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1 6, 4,10| legion of soldiers, numbering 1000 and commanded by a centurion. 2 6, 5 | refers to the words of Psalm 109:1, in which the Messiah 3 1, 1,2 | and completed only some 10years later, during Quirinius’ 4 6, 3,1 | Hallelujah, namely Psalms 110-114, uttered short prayers 5 6, 3,1 | Hallelujah, namely Psalms 110-114, uttered short prayers and 6 6, 2,4 | the 22-23 verses of the 118th Psalm, calling Himself the 7 6, 2,11| cannot travel more than 1200 yards on such a day. “For 8 4, 1,16| owed 5oo dinarii (approx. 125 roubles) while the other — 9 3, 0,8 | John Hyrcanus in the year 130 BC, they continued to bring 10 6, 3,1 | beard, clothing (Psalm 23:5; 133:2; Eccl. 9:8 and others), 11 4, 2,18| John the Baptist.~(Mat. 141-12; Mark 6:14-29; Luke 9: 12 7, 0,11| net ashore, filled with 153 large fish. The other apparent 13 5, 0,46| by Judas of Maccabea on 169 BC, and commemorates the 14 6, 4,7 | verses 12-17 and 1-3 of the 16th chp.) the Lord extensively 15 1, 0,4 | explained further on,~ in the 18th verse: “The only begotten 16 4, 1,6 | Eternal treasures.~From the 19th verse of the 6th chapter, 17 5, 0,36| Apostle Paul’s example in 1Cor. 5th. Chapter. These words 18 1, 0,3 | Saint Apostle Paul in 1Corinthians 1:24 calls Christ — “Wisdom 19 6, 6,3 | Testament mentions only the 1st, 3rd, 6th and 9th hour. 20 4, 2,12| according to Mark 5:13, nearly 2000).~Together with this, the 21 5, 0,37| Therefore, one talent equaled 2400 silver roubles. Instead 22 2, 0,7 | already become a co-ruler 2years earlier (in 765), his fifteenth 23 1, 1,3 | tradition has it that he was 300 years old) took Him in his 24 1, 0,2 | Theologian adds to this in his 31st paragraph, 20th chapter 25 5, 0,37| is expressed in the last 35th verse: “So My Heavenly Father 26 1, 1,5 | s temple that contained 365 idols, these idols fell 27 3, 0,4 | birth of Christ, and the 46th year falls on the 780th 28 3, 0,4 | Jewish Passover, some 256,500 lambs were given to the 29 4, 1,16| the two debtors. One owed 5oo dinarii (approx. 125 roubles) 30 6, 2,8 | the Pharisees found over 600 commandments in the Scriptures). 31 6, 7,3 | Messiah, the Psalmist in the 69th Psalm, verse 21, truly foretells 32 1, 1,2 | power. He ruled from the 714th year of the establishment 33 6, 5,1 | speech betrays you” (Mat.26:73). Fear overcame Peter and “ 34 3, 0,4 | built. Construction began in 734 from establishment of Rome, 35 6, 2,12| 14; Psalm 100:3 and Psalm 74:1), while goats — condemned, 36 1, 1,2 | Augustus’ decree in the 746th year from Rome’s establishment. 37 1, 1,5 | Christ was born earlier, in 748, then it can be said that 38 1, 1,2 | follows that He was born in 749.~ Astronomical calculations 39 6, 5,1 | Peter’s Denials.~(Mat. 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22: 40 1, 1,2 | Roman Empire and died in 750, 8 days before Passover ( 41 1, 1,2 | Jesus Christ was born in the 754th year from the establishment 42 2, 0,7 | death of Augustus in the 767th year from the establishment 43 4, 2 | mouth in a parable” (Psalm 77:2). Although Asaph was saying 44 2, 1,1 | reproach and insult (Psalm 78:40-41). The main form of 45 3, 0,4 | the 46th year falls on the 780th year from the establishment 46 1, 1,2 | have occurred in the year 783, (according to the data 47 5, 0,46| the Lord refers to the 81st. Psalm, where people called 48 1, 1,3 | 7 years. Having reached 84 years of age and not departing 49 6, 4,7 | crime and sin (John 3:20; 8:89; 8:46; 1 Cor. 12-24; Titus 50 5, 0,65| of the Gospel, regard the 99 sheep as either God’s Angels 51 1, 0,8 | Everybody was completely taken aback by the concordance of both 52 6, 4,10| However, not all the Apostles abandoned the Lord completely. Peter 53 1, 1,2 | accepting the cross of abasement and suffering for the redemption 54 6, 6,2 | was the accepted thing to abbreviate personal names, and it’s 55 6, 6,2 | by putting Jeremiaiah’s abbreviated name (Jriah) instead of 56 5, 0,46| nobody will be able to abduct them from Him, because “ 57 4, 1,1 | to the human soul. They abhor hostility and consequently 58 1, 0,9 | that God, having not been abhorred to include such women to 59 1, 0,3 | to join the people that abided in sinful darkness with 60 1, 0,5 | divisions, among which, Abijah headed one. Zacharias belonged 61 1, 0,9 | Saint Matthew — through Abiud, the other son of Zerubbabel, 62 2, 1,3 | the source for frequent ablutions that were established by 63 4, 0,21| that has the authority to abolish it, just as He had established 64 6, 2,4 | destruction of Jerusalem, the abolition of services by the high 65 4, 1,10| be understood as sins or abominable deeds, which the false prophets 66 6, 2,11| destruction of Jerusalem.