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3004 1, 0,5 | people were praying in a specially designated open area of 3005 5, 0,82| again.” The Lord doesn’t specify Bethany, but Judea as their 3006 6, 2,5 | why it narrates: “he was speechless”…Not having anything with 3007 5, 0,55| expresses His desire to be speedily “baptized” with that baptism 3008 7, 0,5 | purchased some aromatic spices on Friday evening (23:56), 3009 3, 0,18| wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. 3010 6, 6,3 | overtook Pilate for his spineless and unjust judgment of Him, 3011 5, 0,65| a distorted and bitter, spiritual-moral disposition.~ ~ 3012 6, 7,3 | in a new, glorified and spiritualized appearance.~The holy Fathers 3013 5, 0,78| heathens i.e. Romans, who after spitting, beating and abusing Him, 3014 3, 0,16| mouth flows foul-smelling spittle, the joints in the arms 3015 4, 2,16| are few” (Mat. 9:37), a splendid representation, understood 3016 4, 0,23| kingdom and be the outward splendour and glory on the throne 3017 1, 1,4 | becoming aligned in the one spot and creating the visible 3018 3, 0,16| nose and eyes - then slowly spreads over the whole body, until 3019 3, 0,8 | him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” ( 3020 6, 3,1 | the sacrificial table was sprinkled with the blood of the slaughtered 3021 4, 1,15| to the body), seated and sprinkling on himself ashes as a sign 3022 4, 1,10| later disappear and others sprout in their place. Only the 3023 5, 0,63| Kingdom, while those who spurned the call, Scribes and Pharisees, 3024 5, 0,65| a distant land where he squandered his possessions, living 3025 5, 0,65| spiritual dissoluteness, squanders all those gifts with which 3026 5, 0,40| tells them to disregard that squeamishness, which the Jews maintained 3027 4, 1,19| that they were unable to squeeze their way through, because 3028 4, 2,13| lost all hope of a cure, squeezed her way behind Jesus and 3029 6, 4,9 | Gethsemane means press for squeezing oil. Apparently, the garden 3030 6, 4,6 | peace that gives complete stability to all the powers of the 3031 3, 0,4 | could not be regarded as stable. The Lord “knew all men” 3032 5, 0,40| when he sent him with his staff to resurrect the son of 3033 5, 0,56| sacrifices. The Jews often staged uprisings against the Roman 3034 1, 1,2 | FEVDA — was burned at the stake on the 12th of March, in 3035 6, 2,11| form of convening became standard practice and was used by 3036 6, 2,11| boundaries. Many perished from starvation, which was so great that 3037 6, 2,11| to surrender the city by starving them. However, affairs of 3038 5, 0,83| the considerations of the state-nationalistic politics. Evangelist John, 3039 6, 2,6 | Caesar or maintain their staunch loyalty to God? The Lord 3040 6, 4,10| while the servants with staves. Evidently, they expected 3041 6, 4,9 | the person is incapable of staying awake. The Lord specifically 3042 7, 0,7 | as a lie. After all, the stealing of bodies was completely 3043 7, 0,10| was as though he became steeled in the conviction that the 3044 6, 7,3 | placed on a reed, i.e. the stem of a plant (called a “hyssop” 3045 6, 4,6 | anywhere else in the Gospel: it stemmed from a deep emotion of the 3046 1, 0,9 | immediate relatives, but also to stepbrothers, which in fact were Jacob 3047 6, 4,7 | Thus Saint First-Martyr Stephan was a sacrifice to this 3048 6, 6,3 | John 18:31. The stoning of Stephen was a willful act. According 3049 6, 7,4 | rightfully called mother i.e. Stepmother to his sons.” Others were 3050 7, 0,5 | wife of Chuza, king Herod’s steward. The other women-myrrh-bearers 3051 3, 0,8 | feelings of hunger were stifling His happiness over the Samaritan 3052 7, 0,12| foremost-of-the-Apostles Peter and Paul, the stihira “Glory” is sung).~The Roman-catholics, 3053 9, 2 | censuring of the Pharisees. Stilling of the storm. Driving out 3054 5, 0,68| virtue, and through them, stimulate the desire in people to 3055 6, 3,1 | taking into account the stinginess and greed of the betrayer 3056 5, 0,67| the beggar — although not stingy, in as much as he feasted 3057 6, 6,2 | his conscience began to stir, appeared to him quite repulsive. 3058 6, 7 | undergarment — tunic — was not stitched but woven, or knitted (from 3059 7, 0,6 | the Lord’s Body had been stolen. Crying, she leaned toward 3060 5, 0,65| would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods the swine 3061 5, 0,28| confessing his faith in Stone-Christ.~Thus, the meaning of this 3062 4, 2,1 | makes their meaning sterile. Stony surfaces are presented as 3063 5, 0,42| violator of Moses’ law. Stooping, the Lord wrote on the ground 3064 5, 0,58| eighteen years and could not straighten up. The head of the synagogue 3065 4, 2,20| alone on land, but “saw them straining at the rowing” (Mark 6:48). “ 3066 1, 1,5 | he ordered his wife to be strangled and his 3 sons put to death. 