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Romans XVI, 17 — ‘παρὰ τὴν διδαχὴν’ - ‘para ten didakhen’ - ‘near the doctrine’. ‘para’ with the accusative is used here in a sense that is associated with the ideas of dynamical systems and chaos theory in modern language. Namely, even minor deviations for a dynamic system eventually lead to significant changes in its behaviour. Famous examples are the weather and the Lorentz attractor. ‘ἐκκλίνετε ἀπ’ αὐτῶν' - ekklinete ap auton
- turn away from them
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Romans XVI, 18, 20 — ‘ἡμῶν’ - ‘emon’ - ‘us’ (our).
Romans XVI, 19 — ‘εἰς πάντας’ - ‘eis pantas’ - ‘for all’. The preposition ‘eis’ emphasises movement. ‘εἰς τὸ ἀγαθόν’, ‘εἰς τὸ κακόν’ - ‘eis to agathon’, ‘eis to kakon’ - ‘in good’, ‘in evil’.
Romans XVI, 20 — ‘ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας’ - ‘hypo tous podas’ - ‘under the feet’.
Romans 16:22 — ‘ἐν κυρίῳ’ - ‘en kyrio’ - ‘in the Lord’.
Verse 24 is missing from many ancient versions of the Epistle.
For more information about the reading from the Apostle, please refer to the following links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/10072023.html
Immediate continuation of the reading, which is described in detail here:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/26072024.html
Matthew XIII, 10, 13 — ‘ἐν παραβολαῖς’ - ‘en parabolais’ - ‘in parables; with parables’. Both translations are correct.
Matthew XIII, 12 — ‘ἀρθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ' - arthesetai ap autou
- will get away from him
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Matthew XIII, 19 — ‘παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν’ - ‘para ten odon’ - ‘’near the road‘’.
Matthew XIII, 21 — ‘ἐν ἑαυτῷ’ - ‘en eauto’ - ‘in himself’.
Matthew XIII, 22 — ‘εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας’ - ‘eis tas akanthas’ - ‘between the thorns; in the thorns’. Here the preposition ‘eis’ does not mean that the sower intended to sow in the thorns, but that the seeds fell there.
For information about the reading from the Gospel, please refer to the link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/10072023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!