~“Abomination of desolation,” about which 67 6, 2,11| cold” for “lawlessness will abound”); likewise, the end of 68 4, 2,8 | conclusion of this age. The above-mentioned parables are devoted toward 69 4, 1,15| coarse garment, made of abrasive hair (which inflicted pain 70 1, 1,3 | often find this type of abridgement with writers of holy books.~ ~ 71 6, 6,3 | forced him to exclaim with abruptness and causticity: “You take 72 1, 0,3 | of the Holy Trinity. The absence of a co-member indicates 73 4, 0,20| witness of Himself with total absoluteness as to His Divine worthiness. 74 4, 1,10| sectarians that preach a person’s absolution through faith alone, without 75 2, 0,7 | the person wished to be absolved of his sins, just as water 76 1, 0,3 | darkness, as the light is not absorbed by darkness: those who persist 77 1, 0,5 | his extraordinary strict abstinence, and from birth, will be 78 5, 0,42| guilt of the woman, from the abstract-legal realm into a moral one. 79 3, 0,5 | bafflement, emphasising the absurdity of such a demand: “How can 80 6, 7,3 | even now, crucified and abused, He still imagines that 81 5, 0,78| after spitting, beating and abusing Him, will crucify Him, while 82 1, 1,2 | Roman politics always acceded to the customs of the conquered, 83 4, 1,10| peoples’ consciences, they accelerated the process of moral decay, 84 6, 2,11| a flaming torch thrown accidentally by a Roman soldier, caused 85 1, 1,2 | Messiah to earth; they are acclaiming the peace that will settle 86 6, 7,1 | Lord, who were unable to accommodate thoughts of a suffering 87 6, 3,1 | And indeed, Judas was very accommodating, not demanding more, and “ 88 5, 0,65| unworthiness, which always accompanies the genuinely penitent sinner. “ 89 3, 0,10| accepting the teachings that accompany such miracles may fall into 90 6, 6,3 | brigand, who with his band of accomplices, committed murder during 91 2, 1,3 | lengthy period of time, He accomplishes in an instant at the wedding.” 92 1, 0,8 | with Christ’s redeeming accomplishments; by the word “holiness” — 93 5, 0,43| truth and “father of lies.” Accordingly, in speaking of Himself, 94 4, 1,6 | shouldn’t engage in earthly accumulations, but strive toward acquiring 95 1, 1,2 | Birth can be determined accurately on the following basis of 96 5, 0,41| does not know the law is accursed,” — is an expression of 97 5, 0,28| with them, He attempted to accustom them to the idea, that the 98 4, 2,21| indeed, inasmuch as only they acquaint a person with eternal life. 99 2, 1,3 | ordinary person, like an acquaintance. His Mother was there already, 100 5, 0,66| earthly riches, can impede the acquisition of spiritual gifts. In censuring 101 4, 2,5 | invisible, but gradually and actively it will encompass all the 102 4, 1,2 | in Him, so as to reveal, actualise and confirm the whole power 103 2, 1,1 | 2), that is, reached an acute stage of hunger and drained 104 4, 1,3 | your brother swiftly. In adapting the Roman court proceedings, 105 6, 2,9 | 15th day of the month of Adare, the caves that served as 106 5, 0,62| their self-exaltation and in addition, narrated a “parable.” Actually, 107 1, 1,1 | family will have further additions or not. And if the Gospel 108 6, 3,1 | made of oil and scented additives — usually, the oil was the 109 2, 1,3 | cross, the Lord likewise addresses His Mother, entrusting Her 110 5, 0,28| is clear that the Lord in addressing Peter, promises to establish 111 6, 6,3 | subsequent narratives, Saint John adheres to a more detailed and sequential 112 3, 0,6 | However, it appears it was not adjacent to Jordan, otherwise the 113 2, 0,7 | province, Abilene, that adjoined Galilee in the north-east, 114 3, 0,18| established the Passion Week fast, adjoining it to the Forty day Fast ( 115 6, 7,1 | religious feelings, began to admonish his companion. “Do you not 116 5, 0,36| your brotherly censure and admonishment and persist with his sin, 117 6, 6,3 | In response to this admonition and blinded by their hatred 118 6, 1,2 | John cites the Lord’s last admonitory words, uttered to the Jews 119 6, 4,6 | is born of a Father and adopts from Him His being), and 120 4, 1,6 | provides food for birds and adorns the flowers in the fields, 121 5, 0,44| they ask him as he was an adult and could speak for himself.~ 122 6, 4,4 | food, but only those of an advanced age, everybody can drink. 