First Reading
Acts 5:27-33
- 27
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
- 28
Saying: Commanding we commanded you, that you should not teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us.
- 29
But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.
- 30
The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree.
- 31
Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
- 32
And we are witnesses of these things and the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to all that obey him.
- 33
When they had heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they thought to put them to death.
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.