7/27/2007 NRSV

Acts 2:22-36

The Messiah is handed over to death

"You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a
man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that
God did through him among you, as you yourselves know - this man,
handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of
God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But
God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was
impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him,
'I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;
therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
moreover my flesh will live in hope.
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One experience corruption.
You have made known to me the ways of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'

"Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he
both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was
a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would
put one of his descendants on his throne. Foreseeing this, David spoke of
the resurrection of the Messiah, saying,
'He was not abandoned to Hades,
nor did his flesh experience corruption.'

This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being
therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the
Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both
see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself
says,
'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool."

' Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has
made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified'.