نَحْنُ نَتَصَرَّفُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الجُرْأَة، ولَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذي كَانَ يَضَعُ بُرْقُعًا عَلى وَجْهِهِ/We act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face

وحَدَثَ هذَا لِتَتِمَّ آيَةُ الكِتَاب: «لَنْ يُكْسَرَ لَهُ عَظْم». وجَاءَ في آيَةٍ أُخْرَى: «سَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلى الَّذي طَعَنُوه
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا19/من28حتى37/:”بَعْدَ ذلِكَ، كَانَ يَسُوعُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيءٍ قَدْ تَمّ، ولِكَي تَتِمَّ آيَةُ الكِتَابِ قَالَ:» أَنَا عَطْشَان!». وكَانَ هُنَاكَ إِنَاءٌ مَمْلُوءٌ خَلاًّ. فَغَمَسُوا في الخَلِّ إِسْفَنْجَةً، وَوَضَعُوهَا عَلى عُودٍ مِنْ زُوفَى، وأَدْنَوهَا مِنْ فَمِهِ. فَلَمَّا ذَاقَ يَسُوعُ الخَلَّ قَال: «لَقَدْ تَمّ!». ثُمَّ حَنَى الرَّأْس، وأَسْلَمَ الرُّوح. وإِذْ 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».

نَحْنُ نَتَصَرَّفُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الجُرْأَة، ولَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذي كَانَ يَضَعُ بُرْقُعًا عَلى وَجْهِهِ، لِئَلاَّ يَنْظُرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلى نِهَايَةِ مَجْدٍ يَزُول
رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس03/من07حتى14/:”يا إِخوَتِي، إِذَا كَانَتْ خِدْمَةُ المَوْت، الَّتي نُقِشَتْ حُرُوفُهَا في أَلْوَاحٍ مِنْ حَجَر، قَدْ ظَهَرَتْ في المَجْد، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلى وَجْهِ مُوسَى، بِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ، معَ أَنَّهُ مَجْدٌ زَائِل، فَكَيْفَ لا تَكُونُ خِدْمَةُ الرُّوحِ أَكْثَرَ مَجْدًا؟ فإِذَا كَانَ لِخِدْمَةِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَجْدٌ، فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى تَفُوقُهَا خِدْمَةُ البِرِّ مَجْدًا؟ لأَنَّ مَا كَانَ ذَا مَجْدٍ في المَاضِي، زَالَ مَجْدُهُ، بِالقِيَاسِ إِلى هذَا المَجْدِ الفَائِق! فإِذَا كَانَ مِنْ مَجْدٍ لِمَا يَزُول، فأَيُّ مَجْدٍ يَكُونُ بِالأَحْرَى لِمَا يَدُوم؟ إِذًا، بِمَا أَنَّ لَنَا مِثْلَ هذَا الرَّجَاء، فَنَحْنُ نَتَصَرَّفُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الجُرْأَة، ولَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذي كَانَ يَضَعُ بُرْقُعًا عَلى وَجْهِهِ، لِئَلاَّ يَنْظُرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلى نِهَايَةِ مَجْدٍ يَزُول. ولكِنْ أُعْمِيَتْ بَصَائِرُهُم؛ فإِنَّ ذَلِكَ البُرْقُعَ نَفْسَهُ بَاقٍ إِلى هذَا اليَوْم، عِنْدَمَا يَقْرَأُونَ العَهْدَ القَدِيم؛ ولا يُكْشَفُ عَنْ بَصَائِرِهِم، لأَنَّهُ لا يَزُولُ إِلاَّ بِالمَسِيح!

These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, ‘None of his bones shall be broken
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 19/28-37/:”After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfil the scripture), ‘I am thirsty.’A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the wine, he said, ‘It is finished.’ Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 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.’

We act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside.
Second Letter to the Corinthians 03/07-14/:”If the ministry of death, chiselled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’ face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, much more does the ministry of justification abound in glory! Indeed, what once had glory has lost its glory because of the greater glory; for if what was set aside came through glory, much more has the permanent come in glory! Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside.