Christ Is Baptized!
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Since in the works published at the following links:
https://churchandsociety.org.ua/pdf/projects/zbirnyk.pdf
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/17082024.html
it is written that the use of prepositions is important for the correct understanding of important and actual issues, in particular the issue of power, I am writing commentaries on the use of these prepositions. As a piece of advice on how to read the text, you can read the verse in translation and/or in the original (if you have the opportunity), and then the commentary on prepositions here. Next, you need to understand which part of the verse the commentary refers to, and consider what it affirms — or less often, denies — that is essential to understanding. This thoughtful reading helps to deepen understanding and protects against the mistakes mentioned above.
For more information about the reading from the Apostle, please refer to the links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/07102024.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/18092023.html
Mark VI, 54 — ‘ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου’ - ‘ek tou ploiou’ - ‘out of the boat’. The preposition ‘ek’ indicates where they came out from.
Mark VI, 56 — ‘εἰς κώμας ἢ εἰς πόλεις ἢ εἰς ἀγροὺς’ - ‘eis komas e eis poleis e eis agrous’ - ‘into villages, or into cities, or into the countryside’. ‘ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς’ - ‘en tais agorais’ - ‘in the places of assembly for meeting and trade’.
Mark VII, 1 — ‘ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων’ - ‘apo Hierosolymon’ - ‘from Jerusalem’. The preposition ‘apo’ indicates that they left Jerusalem altogether.
Mark VII, 4 — ‘ἀπὸ ἀγορᾶς’ - ‘apo agoras’ - ‘from the place of meeting and trade’. The preposition ‘apo’ indicates that they are leaving those places.
Mark VII, 6 — ‘ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ' - ap emou
- from Me
. The preposition ‘apo’ in its form before the next vowel indicates that those people have become very distant and have lost their fellowship with God.
For more information about the Gospel reading, please refer to the link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/18092023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!