomai
to go together with; to go or journey together; go with

believe= πιστεύω = pisteuō
to be persuaded of," and hence, "to place confidence in, to trust;" signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence; "to entrust, commit to;"to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in; to give oneself up to.

interpreted= διερμηνεύω = diermēneuō
to unfold the meaning of what is said, explain, expound; to explain thoroughly, by implication, to translate

urged= παραβιάζομαι = parabiazomai
to constrain one by entreaties

Stay= μένω= menō
to abide, remain; to endure; to remain; to tarry as a guest, lodge; to continue to be present; to continue to be, not to perish, to last, endure; not to depart, not to leave, to continue to be present; to maintain unbroken fellowship; to put forth constant influence upon one; 

opened= διανοίγω = dianoigō
to open up completely; to open the mind of one, i.e. to cause to understand a thing; to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning;to open thoroughly;to explain, expound 

recognizedπιγινώσκω = epiginōskō
to know thoroughly; to know accurately, know well; fully perceive, notice attentively, discern, recognize; knowledge" or special appreciation; to discover, ascertain, determine; to perceive; to perceive who a person is; to become fully acquainted with; to understand; to recognize a thing to be what it really is

burning= καίω = kaiō
to set on fire, light, burning; consume with fire; kindle or (by implication) consume; a light showing the right way

made known= γινώσκω = ginōskō
to be taking in knowledge, to come to know, recognize, understand, or to understand completely; to know in the sense of realizing; to become known; frequently indicates a relation between the person "knowing" and the object known; in this respect, what is "known" is of value or importance to the one who knows, and hence the establishment of the relationship; to know by experience and observation; to understand; understand, perceive, have knowledge of; to learn from one

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