123 4, 1,3 | through grace, the gradual advancement of the human soul toward 124 5, 0,29| but about that, which is advantageous to the Jews: treating the 125 5, 0,31| been this way, the father advised — since infancy, adding: “ 126 1, 1,4 | to be sacrificators and advisers to kings. The Evangelist 127 3, 0,7 | he entered into a love affair with Herodias, unhappy in 128 6, 2,11| starving them. However, affairs of the Empire demanded his 129 6, 6,3 | development at this time, which affected Pilate in the Lord Jesus 130 3, 0,4 | reached the doves (thereby affecting the self-interests of the 131 6, 4,3 | as a sign of his special affection. And of course through this 132 7, 0,12| love You!” And after every affirmation, the Lord entrusts him — 133 6, 4,8 | mission of spreading and affirming His Kingdom on earth. The 134 6, 2,9 | During prayer, they were affixed with belts — one to the 135 6, 6,4 | on the northern shore of Africa, west of Egypt (where many 136 1, 0,9 | son of Neri. Julius the African, a renowned intellectual 137 5, 0,67| Abraham, Lazarus shared his after-death fate in finding himself 138 4, 0,19| did not know Jesus.~Soon afterward, he most probably went to 139 7, 0,12| instead of the word “love” — “agapan,” used by the Lord in His 140 3, 0,4 | Besides, the Greek verb” agaro,” translated into Slavonic “ 141 5, 0,37| released debtor, locating his agent who owed him some 100 denarii, 142 6, 2,11| the seas will roar with agitation, people will begin to waste 143 1, 1,1 | Her to the shameful and agonising death called for by the 144 6, 6,3 | tortured. And in her dream, she agonized mentally, was tortured by 145 5, 0,77| for his vineyard. Having agreed to pay a “denarius a day” 146 5, 0,65| house and paternal roof, and agreeing even to the most arduous 147 5, 0,77| people cannot enter into agreements or determine conditions 148 6, 7,3 | illnesses like typhoid, ague etc. All these arguments 149 4, 0,21| priests, Nob, and asked Ahimelech the priest to give him 5 150 3, 0,18| place is with those, who ail with the realisation of 151 5, 0,24| inserted His fingers into the ailing person’s ears, and having 152 4, 0,20| death. Just as a spiritual ailment can serve as the cause of 153 4, 0,19| many people with different ailments. However, this was no ordinary 154 6, 4,4 | fermented yeast, as opposed to “aksimon,” bread that is unleavened, 155 6, 3,1 | gum and various flowers. Alabastar is a type of marble, outstanding 156 6, 3,1 | brought the myrrh in an alabaster container. The myrrh was 157 7, 0,8 | The very extraordinary alacrity of the narrative of this 158 6, 6,3 | how to love thy neighbor. Alas, however, this was not the 159 1, 1,2 | the Blessed Virgin Mary, albeit in Her condition, accompanied 160 6, 6,4 | Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus, later to become 161 6, 2,6 | hated by the Jews, He would alienate Himself from the people, 162 4, 2,21| life, i.e. he will remain alienated from God, which in effect 163 2, 1 | descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.” Inasmuch as the 164 1, 1,4 | Mars and Saturn — becoming aligned in the one spot and creating 165 5, 0,37| perpetual and boundless all-forgiveness, the Lord narrates a parable 166 6, 6,2 | not to the hope of God’s all-forgiving mercy. This type of repentance 167 1, 0,4 | Song during Liturgy); “All-Ruler, Word of the Father” (From 168 4, 1,5 | according to the all-good and all-wise will of God, and let us 169 4, 1,3 | giving of lawful oaths of allegiance and other important matters. 170 5, 0,47| calling the evil spirits allegorically as “snakes” and “scorpions.” “ 171 4, 2,16| without a shepherd — an allegory that was especially understood 172 6, 7 | the condemned and thereby alleviated his sufferings. Myrrh is 173 6, 4,9 | convenient for you and time allows to sleep, then sleep, — 174 7, 0,12| his love for Him, but only alludes to His omniscience: “You 175 6, 6,2 | short time ago seemed so alluring, now, when his conscience 176 6, 7,4 | 100 pounds of myrrh and aloe mixture. Joseph bought a 177 6, 0,85| apparently, the donkey walked alongside. Following the example of 178 5, 0,58| expressed this indignation aloud. For this, the Lord called 179 4, 1,2 | smallest letter in the Jewish alphabet) or one tittle will by no 180 4, 0,24| Matthew, 9) James son of Alphaeus, 10) Lebbaeus (or Thaddeus, 181 4, 1,6 | we forsake our concerns altogether and submit ourselves to 182 4, 1,1 | benevolence from people - altruism, which is attained by those 183 6, 4,6 | Such a pure, selfless and altruistic love is a sign of genuine 184 7, 0,5 | Magdalene and two disciples. In amalgamating the narratives of the four 185 3, 0,10| become mundane and cease to amaze. Coupled with this, a person 186 5, 0,65| a penitent sinner, God’s amnesty and that joy, which occurs 187 4, 2,15| example, such were David, Amos, Moses and others. The Nazarenes 188 5, 0,44| cured man even further, amplifying his boldness in defense 189 3, 0,17| Evangelists that narrate analogically on this miracle. Moreover, 190 4, 1,10| persecuting them. In the final analysis, they contributed to the 191 6, 2,12| 19:11-18) and previously analyzed by us. The meaning of this 192 6, 2,9 | than their fathers — an ancestry they are proud of — because 193 1, 0,4 | by the Judeans either in ancient-Jewish text or in translated form 194 4, 2,21| new-born from the hands of the Angel-slayers (Exodus 12:7-13). With the 195 5, 0,79| s use of the Greek word “angisin,” in fact doesn’t mean entering, 196 6, 4,3 | The legs were lying at an angle, away from the table so 197 6, 7,3 | agonizing, causing this anguished cry from the lips of Jesus.