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There is a good conversation about part of this
reading here:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/DialogueOnWordsChristFear.html
There are good writings on the words about sparrows and hair at the
following links:
https://sites.google.com/view/rozdumy23/home/priklad-1-pro-boze-pikluvanna-i-dvoh-malenkih-ptasok
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/
There is a good article on the confession of Jesus to people at the
following link:
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/
On despising the Holy Spirit:
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/
On the fact that the Holy Spirit will give you what to say, there is
a good article here:
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/
Acts IX, 23 – literally the Jews plotted to
eliminate him
(can also mean to kill him
and both meanings are
appropriate here).
Acts IX, 26 – they were afraid of him
– not believing that he had
really become different from what they had heard.
Acts IX, 27, 28 – spoke boldly and openly, confidently
.
Acts IX, 31 – the Church was growing, walking in the fear of the
Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit
. About the fear of the Lord,
see the first link at the top here.
In general, it shows the uneasy path of Saul’s becoming the Apostle Paul. But everywhere you can see both God’s help and the support of at least some of the faithful.
John XV, 18, 20, 23, 24 – ‘εμε’ – ‘eme’ – ‘Me’.
John XV, 19 – ‘would love’ – ‘would love like friends or intimates on the basis of emotional affection’.
The next few paragraphs show that a mistake can be made through imprudence.
John XV, 25 – ‘εν τω νομω αυτων γεγρΑΜΜΕνος οτι Εμισησαν με δωρεαν’ -
‘en to nomo auton gegrAMMEnos oti Emisesan me dorean’ – someone might
start to think as follows: The Law was written in Hebrew, and it should
be read from right to left, not from left to right, as the Greek text
is. If you read the word ‘γεγρΑΜΜΕνος’ from right to left, you get
‘σονΕΜΜΑργεγ’; Moreover, if you extend the ‘reversal’ further, the words
‘Εμισησαν με δωρεαν’, written in the Law, which mean ‘Hated me freely,
arbitrarily, without reason, without cause’, can, on the level of
‘meaning’, be perceived as suggesting just the opposite, for example,
‘Loved me for a reason’ (the end of someone’s reasoning).
To be honest, I don’t think this verse can be understood in this way. Why?
If you start reading Old Testament quotes from right to left, in
almost all cases this will lead to an arbitrary further interpretation
(which the words of this verse show in a negative context), replacing
the text of Scripture with something else or even the opposite. But the
Lord, in saying these words, knowing that such a question would arise,
providentially shows that it is wrong to read it in this way (reverse
,
on the contrary
).
the word ‘Εμισησαν’ is formed as a past tense by adding the prefix ‘ε’ to the root – this is an example of a typical way of forming the past tense of verbs and their forms in ancient Greek. That is, this prefix is not present in the original form of the word. Instead, it almost always appears when it comes to the past tense. From the point of view of meaning, such changes in form are unlikely to be in any way connected with anything or anyone important (except for the Greek grammar itself). At the very least, the very way in which additional semantic connections appear in this verse in these two words is unjustified, unreasonable.
The Lord providentially teaches even through a iota
of
Scripture.
John XV, 26, 27 – ‘εμου’ – ‘emou’ – ‘Me’. Verse 26 is very important
in view of the words about the Holy Spirit, Who comes from the Father
,
the Comforter
(Paraclete
) (the English ‘encourage’ is, in my
opinion, the most appropriate in terms of meaning in this context).
To the Great Martyr George the Overcomer:
The story of the martyrdom of the Apostle James the son of Zebedee, brother
of John the Theologian, and the deliverance of the Apostle Peter from
prison by an angel (also in connection with the Church’s earnest prayer
for him).
The event is described in detail.
I would like to draw attention to the miraculous way in which Peter’s deliverance takes place (as if automatically in the presence of an angel), which also glorifies the angelic powers and God, Who acts through His faithful angels.
The reading is connected to the life and sufferings of the Holy Great Martyr George, whose memory Day is today, because in his sufferings the Lord miraculously empowered and healed him.
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!