3067 2, 1,2 | worthiness, “Whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose” ( 3068 6, 4,8 | His disciples came to the stream at Hebron. It was before 3069 4, 2,13| Seeing this, the crowd streamed after Him with unusual curiosity 3070 5, 0,59| presence, and You taught in our streets,” i.e. being unworthy of 3071 5, 0,64| saving his soul.~The Lord strengthens His instructions on selflessness, 3072 7, 0,12| when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another 3073 4, 1,10| would be an exaggeration and stretching the meaning of this to include 3074 3, 0,5 | race, living in flesh and stricken with ulcerous sin, receives 3075 6, 4,2 | out — I’m going under, who strikes the servant of the high 3076 2, 1,3 | s miracle, all the more striking.~Jesus directed the servants 3077 4, 2,18| traveling to Rome, he was stripped of all his privileges and 3078 4, 2,1 | way: “He who wishes and strives to obtain the gifts of grace, 3079 5, 0,29| earthly king, the ardent and strong-minded Peter couldn’t tolerate 3080 6, 2,11| shaken,” i.e. the whole structure of earth will be shaken. 3081 4, 1,9 | attractive to those who dislike struggling with their sinful passions, 3082 4, 2,8 | saved, even the devil.~In studying the Lord’s parables, it 3083 6, 2,4 | heavier. Those who have stumbled over the stone and crashed, 3084 6, 2,4 | those to whom He will be a Stumbling Block i.e. temptation, while 3085 6, 6,3 | This declaration deeply stung the pride of the Sanhedrin 3086 6, 7 | gall. This drink, which stupefied and dulled the senses, was 3087 2, 0,7 | against their epicurean style of living: spiritual life 3088 5, 0,35| life, doesn’t deaden and subdue his passions (1 Cor. 9:27), 3089 4, 2,12| hardly noticed because of his subdued behaviour. The nature of 3090 4, 1,7 | Correct him — not as an enemy, subjecting him to punishment — but 3091 5, 0,30| present themselves and be submissive to Him, Who was not truly 3092 5, 0,65| according to God’s will, submits to iniquity and through 3093 2, 1,1 | of humanity, voluntarily submitting itself to the devil’s authority? 3094 3, 0,6 | extent as one can, being subsistent of the earth; but coming 3095 7, 0,9 | Christ, by which material substances did not impede His penetration 3096 3, 0,5 | come to the Lord so as to substantiate this. With His opening words 3097 8 | accompanying signs,” — i.e. substantiating the truth of their words 3098 6, 0,85| from an earthly king as his substitute (compare John 5:43). Evangelist 3099 4, 2,1 | just a varied as those who succeed in spiritual wisdom” (Blessed 3100 3, 0,6 | expresses his joy on Christ’s successes. He calls Him the bridegroom 3101 5, 0,46| He disarmed them with a succinct question: “Many good works 3102 6, 4,6 | Lord permitted Peter to succumb temporarily, so that through 3103 2, 0,7 | Moses, while the Sadducees, succumbing to physical comforts, rejected 3104 7, 0,11| Jesus” — an expression of a sudden appearance. Perhaps the 3105 6, 2,11| of its unexpectedness and suddenness, the Lord’s coming is often 3106 5, 0,41| performed by Jesus are sufficiently powerful witnesses of Him 3107 5, 0,44| see — they didn’t know, suggesting that they ask him as he 3108 1, 1,4 | country. One proposition suggests this country was Arabia, 3109 5, 0,48| the parable is not fully suitable to the question. While the 3110 4, 1,15| destroyed by God with a rain of sulphur and fire. Indeed, God’s 3111 6, 2,11| Just as the advance of Summer was judged by the branches 3112 6, 4,4 | that came to church on Sundays and feast days, invariably 3113 6, 7,4 | one or two hours before sundown, when Saturday began. This 3114 6, 0,85| from Mount of Olives was superb.~There were two roads from 3115 1, 0,9 | explains this variance superbly through the code of living, 3116 4, 1,3 | of God’s name in swearing superficial oaths, especially in lies. 3117 4, 2,15| curiosity or to prove His supernatural powers.~ ~ 3118 6, 2,7 | Jews, renowned for their superstition, would never marry a woman 3119 6, 6,3 | s death sentence, Pilate supplied them with soldiers to carry 3120 5, 0,25| of the Gennesaret Lake. Supplies of bread had been used up, 3121 7, 0,12| be recorded in detail, “I suppose that even the world itself 3122 6, 6,3 | cane in His hands, which supposedly represented a regal scepter. 3123 5, 0,82| troubled.” Bishop Michael supposes that the Lord’s grief and 3124 4, 1,3 | danger of the council (Jewish supreme body). But whoever says, ‘ 3125 4, 2,1 | this Word settles on the surface of the mind and heart superficially. 