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Since the Lord after the resurrection clearly commanded to make disciples of all the nations, how was Peter in need of a revelation concerning the gentiles in the case of Cornelius? or how did the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard the things concerning Cornelius, dispute with Peter? ..................................................................................................................... 110

QUESTION 28 ......................................................................................................... 113 The text: 'Come, let us go down and confuse their languages,' to whom was God speaking?

God? ................................................................................................................................. 113 QUESTION 29. ......................................................................................................... 115 What is the meaning of the passage in Acts: 'Who through the Spirit told

Paul, not to go up to Jerusalem?' Why did he disobey the Spirit and go up?............................................................................................................................... 115

QUESTION 30............................................................................................................. 117 What is the meaning of: 'Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and the baptism with which I

am baptized, to be baptized?' What is the difference between the cup and the baptism? ... 117 QUESTION 31. ......................................................................................................... 117 If God does not dwell in temples made with hands, how did he dwell in the temple of the

Jews? ........................................................................................................................ 117 QUESTION 32. ......................................................................................................... 118 What is the meaning of, 'if perhaps they might grope for him and find God?' How does one find by groping

God?................................................................................................................................. 118 QUESTION 33. ........................................................................................................ 119 What is the meaning of: 'Truly I say to you, that whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and cast

into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him whatever he says?' What is the meaning of, 'And does not doubt?' ............................. 119

QUESTION 34. ......................................................................................................... 120 Again, what is the meaning of: 'Therefore I tell you, that whatever you in prayer

ask for, believe that you receive it, and it will be yours?' How can one believe that he receives all that he asks for, when God alone knows whether what is asked for is beneficial, or not, And if out of ignorance one asks for what is not beneficial, how does He provide it? And if He does not provide that which, being not beneficial, is asked for out of ignorance, how can one believe concerning every request that he receives it, and it will be his?..................................................................... 120

QUESTION 35. ......................................................................................................... 120 Since the Word became flesh, and not only flesh, but also blood and bones; and

we are commanded to eat the flesh, to drink the blood, but not to break the bones, I ask to learn, what is this threefold power of the incarnate Word? .... 120

QUESTION 36......................................................................................................... 121 What is the meaning of the bodies and blood of irrational animals, through which worshiping the

Israelites, ate the bodies, but not the blood, but poured it out around the base of the altar?....................................................................................... 121

QUESTION 37 . ........................................................................................................ 122 It says in the Acts concerning Saint Paul: 'So that even to the

sick were brought from his skin handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed from them (384).' Was this done for the sake of the ministry and the unbelievers, or, his body having been sanctified, were these things accomplished from his skin? And if according to this, he also suffered nothing from the viper, for what reason did the saint's body not succumb to the venom of the beast, but it did succumb to the sword? I ask the same also concerning the body of Elisha. And what are the aprons (simikinthia)? ... 122

QUESTION 38 ......................................................................................................... 124

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Τοῦ Κυρίου μετά τήν ἀνάστασιν φανερῶς ἐντειλαμένου μαθητεῦσαι πάντα τά ἔθνη, πῶς ἐδεῖτο ὁ Πέτρος ἐπί τοῦ Κορνηλίου ἀποκαλύψεως διά τά ἔθνη; ἤ πῶς οἱ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ ἀκούσαντες ἀπόστολοι τά κατά τόν Κορνήλιον, διεκρίνοντος πρός τόν Πέτρον; ..................................................................................................................... 110

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΚΗ΄ ......................................................................................................... 113 Τό· "∆εῦτε, καταβάντες συγχέωμεν αὐτῶν τάς γλώσσας," πρός τίνας ἔλεγεν ὁ

Θεός; ................................................................................................................................. 113 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΚΘ΄. ......................................................................................................... 115 Τί ἐστι τό ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσι κείμενον· "Οἵτινες διά τοῦ Πνεύματος ἔλεγον τῷ

Παύλῳ, μή ἀναβαίνειν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα;" ∆ιά τί παρήκουσε τοῦ Πνεύματος καί ἀνέβη;............................................................................................................................... 115

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Λ΄............................................................................................................. 117 Τί ἐστι τό· "∆ύνασθε τό ποτήριον, ὅ ἐγώ πίνω, ποεῖν, καί τό βάπτισμα, ὅ ἐγώ

βαπτίζομαι, βαπτισθῆναι;" Τίς ἡ διαφορά τοῦ ποτηρίου καί τοῦ βαπτίσματος; ... 117 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΛΑ΄. ......................................................................................................... 117 Εἰ οὐκ ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς ὁ Θεός κατοικεῖ, πῶς κατῴκει ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῶν

Ἰουδαίων; ........................................................................................................................ 117 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΛΒ΄. ......................................................................................................... 118 Τί ἐστιν, "Εἰ ἀρά ψηλαφήσειεν, καί εὕροιεν Θεόν;" Πῶς τις ψηλαφῶν εὑρίσκει

Θεόν;................................................................................................................................. 118 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΛΓ ΄. ........................................................................................................ 119 Τί ἐστιν· " Ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὅς ἄν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, Ἄρθητι καί βλήθητι

εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, καί μή διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλά πιστεύσῃ ὅτι ἅ λέγει γίνεται, ἔσται αὐτῷ ὅ ἐάν εἴπῃ;" Τί ἐστι τό, "Καί μή διακριθῆ;" ............................. 119

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Λ∆΄. ......................................................................................................... 120 Τί πάλιν ἐστί· "∆ιά τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι πάντα ὅσα ἄν προσευχόμενοι

αἰτεῖσθε, πιστεύετε ὅτι λαμβάνετε, καί ἔσται ὑμῖν;" Πῶς τις δύναται πιστεύειν, ὅτι πάντα λαμβάνει αἰτῶν, μόνου Θεοῦ εἰδότος εἰ συμφέρει τό αἰτούμενον, ἤ μή, Καί εἰ ἐξ ἀγνοίας ὅ οὐ συμφέρει αἰτεῖ, πῶς παρέχει; Καί εἰ οὐ παρέχει τό μή συμφερόντως ἐξ ἀγνοίας αἰτούμενον, πῶς πιστεύειν τις δύναται ἐπί παντί αἰτήματι ὅ τι λαμβάνει, καί ἔσται αὐτῷ;..................................................................... 120

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΛΕ΄. ......................................................................................................... 120 Ἐπειδή ὁ Λόγος σάρξ ἐγένετο, καί οὐ μόνον σάρξ, ἀλλά καί αἷμα καί ὀστᾶ· καί

κελευόμεθα ἐσθίειν μέν τήν σάρκα, πίνειν δέ τό αἷμα, μή συντρίβειν δέ τά ὀστᾶ, παρακαλῶ μαθεῖν, τίς ἡ τριμερής αὕτη τοῦ ἀνθρωπισθέντος Λόγου δύναμις; .... 120

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Λστ΄......................................................................................................... 121 Τί ἐστι τῶν ἀλόγων ζώων σώματα καί αἵματα, δι᾿ ὧν λατρεύοντες οἱ

Ἰσραηλίται, τά μέν σώματα ἤσθιον, τά δέ αἵματα οὐκ ἔτι, πρός δέ τήν βάσιν κύκλῳ του θυσιαστηρίου προσέχεον;....................................................................................... 121

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΛΖ΄ . ........................................................................................................ 122 Λέγει εἰς τάς Πράξεις περί τοῦ ἁγίου Παύλου· " Ὥστε καί ἐπί τούς

ἀσθενοῦντας ἐπιφέρεσθαι ἀπό τοῦ χρωτός αὐτοῦ σουδάρια καί σημικίνθια, καί ἀπαλλάττεσθαι ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν (384) τάς νόσους." Ἄρα γάρ διά τήν διακονίαν καί τούς ἀπίστους τουτί ἐγίνετο, ἤ ἁγιασθέντος τοῦ σώματος ταῦτα ἐκ τοῦ χρωτός αὐτοῦ ἐπετελεῖτο; Καί εἰ κατά τοῦτο, καί ἐπί τῆς ἐχίδνης οὐδέν ἔπαθεν, τίνι τῷ λόγῳ, τῷ μέν ἰῷ τοῦ θηρίου οὐχ ὑπέπεσε τό σῶμα τοῦ ἁγίου, τῷ δέ ξίφει ὑπέπεσε; τό δέ αὐτό ζητῶν καί ἐπί τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Ἐλισσαίου. Τίνα δέ τά σημικίνθιά εἰσιν; ... 122

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