But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words.22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him, in the midst of you, as you also know:23 This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.†24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it.25 For David saith concerning him: I foresaw the Lord before my face: because he is at my right hand, that I may not be moved.26 For this my heart hath been glad, and any tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.†27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.†28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life: thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.29 Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David; that he died, and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present day.30 Whereas therefore he was a prophet, and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.31 Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ. For neither was he left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption.32 This Jesus hath God raised again, whereof all we are witnesses.33 Being exalted therefore by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath poured forth this which you see and hear.
I have greatly rejoiced with you in our Lord Jesus Christ, because ye have followed the example of true love [as displayed by God], and have accompanied, as became you, those who were bound in chains, the fitting ornaments of saints, and which are indeed the diadems of the true elect of God and our Lord; and because the strong root of your faith, spoken of in days long gone by, endureth even until now, and bringeth forth fruit to our Lord Jesus Christ, who for our sins suffered even unto death, [but] "whom God raised from the dead, having loosed the bands of the grave." "In whom, though now ye see Him not, ye believe, and believing, rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;" into which joy many desire to enter, knowing that "by grace ye are saved, not of works," but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.
The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put trust in thee.2 I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.8 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption.11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
The words in [this psalm] are sung as if by the person of Christ, who although he is noble as Lord by nature and has under his feet creation as a handmaid, yet he asks to be preserved by the Father as the head of the body of the church.… He made those sanctified by the Spirit a marvel in the land—in his church—teaching them the will of the Father as an angel of mighty counsel. They hastened to hear the preaching, not through blood [sacrifices] or practices of the law to please God, but through praise and bloodless sacrifice. Nor with names that befit their former works did he say, I shall call them, that is, idolaters and polytheists and atheists; but called and holy and pious, and who have a share in the Lord. Because the latter was obedient to the Father to death—which he calls a cup—for this reason he gave him as a portion and inheritance to the Gentiles. And he binds it to him with cords—fetters of spiritual life.… He is on [the Father's] right hand in that we gain through his hands his heavenly Father as helper, and like a rod of power he has supported our weakness. Therefore he also says to him: My flesh will reside in hope. The hope, then, is that his flesh will again assume the soul that was constituted. For his soul was not left in Sheol, nor did his body see the corruption of the grave.… For these things are granted us in him as the head and firstborn of the resurrection and because we have grown rich with his poverty. And again we shall be in unfading delights, which the saints will receive on the day of his manifestation from him who is the Father's right hand.
We die not by our own choice but by necessity of nature and against our will. However, the Lord, being himself immortal yet having mortal flesh, had power, as God, to separate from his body and to take it back again, when he would.… For it was fitting that the flesh, corruptible as it was, should no longer after its own nature remain mortal, but because of the Word who had put it on, should abide incorruptible. For as he, having come in our body, was conformed to our condition, so we, receiving him, partake of the immortality that is from him.
And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled,20 Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you,21 Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him up from the dead, and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.
"Wherefore, girding up your loins," "serve the Lord in fear" and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and "believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory," and a throne at His right hand. To Him all things in heaven and on earth are subject. Him every spirit serves. He comes as the Judge of the living and the dead. His blood will God require of those who do not believe in Him. But He who raised Him up from the dead will raise up us also, if we do His will, and walk in His commandments, and love what He loved, keeping ourselves from all unrighteousness, covetousness, love of money, evil speaking, false witness; "not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing," or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing, but being mindful of what the Lord said in His teaching: "Judge not, that ye be not judged; forgive, and it shall be forgiven unto you; be merciful, that ye may obtain mercy; with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again;" and once more, "Blessed are the poor, and those that are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of God."
And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus.†14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.15 And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them.16 But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.17 And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad?18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger to Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?19 To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people;20 And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him.21 But we hoped, that it was he that should have redeemed Israel: and now besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.†22 Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us, who before it was light, were at the sepulchre,†23 And not finding his body, came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.24 And some of our people went to the sepulchre, and found it so as the women had said, but him they found not.25 Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken.26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures, the things that were concerning him.28 And they drew night to the town, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther.29 But they constrained him; saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.30 And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight.†32 And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in this way, and opened to us the scriptures?33 And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were staying with them,34 Saying: The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.35 And they told what things were done in the way; and how they knew him in the breaking of the bread.
About CSB. A personal translation of the New Testament, rendered directly from the public-domain Greek in a literary style — not a scholarly critical edition, and not for liturgical or doctrinal authority. It is one reader's work, offered for enjoyment; where it matters, weigh it against an established translation. (Placeholder text — final wording to come.)