3126 4, 2,1 | their meaning sterile. Stony surfaces are presented as those who, 3127 6, 2,11| much belated but fruitless surge of penitence, involuntarily 3128 1, 1,6 | Jesus remained in Jerusalem, surmising that he is nearby with another 3129 6, 3,1 | while Caiaphas was his surname of family name. He was the 3130 1, 1,2 | this is God’s peace that surpasses all understanding (Philip. 3131 6, 2,11| wanted to force the Jews to surrender the city by starving them. 3132 2, 1,1 | likewise in the future: surround Himself with legions of 3133 5, 0,22| Pharisees never paused their surveillance on Him and not finding Him 3134 7, 0,5 | Mary, wife of Clopas and Susanna, and many others, “As God-filled 3135 4, 0,19| John the Baptist usually suspected them of being Pharisees, 3136 6, 4,3 | including John himself, not suspecting the betrayal to occur that 3137 1, 1,2 | during Herod’s reign, was suspended as a consequence of his 3138 6, 6,3 | from the initial blows, sustained deep flesh wounds that bled 3139 1, 1,2 | Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in 3140 1, 1,2 | will find a Babe wrapped in swadling cloths, lying in the manger.” 3141 5, 0,32| that Peter caught had a swallowed statir in its mouth, then 3142 4, 1,1 | world that “lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 3143 6, 4,9 | according to Saint Luke, “”His sweat became like great drops 3144 5, 0,79| performed the miracle of sweetening bitter waters (2 Kings 2: 3145 4, 1 | them with manna, even more sweeter than that sent to them in 3146 3, 0,16| sloughs. With this, the face swells, the nose dries up and becomes 3147 4, 1,10| accompanied by storms that swept away houses that were built 3148 4, 1,3 | peace with your brother swiftly. In adapting the Roman court 3149 5, 0,66| praise his servant for his swindle as such, but for his resourcefulness 3150 6, 4,9 | prior to this that he had sworn his faithfulness to the 3151 5, 0,80| Zacchaeus climbed up a sycamore tree to get a better view 3152 3, 0,8 | Jacob in a township named Sychema — referred to by Saint John 3153 3, 0,8 | referred to by Saint John as Sychera. Possibly, the Evangelist 3154 3, 0,12| wail of fear, feigned and sycophantic aim at diverting judgment 3155 4, 2,21| listeners that the time for symbolism had passed, because Truth 3156 6, 4,4 | that it is seemingly alive, symbolizing life, as opposed to unleavened 3157 1, 1,5 | meaning, everything served as symbols of events in the New Testament.~ 3158 6, 6,4 | prohibited expressions of sympathy to a condemned man being 3159 6, 2,11| messiahs-deceivers.~The second symptom will be wars, local as well 3160 5, 0,23| Canaanite, while Saint Mark — Syro-Phoenician. According to Saint Mark’ 3161 7, 0,5 | seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe 3162 4, 2,13| the Lord calls, saying: “Talitha, cumi,” which means: “Little 3163 6, 7 | wine and myrrh gave it a tart and bitter taste. That’s 3164 6, 5 | about the head, His cheeks, taunting and asking: “Prophesy to 3165 3, 0,12| the lifeless word of their teacher-Scribes and Pharisees, the Galileans 3166 4, 1,10| religious outpouring. Modern television “miracle-workers,” exalted 3167 6, 4,3 | primacy. Mustering an especial temerity and taking the step that 3168 4, 2,11| bow of the boat. A great tempest arose — which happened frequently 3169 6, 6,1 | God?” — again they asked tenaciously. The Lord formally confirms 3170 5, 0,31| of his presence and his tenacity, this time they doubted 3171 6, 6,2 | remarkably clear in their tendency to fulfill a minor commandment, 3172 2, 0,7 | Whose coming many were tensely anticipating — could not 3173 6, 1,2 | later attained its utmost tension in the garden of Gethsemane. 3174 1, 1,2 | begun during his first tenure, was completed only during 3175 6, 4,6 | misunderstood, the Lord terminated the conversation with: “ 3176 5, 0,82| resurrection from the dead. Terminating the conversation, brought 3177 4, 1,2 | the nature of the Greek terminology, shall be called the least , 3178 7, 0,9 | Luke speaks: “But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed 3179 6, 7 | individual hung helplessly in terrifying convulsions; all the muscles 3180 4, 1,13| Minor Hermon, in the former territory of the Issachar tribe. Apparently, 3181 5, 0,59| this question sternly and tersely, not only to him personally, 3182 4, 1,5 | that our moral powers be tested, that He protect us from 3183 6, 4,1 | this, Saint John has other testimonies that the Jewish Passover 3184 6, 4,6 | Iscariot), called Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, who apparently had not 3185 4, 0,24| Alphaeus, 10) Lebbaeus (or Thaddeus, as Judas the son of James), 3186 4, 2,21| with Christ as the main theme — studies as though directly 3187 6, 6,3 | of the Jews, but was the theocratic ruler of the e. So the Lord 3188 1, 1,1 | 28:20). As the Blessed Theophilacus rightly observed that this 3189 1, 0,2 | the Faith, one “sovereign Theophilus,” and at the same time, 3190 5, 0,41| on the Sabbath?” Blessed Theophyclatus expounds this quite excellently: “ 3191 1, 0,3 | the Father.