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Christ before Pilate, Tintoretto

Christ before Pilate, 1566-67, Tintoretto, oil on canvas at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Prime Timers

The Prime Timers were a Bible study group at St. Martin's for eight years. One of the goals of our founder, Jackie Rose, was to have a weekly web page for the group and all the pages are still online here. The group disbanded but the readings below follow the Revised Common Lectionary as adapted for use in Episcopal worship.

Lectionary readings

The Readings for Sunday, November 24 -- Last Sunday after Pentecost--Christ the King: Track 1: 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Psalm 132:1-13 (14-19) Track 2: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Psalm 93 for both: Revelation 1:4b-8 and John 18:33-37
The text is from the Bible Study Tools - New Revised Standard Version.

Track 1

2 Samuel 23:1-7

1 Now these are the last words of David:

The oracle of David, son of Jesse,
     the oracle of the man whom God exalted,

the anointed of the God of Jacob,
     the favorite of the Strong One of Israel:

2 The spirit of the Lord speaks through me,
     his word is upon my tongue.

3 The God of Israel has spoken,
     the Rock of Israel has said to me:

One who rules over people justly,
     ruling in the fear of God,

4 is like the light of morning,
     like the sun rising on a cloudless morning,
     gleaming from the rain on the grassy land

5 Is not my house like this with God?
     For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
     ordered in all things and secure.

Will he not cause to prosper
     all my help and my desire?

6 But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away;
     for they cannot be picked up with the hand;

7 to touch them one uses an iron bar
     or the shaft of a spear.
     And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.

Psalm 132:1-13 (14-19)

1 O Lord, remember in David's favor
     all the hardships he endured;

2 how he swore to the Lord
     and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

3 "I will not enter my house
     or get into my bed;

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
     or slumber to my eyelids,

5 until I find a place for the Lord,
     a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

6 We heard of it in Ephrathah;
     we found it in the fields of Jaar.

7 "Let us go to his dwelling place;
     let us worship at his footstool."

8 Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting place,
     you and the ark of your might.

9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
     and let your faithful shout for joy.

10 For your servant David's sake
     do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath
     from which he will not turn back:

"One of the sons of your body
     I will set on your throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant
     and my decrees that I shall teach them,
     their sons also, forevermore, shall sit on your throne."

[13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
     he has desired it for his habitation:

14 "This is my resting place forever;
     here I will reside, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless its provisions;
     I will satisfy its poor with bread.

16 Its priests I will clothe with salvation,
     and its faithful will shout for joy.

17 There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
     I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.

18 His enemies I will clothe with disgrace,
     but on him, his crown will gleam."]

Track 2

Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

9 As I watched,

thrones were set in place,
     and an Ancient One took his throne,

his clothing was white as snow,
     and the hair of his head like pure wool;

his throne was fiery flames,
     and its wheels were burning fire.

10 A stream of fire issued
     and flowed out from his presence.

A thousand thousands served him,
     and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.

The court sat in judgment,
     and the books were opened.


13 As I watched in the night visions,

I saw one like a human being
     coming with the clouds of heaven.

And he came to the Ancient One
     and was presented before him.

14 To him was given dominion
     and glory and kingship,

that all peoples, nations, and languages
     should serve him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion
     that shall not pass away,

and his kingship is one
     that shall never be destroyed.

Psalm 93

1 The Lord is king,
     he is robed in majesty;
     the Lord is robed,
     he is girded with strength.

He has established the world;
     it shall never be moved;

2 your throne is established from of old;
     you are from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
     the floods have lifted up their voice;
     the floods lift up their roaring.

4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
     more majestic than the waves of the sea,
     majestic on high is the Lord!

5 Your decrees are very sure;
     holiness befits your house,
     O Lord, forevermore.

for both

Revelation 1:4b-8

4b Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

    7 Look! He is coming with the clouds;
         every eye will see him,
     even those who pierced him;
         and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.

    So it is to be. Amen.

8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

John 18:33-37

33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 34 Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?" 35 Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here." 37 Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

Thanks to Bible Study Tools for today's text.