This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Hebrew or Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue. They are provided beneath the reading they relate to.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us not to do.
Reading I
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said:
“Leaders of the people and elders: If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved, then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed. He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 118:8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29
R. (22) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me and have been my savior.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD; we bless you from the house of the LORD.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me and have been my savior.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his kindness endures forever.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
Reading II
Beloved:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are.
The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
know =γινώσκω =ginōskō
This verb represents knowledge as the effect of experience; perceive, feel; "to be taking in knowledge, to come to know, recognize, understand," or "to understand completely"; in its past tenses it frequently means "to know in the sense of realizing";"to know by observation and experience," is translated "to learn;"to become acquainted with;to come to know; idiom: to have sexual relations with
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
come to know, perceive; now by reflection, know by observation;discern, distinguish, recognize; perceive; feel
see = ὀπτάνομαι = optanomai
to look at, behold
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Look, look towards; have sight; take or give heed; behold, perceive, observe; keeping it in sight; look out for, provide; discern, perceive
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
know—see above
Gospel
Jesus said:
“I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”
know, knows—see above
hear = ἀκούω = akouō
Harkin to; to attend to, consider what is or has been said; to understand, perceive the sense of what is said; to give ear to a teaching or a teacher; to comprehend; to perceive anyone's voice; to yield to, hear and obey; have regard to; to perceive the distinct words of a voice; to yield obedience to the voice; to perceive in the soul
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
hearken, give ear; listen to; obey; hear and understand;
What these readings tell us about God/His Ways:
filled with the Holy Spirit
it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean ... whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone
There is no salvation through anyone else
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone
he is good
his mercy endures forever
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone
you have answered me and have been my savior
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone
By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD
you have answered me and have been my savior.
he is good
his kindness endures forever
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone
what love the Father has bestowed on us
we may be called the children of God
we are God’s children now
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
when it is revealed we shall be like him
we shall see him as he is
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord
I know my sheep, and mine know me
I am the good shepherd
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep
I am the good shepherd
I know mine and mine know me
the Father knows me and I know the Father
I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold
These also I must lead
they will hear my voice
there will be one flock, one shepherd.
the Father loves me
I lay down my life in order to take it up again
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own
I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again
This command I have received from my Father
What these readings tell us to do:
Give thanks to the LORD
take refuge in the LORD
take refuge in the
give thanks
give thanks
Give thanks to the LORD
know him
see him as he is
know me.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep
know me
hear my voice
there will be one flock, one shepherd
What these readings tell us not to do:
trust in man
trust in princes
runs away
has no concern for the sheep
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