~ As Blessed Theophylact notes that in revealing 3192 | therein 3193 | thereof 3194 6, 6,3 | history of the Jews, from thereon scattered around the world 3195 6, 3,1 | bread, bitter greens and thick sauce, made of dates, figs, 3196 6, 2,11| likened to the appearance of a thief. The ensuing parable about 3197 4, 2,1 | were covered with only a thin layer of soil. The sowing 3198 3, 0,16| and such an authoritative thinker as Bishop Theophan, finds 3199 5, 0,65| received the remaining two thirds. Having received his inheritance, 3200 5, 0,78| impending voluntary sufferings, thirsting to fulfill God’s will (compare 3201 5, 0,41| out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and 3202 5, 0,41| discharged water to the thirsty people in the wilderness, 3203 2, 0,7 | in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing 3204 5, 0,65| being inexperienced and thoughtless, requests in accordance 3205 5, 0,26| two miracles of feeding thousands with a few loaves. Only 3206 2, 0,7 | as the master cleans his thrashing floor of weeds and dirt, 3207 6, 2,9 | from which ruby-colored threads extended around the hem. 3208 6, 6,3 | to extreme measures — to threaten the procurator himself by 3209 4, 1,17| mat. 12:34). The Lord threatens the Pharisees that they 3210 5, 0,60| is saying: “Despite any threats, I shall continue with My 3211 2, 0,7 | thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat 3212 6, 4,5 | will all sit equally on thrones to judge the 12 tribes of 3213 6, 1,2 | imminent sufferings, by thundering from the heavens: “I have 3214 4, 1,18| kingdom on the banks of the Tiber (north of Babylon) — who 3215 5, 0,36| authority has been given to tie or to release. “But if he 3216 5, 0,68| marital bond is closer and tighter than the blood-ties of a 3217 5, 0,36| reform a loved one, are tightly bound to the prohibition 3218 5, 0,79| Bartimaeus, which means “son of Timaeus.” It has to be assumed that 3219 1, 0,8 | wrote on a piece of flat timber, covered with wax: “His 3220 6, 4,7 | the Father, because the timeless beginning of the Holy Spirit 3221 5, 0,58| on the Sabbath that it is timely to create benefactions to 3222 5, 0,43| Church-Slavonic too literally (“tin arhin” — “beginning”) — 3223 4, 2,15| other instances — this was tinged with scorn: as though, “ 3224 5, 0,38| 15th day of the month of Tisrah — in our calendar, the end 3225 6, 2,9 | hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, 3226 5, 0,46| infringements of the powerful, were titled “gods” — naturally, not 3227 4, 1,2 | Jewish alphabet) or one tittle will by no means pass from 3228 6, 2,11| clothing, as they normally toiled without their outer garments.~ 3229 4, 2,17| and that “it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and 3230 4, 2,2 | cunning one (tares). The Lord tolerates the latter, leaving them 3231 3, 0,18| that a public overlords or toll collectors — to which Matthew 3232 3, 0,18| individual sitting on a toll-bar (place where taxes were 3233 4, 1,3 | not oppose evil — as Leo Tolstoy and his followers did in 3234 6, 2,9 | the Pharisees for building tombstones to the Prophets and adorning 3235 7, 0,13| they will speak with new tongues, they will take up serpents; 3236 1, 0,4 | the narration on the two topics. Here, the majesty of these 3237 5, 0,47| leader has already been toppled: ‘I saw satan fall like 3238 6, 2,11| God’s decree: a flaming torch thrown accidentally by a 3239 6, 4,10| mob arrived with lamps and torches in the assumption that the 3240 5, 0,68| which resulted in husbands tormenting and maltreating their unloved 3241 5, 0,37| he was handed over to his tormentors, until such time as he discharged 3242 4, 1,16| dusty trip, began to shed a torrent of tears. Thus, instead 3243 4, 1,10| Inasmuch as in Palestine torrential rains, accompanied by storms 3244 6, 6,4 | without sleep and terrible tortures, that He did not have the 3245 4, 2,20| of the sea (i.e. lake), tossed by the waves” (mat. 14:24), 3246 4, 0,20| lead to the unavoidable totality of the general Final Judgment. 3247 7, 0,6 | to go to His Father, very touchingly calls His disciples “brethren.” 