神父講道 – 四旬期第四週 (週六) (2009年3月28日)
恭讀聖若望福音7:40-53
那時候，群眾中有些人聽了耶穌的話，便說：「這人真是那位先知。」另有些人說：「這人是默西亞。」但也有人說：「難道默西亞能來自加里肋亞嗎？經上不是說：默西亞要出自達味的後裔，來自達味出生的村莊白冷嗎？」因此，為了耶穌的緣故，在群眾中起了紛爭。他們中有些人願捉拿他，但誰也沒有向他下手。差役回到司祭長和法利塞人那裏；司祭長和法利塞人問他們說：「為什麼你們沒有把他帶來？」差役回答說：「從來沒有一個人如此講話，像這人講話一樣。」法利塞人遂向他們說：「難道你們也受了煽惑嗎？首長中或法利塞人中，難道有人信仰了他嗎？但是，這些不明白法律的群眾，是可詛咒的！」他們中有一個，即先前曾來到耶穌那裏的尼苛德摩，遂向他們說：「如果不先聽取人的口供，和查明他所作的事，難道我們的法律就許定他的罪麼？」他們回答他說：「難道你也是出自加里肋亞麼？你去查考，你就能知道：從加里肋亞不會出先知的。」然後，他們就各自回家去了。
—這是基督的福音。
(4th Week of Lent – Sat.)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 7:40-53
40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This is really the prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division among the people over him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. 45 The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, “Are you led astray, you also? 48 Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed.” 50 Nicode’mus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee.” 53 They went each to his own house.
—The Gospel of the Lord.
3月28日 (週六) 若7：40-53 (其他經文──耶11：18-20 詠7)