~ 198 6, 4,9 | against death, lamenting and anguishing at its sight. These moral 199 5, 0,52| life, but only about the animalistic, carnal pleasures: “eat, 200 5, 0,78| Resurrection. The most detailed and animated account is from Saint Mark, 201 6, 2,9 | you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected 202 6, 5 | that year — as Annas (or, Annan as he was referred to by 203 6, 3,1 | former high priest Anna or Annanas, who was replaced by the 204 6, 7,3 | himself underlines this by annotating it as miraculous in his 205 1, 1,2 | the Angel and the Heavenly announcement, much to the amazement of 206 1, 1,1 | intended to release Her without announcing the reason. As soon as he 207 5, 0,44| However, this begins to annoy him: “I told you already, 208 6, 5 | somewhat different). This was annoying Caiaphas, so he decided 209 5, 0,46| This festival is celebrated annually over an eight-day period, 210 6, 6,3 | you yourselves will be answerable for the consequences of 211 7, 0,10| at My hands…” The Lord is answering to Thomas’s doubts with 212 5, 0,68| endure a malicious and antagonistic wife without an option of 213 3, 0,15| and Pharisees that were antagonistically disposed toward the Lord. 214 6, 6,3 | conquered peoples, so as not to antagonize them too much against themselves), 215 5, 0,65| contrite sinner, All these anthropomorphous features of the Lord, Who 216 4, 0,20| and the last one will be anti-christ, whom they will accept as 217 6, 2,11| signs will be performed by antichrist and his servants. The Son 218 6, 2,11| waste away from fear and anticipation of the arrival of imminent 219 2, 0,7 | north-east, at the foothill of Antilebanon, was under the rule of Lycinius. 220 5, 0,33| Ignatius God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch — the Lord set him in the 221 5, 0,46| Jerusalem, desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes. This festival 222 2, 0,7 | presented himself as a sharp antithesis of the then contemporary 223 6, 6,3 | the temple, near or inside Antonius’ fortress where the Roman 224 5, 0,78| Lord this payment, ransom (“apalitrossi”), the price of His cruciferous 225 6, 2,10| mite” that had become an aphorism, is narrated concordantly 226 5, 0,30| Mark 9:12) (in Greek — apokatastis i.e. restore). Just as the 227 6, 7,3 | mentions this in his letters to Apollophanus. However, it’s marvelous 228 6, 4,7 | Holy Spirit, becoming His appendages.~The first point of this 229 1, 1,6 | s words by revealing His appointment — to serve the will of He 230 4, 1,2 | their successors — whose appointments were made so as to shine 231 4, 1,7 | malevolence, but not the appraisement itself of the actions of 232 4, 1,7 | trying to show) or generally appraising people’s actions. What the 233 4, 1,10| was understood locally and appreciated by the Jews. Only those 234 3, 0,17| His words as an unlawful appropriation of authority, which belonged 235 5, 0,34| Lord Jesus Christ didn’t approve of their action. “Do not 236 5, 0,83| decision to kill the Lord was approved and orders issued for His 237 4, 1,16| debtors. One owed 5oo dinarii (approx. 125 roubles) while the 238 5, 0,81| to manage it. Each talent approximated 60 Minas. Of course in both 239 3, 0,7 | married to the daughter of the Arab King Aretus, he entered 240 3, 0,9 | Jews lived but Phoenicians, Arabs and even Egyptians. The 241 5, 0,52| t come to earth so as to arbitrate on petty conflicts that 242 5, 0,81| of the recent episode of Archaleus’ travel to Rome. The Jews 243 5, 0,83| this doesn’t mean that the archbishops, or high priests, were elected 244 6, 7 | convulsions; all the muscles arched from excruciating spasms; 245 6, 4,8 | prays in it as the Great Architect to God the Father, bringing 246 1, 0,4 | Observations by Archpriest Michael Pomazanski.