3248 7, 0,11| it. That’s why they were towing the net toward the beach, 3249 6, 2,11| hearing of the Romans entering townships on the outskirts of Jordan, 3250 5, 0,22| expurgated, not leaving any trace in the soul. But sins that 3251 2, 0,7 | Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of 3252 2, 0,7 | situated east of Jordan, and Trachonitus, located north-east of Jordan; 3253 1, 0,9 | God Himself. However, this tracing differs somewhat from that 3254 3, 0,4 | maximum profits, the Jews traded (in the temple’s courtyard) 3255 8 | and evidently pronouncing traditional words that were customary 3256 3, 0,16| crawling through their tragic lives. Moses, in the book 3257 5, 0,79| leaving Jericho, taking the trail usually used by the Jews 3258 5, 0,22| conquer our sensuality, to train ourselves to sever our will 3259 6, 2,11| Then shortly after, Emperor Trajan obliterated the last traces 3260 5, 0,59| will be judged outside the tranquil habitat — where supper is 3261 3, 0,18| argument, the Pharisees transfer their accusations to the 3262 6, 6,4 | the Lord’s cross could be transferred to Simon the Cyrenian. “ 3263 4, 2,8 | the souls of humans and transfigures them, conditioning them 3264 4, 2,4 | impediments, and is capable of transfiguring it into a great and worldwide 3265 6, 6,4 | blessing of childbirth will transform into a curse, and those 3266 4, 2,21| the beginning of internal transformation and enlightenment, making 3267 6, 0,86| porches of the temple had been transformed into trading areas, so He 3268 4, 1,2 | human soul and through it transforms his whole life, giving it 3269 5, 0,22| accusations: “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because 3270 4, 1,12| reclined. A guest who has transgressed in any way, was led out 3271 5, 0,49| efforts are directed at a transitory fuss, which can be done 3272 5, 0,43| a fear of sinning by not translating the Greek text verbatim — 3273 5, 0,43| all the Church-Slavonic translations, prompted by a fear of sinning 3274 6, 3,1 | outstanding for its lightness, transparency and beauty. Vases, urns, 3275 5, 0,43| Messiah once, but He spoke so transparently, even though using other 3276 2, 1,3 | the grape; and that, which transpires in the plant over a lengthy 3277 5, 0,48| question in attempting to trap Him with words: “Teacher, 3278 7, 0,8 | that He appeared to the travelers to Emmaus “in another form.” 3279 1, 1,2 | Because of the multitude of travellers that had arrived earlier, 3280 4, 2,10| strong reaction on the people travelling with the Lord, which included 3281 6, 0,85| the south, while the other traversed through the very top of 3282 6, 6,3 | himself by accusing him of treachery against Caesar’s authority: “ 3283 5, 0,33| receives Me,’ i.e. anybody who treats these little children — 3284 5, 0,53| making them his guests — a tremendous honor that can only be bestowed 3285 6, 4,9 | prayer, is capable of falling tremendously.~The Lord stopped three 3286 5, 0,37| forgive his brother his trespasses.” The Lord wishes to instill 3287 3, 0,5 | the eternal unity of the Triad-God, about accepting as the 3288 5, 0,65| his senses. These outer tribulations are the gist of God’s simultaneous 3289 5, 0,29| path upon which the devil tries to lead people — wishing 3290 7, 0,5 | Luke 24:12). After his triple rejection of Christ, the 3291 4, 2,12| the loss of their pigs, triumphed over (it would be expected) 3292 7, 0,5 | tomb.” I don’t have the Troparion, and hence didn’t put these 3293 6, 4,1 | as sung in one of the Troparions of the Paschal canon. The 3294 6, 2,11| sounding of a mysterious trumpet, all the dead shall resurrect 3295 6, 5 | demanded that the accused truthfully answer — without fail — 3296 4, 2 | accept and understand these truths. This served as a reason 3297 6, 6,3 | at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water 3298 4, 2,20| However the strong wind and turbulent waves distracted Peter’s 3299 6, 4,6 | disposition of a person, calms all turmoils and anxieties — it is that 3300 4, 0,20| Kingdom (Heb. 10:1) and tutor (leader of children) in 3301 5, 0,62| sense of the word but a tutorial, taken in a parabolic form 3302 6, 6,3 | completely, Pilate once more twists the knife in this wound 3303 6, 7,3 | with certain illnesses like typhoid, ague etc. All these arguments 3304 1, 1,4 | an Idumean, and being a tyrant, aroused hatred from his 3305 6, 2,9 | which resembled the letter U. The privileged or honored 3306 5, 0,23| while; to rest from the ubiquitous crowds in Galilee, and perhaps 3307 3, 0,16| become watery, malignant ulcers begin to form that give 3308 7, 0,10| Apostles and all the people the ultimate path toward faith, praising 3309 3, 0,15| penitent hearts were totally unacceptable to them. Likewise, the rest 3310 6, 6,2 | departed.” He threw down the unaccepted coins in the temple, thinking 3311 4, 1,16| person. Simon, completely unaffected by the moral turnaround 3312 4, 1,3 | 26). Divine holiness is unattainable for us, that’s why on earth, 3313 5, 0,82| necessity, and thereby the unavoidability, of their Teacher’s sufferings 3314 5, 0,41| themselves are not fulfilling.