COMMENTARY

Acts 13:15-16, 26-33 (C); Acts 13:15-16a, 26-33 (L)
Paul preaches the Gospel in a synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia. This pericope is part of one of Paul's six sermons in Acts. It is addressed to the assembled congregation in a synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia on his first missionary journey. In this sermon Paul traces Jewish history which culminates in Christ who was killed as an innocent person by the Jews. They did not recognize who Jesus was and they did not understand the prophets. Jesus' crucifixion fulfilled the prophecies and both Jews and Gentiles are the inheritors of the fulfilled promises. The sermon aroused persecution and Paul and Barnabas were driven out of the district.

Acts 13:14, 43-52 (RC)
See Easter 5.

Revelation 7:9-17 (C, L); Revelation 7:9, 14-17 (RC)
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