~ The 247 4, 1,2 | the outset calms the Jews’ ardency for the Law, emphasising 248 6, 7,3 | sun. Saint Dionysius the Areopagite (when he was still a heathen) 249 6, 2,7 | life (see Acts 23:8). They argued continually with the Pharisees, 250 3, 0,8 | specific place — and the argumentative question between the Samaritans 251 5, 0,43| Church-Slavonic too literally (“tin arhin” — “beginning”) — which 252 1, 0,3 | co-member, giving rise to the Arians and Origen to assert that 253 1, 0,9 | Invariably, the question arises: Why does the Gospel gives 254 4, 0,20| nothing for the cause of Arius, but simply — as Saint Golden-tongue 255 6, 3,1 | bodies of the dead with aromatics. As a reward for her action, 256 6, 4,3 | One Himself knew how to arrange our salvation, even if there 257 6, 4,10| The Lord’s Arrest.~(Mat. 26:47-56; Mark 14: 258 6, 4,10| Judas to use caution in arresting Christ. Apparently, the 259 6, 4,10| Lord responded loudly. The arrivals were instructed that they 260 6, 6,3 | Tiberius. He was a proud, arrogant and cruel person, and at 261 3, 0,4 | traders’ consciences began to articulate. Only when He reached the 262 5, 0,51| that the Lord repeatedly articulated similar denouncements in 263 2, 1,2 | witnessed the candour and artlessness of his soul, declared: “ 264 6, 4,4 | bread” here is called “artos” in Greek, which means “ 265 5, 0,44| The Jewish leaders had to ascertain where this Person came from — 266 5, 0,82| Knowing that His enemies ascribe His healing powers to the 267 5, 0,22| Pharisees hypocrites, the Lord ascribes Isaiah’s prophesy (29:13) 268 1, 0,8 | through Divine means) by ascribing it with Christ’s redeeming 269 4, 1,15| and sprinkling on himself ashes as a sign of contrition. 270 7, 0,11| disciples, dragged the net ashore, filled with 153 large fish. 271 5, 0,65| tree, found in Syria and Asia Minor. This indicates the 272 4, 2 | unseen, from the outward aspect to the higher spiritual 273 6, 6,3 | which all Christians should aspire.~However, it was all ineffective 274 6, 2,4 | prompted them to viciously assault God’s Prophets, who reminded 275 5, 0,72| imminent misfortunes and assaults, but to sooner fear that 276 5, 0,44| Rabbi’s teachings, which asserted that a child could sin in 277 5, 0,28| a rock. However, can an assertion be made that through these 278 5, 0,29| Protestant and sectarian assertions that good deeds are not 279 6, 7,4 | Jerusalem, a Roman guard was assigned under the authority of the 280 4, 2,17| their current, temporary assignment — the Lord predicts that 281 6, 4,7 | properly understanding and assimilating that which He has to say 282 4, 0,19| the Lord — not having an assistant, he was incapable of utilising 283 3, 0,16| glory as a miracle-worker assisted in strengthening the unnecessary, 284 5, 0,31| fasting, which in turn further assists in strengthening it. That 285 5, 0,65| s will, but unwilling to associate with penitent tax collectors 286 3, 0,5 | to incur the wrath of his associates that were hostile toward 287 4, 0,20| applicable to the ordinary assumptions of the son, obeying the 288 2, 1 | Jesus, he became finally assured that before him was the 289 2, 1,1 | The proposal was aimed at astounding the people’s imagination 290 1, 1,2 | eclipse. According to the astronomers’ calculations, the eclipse 291 1, 1,2 | that He was born in 749.~ Astronomical calculations show, that 292 1, 1,4 | heavenly event, known in astronomy as the “uniting of planets,” 293 6, 4,7 | into it with a sermon to atone and the world — seeing His 294 3, 0,15| were withheld from this atrocity, by the power of God and “ 295 6, 4,6 | where the devil previously attacked the Lord, tempting Him with 296 4, 1,4 | objective of prayer, the attainment of which is not reliant 297 6, 2,11| destruction of Jerusalem with its attendant horrors appear as representations 298 4, 2,21| who studies the Scripture attentively and with faith — with Christ 299 7, 0,12| true.” This confirms the attribution of this Gospel to Saint 300 5, 0,44| become His disciples?” This audacious sarcasm provoked a reproach 301 4, 1,10| perform — before a large audience — “healings” or “exorcisms,” 302 4, 1,10| exorcisms,” dumbfound their audiences with bold thoughts, and 303 4, 2,18| by our Church on the 29th Aug., which decrees this as 304 5, 0,82| acted humanly” (Blessed Augustine). The sisters replied: “ 305 6, 0,85| your visitation,” i.e. that auspicious time, when God showed His 306 4, 2,13| Lazarus is dead.” The authentic death of the girl was so 307 5, 0,81| to Rome to receive their authorization to rule. Archelaus, son 308 6, 2,2 | Jews, would be answered automatically.~The curiosity seekers were 309 2, 1,1 | pawn, nor as a soulless automaton or an animal guided by instinct, 310 4, 1 | to accept their loss of autonomy, the Jewish people began 311 6, 6,2 | salve his conscience — to no avail: his anguish brought him 312 7, 0,10| there are now only two avenues before you — absolute belief 313 4, 1,10| and benefits. They weren’t averse to perjuring against them 314 6, 1,2 | sermon, (just like king Avgar did, according to tradition). 