Daily Readings - 28/04/2026

^11:19 Those who had escaped during the persecution that happened because of Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch,[*a] but they usually proclaimed the message only to Jews.

^11:20 Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Good News of the Lord Jesus to them as well.

^11:21 The Lord helped them, and a great number believed and were converted to the Lord.

^11:22 The church in Jerusalem heard about this and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

^11:23 There he could see for himself that God had given grace, and this pleased him, and he urged them all to remain faithful to the Lord with heartfelt devotion;

^11:24 for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. And a large number of people were won over to the Lord.

^11:25 Barnabas then left for Tarsus to look for Saul,

^11:26 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. As things turned out they were to live together in that church a whole year, instructing a large number of people. It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians’.

^86:1 Listen to me, Yahweh, and answer me, poor and needy as I am;

^86:2 keep my soul: I am your devoted one, save your servant who relies on you. You are my God,

^86:3 take pity on me, Lord, I invoke you all day long;

^86:4 give your servant reason to rejoice, for to you, Lord, I lift my soul.

^86:5 Lord, you are good and forgiving, most loving to all who invoke you;

^86:6 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to me as I plead.

^86:7 Lord, in trouble I invoke you, and you answer my prayer;

^86:8 there is no god to compare with you, no achievement to compare with yours.

^86:9 All the pagans will come and adore you, Lord, all will glorify your name,

^86:10 since you alone are great, you perform marvels, you God, you alone.

^86:11 Yahweh, teach me your way, how to walk beside you faithfully, make me single-hearted in fearing your name.

^86:12 I thank you with all my heart, Lord my God, I glorify your name for ever,

^86:13 your love for me has been so great, you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol.

^86:14 Now arrogant men, God, are attacking me, a brutal gang hounding me to death: people to whom you mean nothing.

^86:15 Lord God, you who are always merciful and tender-hearted, slow to anger, always loving, always loyal,

^86:16 turn to me and pity me. Give me your strength, your saving help, me your servant, this son of a pious mother,

^86:17 give me one proof of your goodness. Yahweh, make my opponents ashamed, show them that you are my help and consolation.

^10:22 It was the time when the feast of Dedication was being celebrated in Jerusalem. It was winter,

^10:23 and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon.

^10:24 The Jews gathered round him and said, ‘How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.’

^10:25 Jesus replied: ‘I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name are my witness;

^10:26 but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.

^10:27 The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.

^10:28 I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me.

^10:29 The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the Father.

^10:30 The Father and I are one.’