~Unaware of their leaders’ intentions 3315 6, 7 | the Messiah. However, this unawareness doesn’t justify their crime, 3316 6, 2,11| emblem, which will force the unbelieving Jews and heathens into a 3317 1, 1,3 | the eyes of His people: uncircumcised, He would not have been 3318 5, 0,51| dead men’s bones and all uncleanliness.” As well, the Lord condemns 3319 5, 0,45| erected compounds. It was not uncommon to have a number of flocks, 3320 5, 0,67| state through his great and uncomplaining sufferings. “The rich man 3321 4, 1,3 | Christian must be totally uncompromising. He must battle evil with 3322 6, 2,11| people will be living quite unconcerned, and the day of Christ’s 3323 5, 0,82| wishing to underscore the unconditional necessity to go to Judea, 3324 5, 0,65| emerges from his previously unconscious condition, and returns to 3325 1, 0,4 | and in a spiritual sense — unconstrained by time, eternal.~ In the 3326 5, 0,67| of the disbelieving Jews, unconvinced by the countless signs and 3327 3, 0,12| meaning and were consequently, unconvincing in their interpretations. 3328 2, 1,3 | a shortage of wine was uncovered. Blessed Virgin took an 3329 6, 2,11| flash of lightning i.e. undeniably evident to everyone. In 3330 6, 7 | soldier a part,” while the undergarment — tunic — was not stitched 3331 5, 0,55| be baptized with,” i.e. undergo His anticipated sufferings 3332 4, 1,10| wolf’s teeth become visible underneath sheep’s clothing, so does 3333 6, 4,2 | the other Apostles, which underpins their false dogma of the 3334 5, 0,82| disciples and wishing to underscore the unconditional necessity 3335 1, 0,8 | Obviously, the Evangelist underscores this situation because it 3336 6, 4,3 | you will betray Me.” Quite understandably, these words provoked an 3337 5, 0,41| which Evangelist John understands to be the usual party of 3338 5, 0,68| heavy that not everybody can undertake such a feat: “all cannot 3339 5, 0,69| doesn’t carry unfavorable undertones for the Apostles, as in 3340 7, 0,7 | sealed? How did they remain undetected by some many guards? And 3341 5, 0,37| silver roubles. Instead of an undisclosed sum, the specific amount 3342 6, 7,4 | enemies of the Lord prepared undisputable proof of His glorious resurrection 3343 7, 0,11| to appear before the Lord undressed, Peter put on his “outer 3344 5, 0,51| Pharisees are censured for undue attention to “outer” cleanliness, 3345 3, 0,16| priest should investigate and unearth the disease, and remove 3346 4, 1,5 | to God: eternal Kingdom, unending might and glory. The translated 3347 7, 0,5 | Why isn’t this enunciated unequivocally? As the Sinarksis explains, “ 3348 2, 0,7 | people of Israel, while the unevenness that had to be levelled 3349 3, 0,5 | sensory, yet enigmatic and unexplainable.~However, Nicodemus continues 3350 5, 0,77| complaining that this was unfair, to which the landlord replied: “ 3351 6, 4,3 | great wisdom is great and unfathomable. That’s why Jesus calls 3352 5, 0,69| particular section doesn’t carry unfavorable undertones for the Apostles, 3353 4, 0,20| action in Father and Son unfold, applicable to the ordinary 3354 2, 1,1 | Luke 4:6-7). The devil unfolded before Christ’s eyes a scene 3355 5, 0,78| place after the Lord in the unfolding (as they imagined) earthly 3356 5, 0,82| God-Man cannot be subject to unforeseen dangers. Having explained 3357 4, 1,17| mercy and his sin remains unforgiven — such a person perishes. 3358 4, 1,2 | God’s law shall not remain unfulfilled. The Pharisees used to group 3359 6, 3,1 | 30 silver pieces, that an ungrateful people evaluated for the 3360 5, 0,56| righteous than those who were unharmed — those, who the Lord did 3361 4, 2,18| present at the feast), who unhesitatingly stated that the best present 3362 6, 4,10| four Evangelists narrate uniformly on the betrayal of Christ. 3363 5, 0,36| insignificant as to find it unimportant to even tempt them; “little 3364 6, 6,3 | Herewith, and apparently unintentionally, Pilate uttered a real truth: 3365 4, 1,2 | whole life, giving it a unique, Christian character. “If 3366 4, 1,3 | from his neighbour through unkind feelings. This interferes 3367 3, 0,17| viewing His words as an unlawful appropriation of authority, 3368 5, 0,37| to forgive every time — unlimited number of times. As an explanation 3369 5, 0,68| tormenting and maltreating their unloved wives, Moses permitted divorce 3370 5, 0,68| He points out that being unmarried, coupled with preserving 3371 4, 2,14| He reached a house (of an unnamed owner), did the Lord ask 3372 6, 4,9 | appearance of death was unnatural: that’s why the pure, sinless 3373 5, 0,41| permit Him to speak freely, unopposed. Unable to explain this, 3374 6, 4,7 | the sin of the world is unpardonable, inasmuch as the Son of 3375 3, 0,7 | support, he heard a very unpleasant accusation: “It is not lawful 3376 5, 0,69| commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what 3377 2, 0,7 | will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire” (Matt. 3:12; Luke 3378 6, 4,7 | will guide them to the now unreachable realm of Christian truth. 