Commentary For the Sixth Sunday :: Ⲡⲉⲛϭⲟⲓⲥ Ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ Ⲡⲓⲭ̀ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ :: طرح للأحد السادس

Watos:

Our Lord Jesus Christ the only-begotten God became a man like us except for sin

The Good Shepherd who watches His flock and protects them daily from the fox

that is the devil. Our Master the Savior is a teacher and scribe who overflows His knowledge to teach the nations the way of truly knowing Him. He, the wise and rational, reveals His wisdom. He calls on the ignorant to become wise. A physician who heals the wounds full of rot freely by the words of His mouth.

God who appeared on earth calling the sinners and granting them forgiveness and purity of soul. Visiting all cities, villages and roads inviting the great multitudes to the joy of His glory. So His news became widespread everywhere and everyone followed Him to see His glory and honor. So, at that time a group of people came to Him and told Him of Herod the tetrarch of Galilee: “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”

So when God the Word heard this from them He was not afraid or shaken, and He did not worry about it but said: “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate.’

“O Jacob, behold your children! O Israel, behold your evil offspring and the ugly deeds they have done! Likewise, also Jerusalem has killed the prophets and the blood of the righteous has stained its stones. Assuredly, I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’” to whom is the glory forever. Amen.

Adam:

Our God, the Messiah, the King of peace has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. He raised the dead with the power of His glory. He healed the sick with the spirit of His mouth. He performed miraculous acts, but the wicked did not believe in Him. He walked from place to place, like a physician healing the suffering sick. Great multitudes followed Him carrying their sick to Him. When He beheld their great suffering He had mercy on them for His love of mankind.

In those days, a group of people came to Him and told Him about Herod the king, saying, “Go away from here, teacher, for Herod the king wants to kill You.” So, He answered them saying, “Go and tell that fox that I perform cures today, tomorrow and on the third day I shall be perfected… For it is written that no prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.”

So when He beheld Jerusalem and the multitude of her evils, He wept over her. Listen O Jacob and understand O Israel and look at the deeds of your children whom the righteous prophet Isaiah has rebuked with his divine words saying, “I have brought up children and taught them and they have rebelled and risen up against me. The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib but Israel does not know his God” because of the veil that is on his heart.

The Lord Jesus was among them like a healing physician and they rejected Him because of their ignorance. The blind saw, the deaf heard, the lame walked, the mute spoke, and here are the strangers. They came from everywhere, they saw His deeds and they believed in Him, but Israel has shut his eyes and has not seen the glory of His salvation. He did not open his ears to hear the word of the Lord Christ that whoever believes in Him shall have eternal life. Then the Lord Jesus said to the great multitude surrounding Him, “For I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Blessed be the Lord Jesus and His good Father and the Holy Spirit now and at all times and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.