🇬🇧 Glory be to Jesus Christ! 🌞
Acts XXIII, 6 – ‘ειμι’ – ‘eimi’ – (I) am
. Used
for emphasis.
Acts XXIII, 11 – ‘εμου’ – ‘emou’ – ‘Me’.
The story of Paul’s judgement by the Jews in Jerusalem. The high priest breaks the Law, while Paul obeys it, even though it costs the apostle much.
Paul finds a way to create discord between the unrighteous judges by exploiting the difference in their views, which he had known since his youth.
The Lord also praises and strengthens Paul, gives him the promised wisdom through the Holy Spirit, and reveals that he is to continue to witness, not only in Jerusalem but also in Rome.
John XVI, 15 – ‘εμα’ – ‘ema’ – ‘My’. ‘εμου’ - ‘emou’ – ‘Mine’.
John XVI, 23 – ‘εμε’ – ‘eme’ – ‘Me’.
The readings focus on the words of Jesus about the events that followed, His suffering, death, Resurrection, and appearances to His disciples. But also in a general perspective – there will be many examples in the history of the Church quite similar to these events in terms of the resolution of issues. There is a deep drama in the meaning of Jesus’ words: the disciples will weep, lament, grieve, but the world will rejoice in the occasion, thinking that they have defeated Christ. Instead, Christ will rise from the dead, appear to the disciples, and their sadness will be transformed into joy of the disciples themselves, because of Christ’s Victory over sin and death. The disciples, however, in their understanding of Christ’s Kingdom as earthly dominion, could not understand this properly at the time of the speech, remaining with their own opinions.
Christ again assures them that they can pray in His name. I wrote
about this earlier, see the link:
27052023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!