315 6, 2,11| fled Jerusalem and thereby avoided the horrors that befell 316 5, 0,43| an ordinary person.” This avowal by the Lord of His origin 317 6, 4,9 | is incapable of staying awake. The Lord specifically directs 318 5, 0,65| senses: it is as though he awakens, emerges from his previously 319 6, 6,3 | a heathen sense, in the awareness of semi-gods, heroes, that 320 6, 6,3 | exhausted state. He figured the awful sight would move their hearts, 321 1, 1,2 | recognise Him: “You will find a Babe wrapped in swadling cloths, 322 5, 0,38| celebrations in honor of Bacchus. Before this feast day, 323 4, 1,10| from false prophets.~In the backdrop of false prophets, the good 324 4, 1,7 | is forbidden is slander, bad-mouthing, malicious condemnation 325 6, 4,6 | I sent you without money bag, knapsack and sandals, did 326 1, 1,4 | this Great King; also, Magi Balaam’s prophecies — predicting 327 5, 0,80| production and trade in balsam, and the responsibilities 328 6, 6,3 | well-known brigand, who with his band of accomplices, committed 329 5, 0,82| hand and foot with burial bandages, Lazarus could still emerge 330 4, 1,1 | actions and applies strict bans in definitive forms, whereas 331 2, 1,2 | this is the Holy Spirit Baptiser, Son of God, as: “I saw 332 3, 0,6 | that “Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His Disciples,” (4: 333 6, 6,3 | soldiers then whipped his bare back, which from the initial 334 6, 3,1 | betrayer that would not start bargaining. And indeed, Judas was very 335 4, 2,19| a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, 336 2, 0,7 | gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the 337 5, 0,30| ground in people’s hearts — barnacled with sin and hardened by 338 5, 0,75| Lord places it as a strong barrier along the path toward God’ 339 7, 0,8 | body: to it, there were no barriers, and it could appear suddenly 340 5, 0,79| the name of one of them — Bartimaeus, which means “son of Timaeus.” 341 5, 0,52| earthly riches — not for base, carnal pleasures but on 342 6, 2,9 | ancient thinkers like Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian 343 6, 4,2 | servant, He fills a wash basin with water and commences 344 2, 1,3 | fact that a “measure” or “bat” was equal to our measure 345 4, 1,5 | in the East that after a bath the body was rubbed with 346 5, 0,44| about to occur with him. The bathhouse was built on the Siloam 347 4, 2,17| notes, “positive educational battlefield, in which they could prepare 348 6, 3,1 | the head, forehead, face, beard, clothing (Psalm 23:5; 133: 349 1, 0,7 | Archangel Gabriel. Elizabeth beatifies the Blessed Virgin for Her 350 5, 0,78| Romans, who after spitting, beating and abusing Him, will crucify 351 6, 5,1 | subjected to humiliation and beatings — was led out into the courtyard 352 4, 1,15| to Him, while He in turn, beckons for everyone to come to 353 2, 0,7 | locusts and honey of wild bees. He presented himself as 354 7, 0,9 | mission. It was also to beget a faith in them, that they 355 5, 0,31| and fasting. Genuine faith begets prayers and fasting, which 356 4, 2,12| possessed individual. The demons begged the Lord “that He would 357 5, 0,35| yourselves, those lofty moral beginnings and rules, which cleanse 358 4, 2,12| noticed because of his subdued behaviour. The nature of the demonically 359 4, 2,18| disciples recovered his beheaded body, placed it in a coffin 360 3, 0,5 | directly on knowledge and in beholding the truth: “We speak what 361 6, 2,11| and heathens into a much belated but fruitless surge of penitence, 362 4, 1,1 | satisfied with their own false beliefs. “Woe to you who laugh now, 363 4, 2,17| so that they were more believable in their witness before 364 5, 0,36| Heavenly Kingdom’s sake belittled themselves, — genuine Christians. 365 6, 2,11| into the house to retrieve belongings. Likewise those working 366 5, 0,53| around the waist with a belt, so that it didn’t get in 367 6, 0,86| money-exchange facilities and benches with doves — which were 368 5, 0,43| behavior: “You are from beneath…,” i.e. you have lost the 369 6, 3,1 | called the chalice of benediction, because in drinking from 370 5, 0,58| that it is timely to create benefactions to those in need. “Daughter 371 4, 1,10| sought personal glory and benefits. They weren’t averse to 372 6, 2,8 | of the Writings and how benighted they are in their false 373 1, 1,5 | assembled at a small town of the Benjamin tribe (south of Jerusalem), 374 4, 1,16| humbly behind the Lord, she bent down, and seeing that His 375 6, 2,9 | blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, murdered between the temple 376 5, 0,57| Interceder for the people, beseeching mercy for them from God 377 4, 2 | distance Himself from the besieging crowd, and then address 378 4, 0,19| which was called in Jewish — Bethesda, which means “house of mercy,” 379 6, 0,85| by Saints Mark and Luke — Bethphage and Bethany (Matthew speaks 380 9, 2 | paralytic at the pool of Bethseda. Healing of a person with 381 6, 5,1 | 14:70), “For your speech betrays you” (Mat.26:73). Fear overcame 382 1, 1,1 | after the Blessed Virgin’s betrothal with 80-year-old Joseph, “ 383 6, 6,4 | will it destroy the dry?” (Bhp. Michael).~ ~ ~ 384 5, 0,41| would have been just and not biased’” (Bishop Michael).~This 385 2, 0,7 | were ready to do all his biddings, and even King Herod was 386 7, 0,6 | two Angels, sitting on the bier upon which the bodies of 387 3, 0,18| belonged — were regarded as the biggest sinners. The people reviled 388 5, 0,68| to give a wife a divorce bill, “if she find no favor in 389 6, 2,9 | malicious people, akin to a bird’s love for its fledglings. “ 390 4, 2,18| birthdays, Herod once on his birthday, in emulating eastern kings, 391 4, 2,18| accustomed to celebrating birthdays, Herod once on his birthday, 392 2, 1,2 | in no way could be the birthplace of the Messiah, that had 393 5, 0,28| Apostles and their successors — bishops: to judge and punish sinners 394 6, 4,9 | entered. Kedron (meaning “black”) was an insignificant brook, 395 5, 0,68| the hope that He may be blamed for saying something contrary 396 6, 4,10| wrapping himself with a blanket, he hurried to have a look 397 4, 1,17| no salvation. If a person blasphemes against Christ, seeing Him 398 6, 7 | elders and Pharisees. These blasphemies had the one, mutual basis 399 5, 0,43| ignorance, they mockingly and blasphemously pose Him the question: “ 400 6, 6,3 | sustained deep flesh wounds that bled profusely. Such was the 401 6, 2,11| perspective, as though the two blend into one, especially if 402 5, 0,65| have become deserving of bliss — that have no need of repentance. 403 3, 0,16| stench, from the disfigured bloated mouth flows foul-smelling 404 6, 2,4 | whom He will be a Stumbling Block i.e. temptation, while the 405 5, 0,82| caves, the entrances to them blocked by huge stones.~These entrances 406 5, 0,68| closer and tighter than the blood-ties of a son with his father 407 1, 1,4 | In order to execute his bloody intentions with certainty, 408 3, 0,16| It appears on the body in blotches, akin to herpes — first 409 4, 2,20| because a great wind was blowing” (John 6:18), “the boat 410 6, 7 | free end of the cross, a board was nailed horizontally, 411 7, 0,5 | Peter arrives who, being bolder and more courageous, decides 412 6, 6,3 | embedded with pieces of bone and metal. This torture 413 3, 0,17| leather or cloth and were bordered by walls of houses with 414 7, 0,10| distinctive in its persistence, bordering on the stubborn, which was 415 7, 0,13| Christ’s Church for a new, born-again life in God. Baptism should 416 4, 1,3 | and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.” 417 5, 0,45| marvelous allegorical sermon, borrowed from a shepherd’s life in 418 5, 0,28| located on the northern boundary of Naphtali tribe, at Jordan’ 419 4, 1,18| of Prophet Jonah in the bowels of a whale for the duration 420 6, 5 | loathing and denigration, boxed His ears, beat Him about 421 4, 2,1 | overgrown with thorny bushes (brambles), while others were covered 422 4, 1,10| belong to one or another branch of Christianity, not through 423 7, 0,7 | weren’t punished for their breach of duty. Notwithstanding 424 6, 7,1 | woman wishing to receive a breadcrumb from the Lord’s table. From 425 4, 0,21| the priest to give him 5 breads or whatever he could find. 426 4, 1,2 | sin. “Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these 427 5, 0,28| And when He said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘ 428 3, 0,4 | themselves were active in breeding doves for their sale at 429 7, 0,7 | Sanhedrin and decided to bribe the guards into slandering 430 7, 0,7 | Bribing of the Guard.~(Mat. 28:11- 431 6, 2,12| of the bridegroom at the bride’s house. The arrival of 432 6, 6,3 | person was a well-known brigand, who with his band of accomplices, 433 5, 0,79| populated by wild beasts and brigands. When the Lord was leaving 434 1, 1,4 | coincidence of the three brightest stars — Jupiter, Mars and 435 6, 7,1 | This remarkable confession brightly testified to the power of 436 6, 2,5 | were driven outside of the brightly-lit pavilion of the king’s feast 437 3, 0,6 | morning star dims in the brightness of the rising sun.