وكَذلِكَ ٱبْنُ الإِنسَانِ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَتَأَلَّمَ على أَيدِيهِم
“إنجيل القدّيس متّى17/من10حتى17/: “سَأَلَ التَّلامِيذُ يَسُوعَ قَائِلِين: «لِمَاذَا يَقُولُ الكَتَبَةُ إِنَّهُ لا بُدَّ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ إِيلِيَّا أَوَّلاً؟». فَأَجَابَ وقَال: «أَجَلْ، إِنَّ إِيلِيَّا آتٍ، وَسَيُصْلِحُ كُلَّ شَيء. وأَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ إِيلِيَّا قَدْ أَتَى، ولَمْ يَعْرِفُوه، بَلْ فَعَلُوا بِهِ كُلَّ مَا شَاؤُوا. وكَذلِكَ ٱبْنُ الإِنسَانِ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَتَأَلَّمَ على أَيدِيهِم». حينَئِذٍ فَهِمَ التَّلامِيذُ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُم عَنْ يُوحَنَّا المَعْمَدَان.”
فَمَا ٱسْتَسْلَمْنَا ولا خَضَعْنَا لَهُم ولا سَاعَة، لِكَي تَدُومَ لَكُم حَقِيقَةُ الإِنْجِيل، لأنَّ اللهَ لا يُحَابِي وجُوهَ النَّاس
“سالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل غلاطية02/من01حتى07/:” يا إخوَتِي، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَة، صَعِدْتُ مِن جَدِيدٍ إِلى أُورَشَلِيمَ معَ بَرنَابَا، وأَخَذْتُ مَعي طِيطُسَ أَيْضًا. وكَانَ صُعُودي إِلَيْهَا بِوَحيٍ. وعَرَضْتُ عَلى ٱنْفِرَادٍ أَمَامَ أَعْيَانِ الكَنِيسَةِ الإِنْجِيلَ الَّذي أَكرِزُ بِهِ بَيْنَ الأُمَم، لِئَلاَّ أَسْعَى أَو أَكُونَ قَدْ سَعَيْتُ بَاطِلاً!
وإِنَّ طِيطُسَ نَفْسَهُ الَّذي كَانَ مَعي، وهُوَ يُونَانِيّ، لَمْ يُلْزَمْ بِالخِتَانَة، بِرَغْمِ الإِخوَةِ الكذَّابِينَ الدُّخَلاء، الَّذِينَ ٱنْدَسُّوا خِلْسَةً لِكَي يتَجَسَّسُوا حُرِّيَّتَنَا، الَّتي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهَا في المَسِيحِ يَسُوع، حَتَّى يَسْتَعْبِدُونَا. فَمَا ٱسْتَسْلَمْنَا ولا خَضَعْنَا لَهُم ولا سَاعَة، لِكَي تَدُومَ لَكُم حَقِيقَةُ الإِنْجِيل. أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُعْتَبَرُونَ مِنَ الأَعْيَان – ومَهْمَا كَانُوا قَبْلاً فَلا يَعْنِينِي، لأَنَّ اللهَ لا يُحَابِي وجُوهَ النَّاس! – فإِنَّهُم لَمْ يَفرِضُوا عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا،بَل بِالعَكْسِ رَأَوا أَنِّي ٱئْتُمِنْتُ على تَبْشِيرِ غَيرِ المَختُونِين، كَمَا ٱئْتُمِنَ بُطْرُسُ عَلى تَبْشِيرِ المَختُونِين؛”.
So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 17/10-13: “And the disciples asked him, ‘Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?’ He replied, ‘Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.’Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist”.
We did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you. God shows no partiality
Letter to the Galatians 02/01-07: “Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain. But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. But because of false believers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you. And from those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders (what they actually were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) those leaders contributed nothing to me. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised”.