3379 3, 0,18| fruitless and their salvation, unrealisable.~Having lost their argument, 3380 5, 0,67| the same unbeliever and unreformed.~That this is so, can be 3381 5, 0,29| mutable, inconstant and unreliable foundation be that of Christ’ 3382 1, 1,2 | because of the public’s unrest and the death of Herod, 3383 4, 2,17| water, he will not be left unrewarded.~Having finished His instructions 3384 5, 0,22| house, field, sanctified and unsanctified livestock; at the same time, 3385 1, 0,2 | but lacking authority and unsatisfactory in substance. He also regarded 3386 4, 2,17| compromised by the host’s unsavory reputation.” Also, they 3387 2, 1,2 | Galilee enjoyed a very unsavoury acclaim among the Jews, 3388 3, 0,17| belief in the higher, the unseeable.” Following the Lord’s words, 3389 2, 1,2 | increasingly instilled in them an unshakeable belief that He is the Messiah. 3390 3, 0,18| No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; 3391 4, 2,12| religious-moral coarseness and unsociableness. Consequently, the Lord 3392 5, 0,74| the heart with the same unspoiled, innocent and pure disposition 3393 6, 4,9 | attempting (even though unsuccessfully) to divert the Lord from 3394 2, 0,7 | John, is not worthy to untie His sandals and carry them ( 3395 5, 0,66| your own?” i.e. if you were untrustworthy with earthly riches, were 3396 1, 1,4 | the visible effect of an unusually bright star. This heavenly 3397 6, 4,6 | to assure the Lord of his unwavering loyalty to Him, in his readiness 3398 5, 0,68| lusts and resolve to lead an unwed life for the sake of a more 3399 7, 0,7 | fabrication, their stubborn unwillingness to believe in the authenticity 3400 7, 0,5 | would have been no need to unwind and divest the swaddling-cloth 3401 5, 0,22| men, ancient rabbis. This unwritten law was also outstanding 3402 7, 0,6 | her own. Her soul was in upheaval and she was crying, thinking 3403 1, 0,7 | world, will soon triumph, be uplifted and filled with goodness, 3404 1, 1,3 | Evangelist praises her as an upright widow, who devoted herself 3405 2, 0,7 | assurance in their personal uprightness, and instils into them that 3406 6, 7 | Sometimes the crucifixion was upside down (as was the case with 3407 5, 0,40| instill into His disciples the urgency that they should apply in 3408 5, 0,38| and His brothers were urging Him to go to Jerusalem for 3409 6, 6,3 | succumbed to their unholy urgings. When Pilate again asked 3410 6, 3,1 | transparency and beauty. Vases, urns, perfuming-pans and containers 3411 6, 4,2 | all means that He may find useful in order to save Mankind — 3412 6, 6,3 | personally accusing Him of usurping this title, or is he just 3413 4, 2,8 | the Apostles’ successors utilise both the Old and the New 3414 4, 1,5 | prayers — the Lord Himself utilised other prayers (John 17). 3415 4, 0,19| assistant, he was incapable of utilising the miraculous spring, as 3416 5, 0,65| these parables, the Lord utilizes the natural attribute of 3417 6, 1,2 | which later attained its utmost tension in the garden of 3418 6, 4,6 | the room, and that it was vacated only after the whole conversation 3419 5, 0,48| required, it’s because of the vagueness of its demands — such as, 3420 3, 0,13| drove out many demons. In validating through his Gospel that 3421 4, 2,21| who regard Christianity valuable only to the extent of it 3422 7, 0,8 | and “they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.” As can 3423 4, 1,17| there is no sin that could vanquish it: but anyone that stubbornly 3424 1, 0,7 | powerful will be disgraced and vanquished. It would appear that the 3425 7, 0,5 | determined by the Evangelists varies, creating a feeling of contradiction 3426 6, 0,86| pitched tents that offered a variety of goods, set up tables 3427 6, 3,1 | transparency and beauty. Vases, urns, perfuming-pans and 3428 5, 0,30| halfway up with beautiful vegetation, while a magnificent long-distant 3429 6, 7,3 | of Christ’s death, “the veil in the temple was torn in 3430 5, 0,51| denouncements in a similar vein. It is quite probable that, 3431 3, 0,6 | s Disciples. Wishing to vent their envy and sorrow about 3432 1, 0,4 | coincidence of thoughts and of verbal expressions between the 3433 5, 0,43| translating the Greek text verbatim — which as a consequence, 3434 4, 1,10| trivialities, of useless verbiage and contentious words; on 3435 7, 0,10| still based on sentient verifications. That’s why in His instructions 3436 1, 1,4 | of the soil. In Micah’s veritable prophecy there is a remarkable 3437 5, 0,47| the Father and the Son (verse22), praise for His disciples ( 3438 6, 7 | then raised into the ground vertically; sometimes the cross was 3439 5, 0,41| the priest filled a golden vessel with water; accompanied 3440 5, 0,83| as to eliminate the last vestiges of Jewish independence that 3441 7, 0,12| fact entrust Peter as His vicar with the other disciples, 3442 6, 2,4 | which prompted them to viciously assault God’s Prophets, 3443 6, 7 | nail-wounds and loss of blood, the victim was tormented with unbearable 3444 5, 0,47| for His disciples to be victorious over them, calling the evil 3445 6, 4,7 | to secure a great moral victory over this world, steeped 3446 4, 2,21| its mysteries have to be viewed with the inner eye. This 3447 1, 1,5 | carpentry.