~Professing 438 6, 6,3 | state of glory and regal brilliance. The meaning of Pilate’s 439 2, 1,3 | they filled them up to the brim.” Jesus further orders them 440 6, 2,9 | make their phylacteries broad,” i.e. without any need 441 7, 0,6 | secrets of Her life to be broadcasted. That’s why there is extremely 442 3, 0,16| destroyed, skin becomes brown and cracked, the voice grows 443 5, 0,82| a turn for the better.”~Brushing aside all the objections 444 6, 7 | inscription. The proud Roman brusquely refused them, letting them 445 1, 1,5 | That’s why he issued the brutal decree to slay all infants “ 446 6, 2,4 | Himself the Rock, which the builders have rejected i.e. the leaders 447 4, 1,10| deeds, is like a person that builds his house on sand; while 448 3, 0,5 | Sanhedrin — although the bulk of them were hostile toward 449 5, 0,65| toward sin, begins to feel burdened by God’s laws, then declines 450 4, 1,3 | position of a wife was very burdensome.~In Mark’s Gospel, the Lord 451 6, 7,3 | revealing caves used for burials. As a sign of the Lord’s 452 5, 0,41| the altar of sacrificial burnings, thereby performing the “ 453 3, 0,18| knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” (Hosea 6:6). 454 6, 2,7 | to Moses at the burning bush: “I am the God of Abraham, 455 4, 2,1 | were overgrown with thorny bushes (brambles), while others 456 8 | in the earthly hustle and bustle. What joy to those that 457 1, 1,5 | escape Herod’s soldiers, were butchered together with their children. 458 6, 4,6 | knapsack and moneybag and buying a knife (or sword), must 459 4, 2,6 | sells all that he owns, buys the field and becomes the 460 5, 0,78| warring in this world and by-passing the Kingdom of God, “is 461 5, 0,22| entering through the mouth, bypasses the soul and is expurgated, 462 6, 5,1 | and went on to say to the bystanders: “This man was also with 463 1, 0,4 | command, rule or authority: c) in a secular meaning — 464 5, 0,67| scale. Whereas Lazarus’s cadaver was simply thrown out to 465 3, 0,4 | sacrificial animals, placed cages with birds, erected shop-fronts 466 1, 1,2 | introduced the accepted method of calculating the years “after Christ.” 467 5, 0,72| figurative presentation of a callous judge in a parable, who 468 5, 0,75| God’s Kingdom. So as to calm His disciples and explain 469 5, 0,42| exposing her to shame, calumny and condemnation, while 470 6, 0,85| warfare. Donkeys, mules and camels were used for household 471 6, 0,85| year 70, they pitched their camp on the exact location of 472 3, 0,7 | to find support for his campaign, he sent for John. However, 473 5, 0,23| moment, the daughter of the Canaan woman was healed. This miracle 474 5, 0,62| occupy the best places. Candidly and boldly, the Lord began 475 6, 6,3 | comes from the Latin word “candidus,” meaning white, bright), 476 2, 1,2 | Lord, having witnessed the candour and artlessness of his soul, 477 6, 4,1 | Troparions of the Paschal canon. The closeness of communion 478 4, 2,4 | people’s shelter under its canopy. Precisely the same thing 479 4, 1,10| why our Church asks in Her canticles for us to be affirmed on “ 480 4, 2,10| task that is beyond his capabilities, the Lord points out to 481 4, 2,21| attracts those who have the capability, and with their consent: 482 4, 1,14| Scribes and Pharisees. Like capricious and wilful children, they 483 7, 0,11| into the boat for fear of capsizing it. That’s why they were 484 6, 5 | of Caiaphas.” The Lord’s captors thought that by doing this, 485 6, 4,8 | the Jews and heathens were captured by the elevated beauty of 486 4, 0,24| made up of : es (man) and cariot (name of a city). The word 487 4, 1,18| to listen to the Actual Carnate Divine Great Wisdom, which 488 1, 1,5 | he pursued his trade of carpentry.~The Evangelist views this 489 5, 0,28| essential reference point in cases of misunderstanding. The 490 4, 1,3 | forbids the use of His name casually and a flippant approach 491 6, 6,4 | with these words of the catastrophes that will overtake them 492 6, 2,2 | devious question, but Himself catches them at their word. He asks 493 4, 1,17| Judgment Day, because their catchphrases show a surfeit in them of 494 4, 2,21| the Lord decisively and categorically reiterates: “Most assuredly, 495 4, 1,2 | commandments into major and “minor” categories — and did not regard the 496 4, 2,17| are not so specific and categorized.~Initially, the Lord sends 497 5, 0,29| logical conclusion from the catholic point of view, that the 498 5, 0,28| personage — just like the Roman Catholics are doing, in trying to 499 6, 6,3 | exclaim with abruptness and causticity: “You take Him and crucify 500 6, 2,9 | the Apostles personally, cautioning and instilling into each