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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.
Of the Saturday after the Nativity of Christ:
1 Timothy VI, 12 — ‘εἰς ἣν’ - ‘eis hen’ - ‘to whom’. The preposition ‘eis’ indicates the purpose and direction of movement.
For more information on the reading from the Apostle, please refer to the following link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/30122023.html
Matthew XII, 18 — ‘εἰς ὃν ηὐδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου’ - ‘eis hon eudokesen he psykhe mou’ - ‘in Whom My soul has its delight’. The preposition ‘eis’ indicates that God's Revelation through Christ is gradual. ‘The soul of God
the Father is a figurative expression, an anthropomorphism, which is quite multivalent, and here it refers most of all to the power and fullness of the love with which the Father loves the Son and the Spirit, and in turn, the Son and the Spirit love the Father and One Another.
Matthew XII, 19 — ‘ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις’ - ‘en tais plateiais’ - ‘in the streets’.
Matthew XII, 20 — ‘ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν’ - ‘heos an ekbale eis nikos ten krisin’ - ‘until the judgement is led out to victory'. Here is the meaning of the gradualness and certainty of Christ's actions - just as in a court of law the case is gradually brought to a conclusion, following the procedure, order, etc., so the work of saving people by Christ will be balanced, wise, revealed and accomplished. The judgement is the judgement against sin and the devil, that is, the Lord will bring the case to a righteous and good end.
For more information about the Gospel reading, please refer to the following links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/23072024.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/30122023.html
To the martyrs in Nicomedia:
For information about the reading from the Apostle, please refer to the following links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/10072024.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/21062023.html
For more information on the Gospel reading, please refer to the following links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/08112024.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/24062023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!