Great Friday of the Crucifixion/ ذكرى الجمعة العظيمة والصلب/والَّذي رَأَى شَهِدَ، وشَهَادَتُهُ حَقّ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ الحَقَّ لِكَي تُؤْمِنُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا

 ذكرى الجمعة العظيمة والصلب/والَّذي رَأَى شَهِدَ، وشَهَادَتُهُ حَقّ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ الحَقَّ لِكَي تُؤْمِنُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا
“إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا19/من31حتى37/:”إِذْ كَانَ يَوْمُ التَّهْيِئَة، سَأَلَ اليَهُودُ بِيلاطُسَ أَنْ تُكْسَرَ سِيقَانُ المَصْلُوبِينَ وتُنْزَلَ أَجْسَادُهُم، لِئَلاَّ تَبْقَى عَلى الصَّليبِ يَوْمَ السَّبْت، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ ذلِكَ السَّبْتِ كَانَ عَظِيمًا. فَأَتَى الجُنُودُ وكَسَرُوا سَاقَي الأَوَّلِ والآخَرِ المَصْلُوبَينِ مَعَ يَسُوع. أَمَّا يَسُوع، فَلَمَّا جَاؤُوا إِلَيْهِ ورَأَوا أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَات، لَمْ يَكْسِرُوا سَاقَيْه. لكِنَّ وَاحِدًا مِنَ الجُنُودِ طَعَنَ جَنْبَهُ بِحَرْبَة. فَخَرَجَ في الحَالِ دَمٌ ومَاء. والَّذي رَأَى شَهِدَ، وشَهَادَتُهُ حَقّ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ الحَقَّ لِكَي تُؤْمِنُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا. وحَدَثَ هذَا لِتَتِمَّ آيَةُ الكِتَاب: «لَنْ يُكْسَرَ لَهُ عَظْم». وجَاءَ في آيَةٍ أُخْرَى: «سَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلى الَّذي طَعَنُوه».”

يا إخوَتِي، قَوُّوا الأَيْدِيَ المُسْتَرْخِيَة، والرُّكَبَ الوَاهِنَة، وٱجْعَلُوا لأَقْدَامِكُم سُبُلاً قَوِيْمَة، لِئَلاَّ يَزِيغَ العُضْوُ الأَعْرَجُ عنِ السَّبِيل، بَلْ بِالحَرِيِّ أَنْ يُشْفَى
“الرسالة إلى العبرانيّين12/من12حتى21/:”يا إخوَتِي، قَوُّوا الأَيْدِيَ المُسْتَرْخِيَة، والرُّكَبَ الوَاهِنَة، وٱجْعَلُوا لأَقْدَامِكُم سُبُلاً قَوِيْمَة، لِئَلاَّ يَزِيغَ العُضْوُ الأَعْرَجُ عنِ السَّبِيل، بَلْ بِالحَرِيِّ أَنْ يُشْفَى. أُطْلُبُوا السَّلامَ مَعَ جَمِيعِ النَّاس، والقَدَاسَةَ الَّتي لَنْ يُعَايِنَ الرَّبَّ أَحَدٌ بِدُونِهَا. تيَقَّظُوا لِئَلاَّ يَتَخَلَّفَ أَحَدٌ عَنْ نِعْمَةِ الله، ولِئَلاَّ يَنْبُتَ عِرْقُ مَرارَةٍ يُزْعِج، فيُفْسَدُ بِهِ الكَثِيرُون، ولِئَلاَّ يَكُونَ أَحَدٌ فَاجِرًا أَو مُدَنَّسًا مِثْلَ عِيسُو، الَّذي بَاعَ بِكْرِيَّتَهُ بأَكْلَةٍ وَاحِدَة، فأَنْتُم تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ، أَرادَ أَنْ يَرِثَ البَرَكَةَ فَرُذِل، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ سَبيلاً إِلى تَغْيِيرِ رأْيِ أَبِيه، معَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْتَمَسَ ذلِكَ بِالدُّمُوع. فَإِنَّكُم لَمْ تَقْتَرِبُوا إِلى جَبَلٍ مَلْمُوس، ونارٍ مُتَّقِدَة، وضَبَابٍ وظَلامٍ وزَوبَعَة، وهُتَافِ بُوق، وصَوتِ كَلِمَاتٍ طَلَبَ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوهَا أَلاَّ يُزَادُوا مِنهَا كَلِمَة؛ لأَنَّهُم لَمْ يُطِيقُوا تَحَمُّلَ هذَا الأَمْر: «ولَو أَنَّ بَهِيمَةً مَسَّتِ الجَبَلَ تُرْجَم!».وكانَ المَنْظَرُ رَهِيبًا حَتَّى إِنَّ مُوسَى قال: «إِنِّي خَائِفٌ ومُرْتَعِد!».”

Great Friday of the Crucifixion
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 19/31-37:”Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed. Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. (He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth.) These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, ‘None of his bones shall be broken.’And again another passage of scripture says, ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced.’”

Lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
Letter to the Hebrews 12/12-21:”Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and through it many become defiled. See to it that no one becomes like Esau, an immoral and godless person, who sold his birthright for a single meal. You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, even though he sought the blessing with tears. You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. (For they could not endure the order that was given, ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.’Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ‘I tremble with fear.’)”