~The Evangelist views this as a fulfilment of 3448 4, 1,2 | accused them of repeatedly and vigorously. It is against this righteous 3449 5, 0,48| God’s chosen people from vile influences, divisions were 3450 4, 2,17| there is no need to fear vilification: with time, faith and innocence 3451 4, 1,1 | They will be denounced and vilified by it, and persecuted in 3452 4, 2,17| as if the Jews are rudely vilifying the Lord Himself and calling 3453 6, 4,6 | Teacher Himself is ranked as villain in the eyes of the people, 3454 6, 2,9 | i.e. you shall surpass the villainy of your fathers. “I send 3455 4, 2,13| cure. And her faith was vindicated: she was cured instantly 3456 4, 1,5 | wider than just sin — direct violations of moral laws. Entreaty 3457 4, 1,14| Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it 3458 1, 1,3 | Conception and birth was virtually unknown to anyone. Consequently, 3459 6, 4,6 | this world” — satan in the visage of Judas with a detachment 3460 5, 0,31| Theophan the Recluse of Vishensk, “and flee from him so as 3461 6, 0,85| not know the time of your visitation,” i.e. that auspicious time, 3462 5, 0,40| that they should apply in visiting the towns and villages. 3463 6, 2,11| the ground. A magnificent vista of the Jerusalem temple 3464 3, 0,8 | inhabitants that came to Him, are visualised by Christ as a cornfield, 3465 7, 0,8 | Passover, as one could not visualize that a Palestinian resident, 3466 4, 2 | present the actual events visually.” The Lord’s parables are 3467 8 | and for their forthcoming vital mission of preaching the 3468 1, 1,3 | life was severed, and “You, Vladiko, are releasing me from this 3469 6, 4,3 | the disciples: it produced vocal feelings of profound sorrow 3470 1, 0,4 | And the earth was waste & void…” 3. “In Him (Word) was 3471 7, 0,13| not acting of their own volition, but by the authority granted 3472 1, 1,5 | highest legate of Nazarene vows — total dedication of Himself 3473 5, 0,77| and was the normal daily wage in the East. The Jews regarded 3474 3, 0,12| of God - was a cringing wail of fear, feigned and sycophantic 3475 6, 4,9 | nature is weak and, with the waning of vigilance and prayer, 3476 4, 1,16| occurred in the soul of this wanton, does nothing but only judge 3477 4, 2,18| needle for accusing her of wantonness and ordering his body to 3478 1, 0,7 | in God My Saviour…”~ She wards off any thoughts of personal 3479 6, 0,86| not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple,” i.e. 3480 6, 0,85| were used exclusively for warfare. Donkeys, mules and camels 3481 3, 0,4 | miracles only, they lacked warmth of love toward Christ and 3482 5, 0,40| concludes His preceptorials with warnings of God’s punishment to those 3483 5, 0,78| kingdom of glory that is warring in this world and by-passing 3484 3, 0,10| Word of God warns us to be wary of all miracles (Deut. 13: 3485 6, 6,3 | that prior to this, Pilate washes his hands (Mat. 27:24): “ 3486 6, 3,1 | Why was this fragrant oil wasted?” — not knowing the thoughts 3487 5, 0,26| was chastising them for wasting the opportunity of obtaining 3488 6, 7 | that was divided into 4 watches — three hours in each — 3489 5, 0,28| faith as the result of his watchful mind, inasmuch as it is 3490 3, 0,8 | Messiah, the woman drops her water-pot near the well and hurries 3491 5, 0,34| was well cultivated and watered yet remained sterile: if 3492 3, 0,16| hair falls out, eyes become watery, malignant ulcers begin 3493 5, 0,69| Kingdom, their faith sometimes wavered, and this tormented them. 3494 1, 0,8 | flat timber, covered with wax: “His name is John.” Everybody 3495 5, 0,36| who had fallen by the wayside through sin and ceased to 3496 4, 1,10| although the false prophets weaken the Church in wrenching 3497 4, 2,20| the fear that seized him weakened his faith, and he started 3498 5, 0,69| if the Apostles had the weakest yet genuine faith in them, 3499 3, 0,13| infirmities, means to remove the weakness from the ill and destroy 3500 3, 0,5 | Water is the means or weapon, and the Holy Spirit — Power, 3501 5, 0,31| praised as double-edged weapons against demons and passions.~“ 3502 5, 0,72| from her entreaties, he wearied and fulfilled her request. 3503 6, 0,85| others,” being poor and not wearing outer garments, “cut down