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by nature God, I know all things, I foretell the things to come, and so that you may believe that I am able to free you from the dangers that are brought upon you. 534 {3Jο 16, 2}3So great will be the madness of those who kill you—not only of Jews, but also of Gentiles and heretics—that they will consider it to be the power of a God-loving worship to slay you. 535 {3Jο 16, 4}3So that the things being said might not be obscured by time, I refrained from teaching the virtue according to piety. 536 {3Jο 16, 6}3Because of fear and grief they were beside themselves and fell silent. 537 {3Jο 16, 7}3If I do not suffer, the Spirit, the cause of every good gift, does not come upon you. 538 {3Jο 16, 8}3Such is the power of the coming of the Holy Spirit, that then will be revealed the sin of those who have transgressed against me. As many as did not believe in Christ after the coming of the Holy Spirit remained in their own sins, as he who did not believe in the sinless one is condemned as a sinner. 539 {3Jο 16, 11}3He was condemned as having killed Christ, who was sinless, through the Jews, because making excuses he said that 'Adam did not die because of me, but because he sinned.' But since after the passion the healings come about through the Holy Spirit, the destruction of the devil is shown through the deeds. 540 {3Jο 16, 12}3As unrighteous is the one who did not believe in the righteous one who on account of his righteousness was taken up into the heavens and became invisible to men. As slothful, because with Satan having been broken, not even so did he wish to conquer him.

541 {3Jο 16, 12-13}3Instead of, He speaks in harmony with me; for the Spirit is not lacking; for being self-subsistent as consubstantial with the Father and the Son, He knows all things and has the power to do them from himself. 542 {3Jο 16, 13}3When the Spirit teaches you, then you will be able to depart from the legal types and to perform worship "in spirit and in truth."The Spirit is not greater than the Son, he says. Therefore he will speak nothing from himself, but what he hears; for what I say, he also will say.The Spirit will teach men the things of the Son's divinity and glory and equality with the Father.Not because of weakness does he not speak, but he said this because of the precise harmony of the Trinity. 543 {3Jο 16, 14}3Since the Son naturally has the things of the Father on account of being consubstantial, he said that the things of the Spirit are also his own, as the things of the Trinity are common. 544 {3Jο 16, 16}3So that he might not grieve the disciples, he did not say, "I am dying," but "you do not see me." 545 {3Jο 16, 18}3Because of grief they did not understand, and while they knew that he was going away, they did not know how he would come; for they were ignorant of the resurrection before the event. 546 {3Jο 16, 19-}3Since being greatly grieved they did not wish to hear about his death, wishing to impress this teaching upon them he said 'you will weep', after the grief there will be joy. 547 {3Jο 16, 21}3The reward of your grief will be joy, just as for the grief of the one in labor there is joy from the birth. Since <when> he died, it seemed to them that they went from grief to joy, he used the example of the woman giving birth. 548 {3Jο 16, 22}3Since you will be persuaded that as God I was raised and I die no more, even if I ascend into heaven with the flesh. 549 {3Jο 16, 25}3He speaks of the time of the resurrection. 550 {3Jο 16, 25}3For Christ speaks these things as in proverbs, as he says coming down; for it cannot be understood according to the letter. But he who asks for beneficial things for the betterment of souls, asks and receives. He calls a proverb the unclear and veiled word. Because of their infancy he speaks obscurely. But when you have advanced, then I will reveal to you the Father's glory. After the resurrection I will speak to you clearly about the Father. When you receive the Spirit, then you will receive clear knowledge about the Son and the Father. 551 {3Jο 16, 26}3He is able indeed as God to give, but as having already said 'I ask' economically as a man, he remained with the word. 552 {3Jο 16, 28}3From the essence, he says, I came forth from the Father, being undividedly in the Father and having the Father self-subsistently in myself. neither when he became man is he said to have come into the world having been left behind by the Father, nor when he was taken up with the flesh,

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φύσει θεὸς οἶδα πάντα, προλέγω τὰ ἐσόμενα καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε, ὅτι δύναμαι ὑμᾶς ἐλευθερῶσαι τῶν ἐπαγομένων ὑμῖν κινδύνων. 534 {3Jο 16, 2}3Τοσαύτη ἔσται ἡ μανία τῶν ὑμᾶς ἀποκτεινόντων οὐ μόνον Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐθνικῶν καὶ αἱρετικῶν, ὅτι λατρείας θεοφιλοῦς δύναμιν εἶναι νομίζουσι τὸ σφάξαι ὑμᾶς. 535 {3Jο 16, 4}3Ἵνα μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ ἀμαυρωθῇ τὰ λεγόμενα, ἐσιώπων τὴν κατ' εὐσέβειαν ἀρετὴν διδάξαι. 536 {3Jο 16, 6}3Ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους καὶ τῆς λύπης ἐξέστησαν καὶ ἐσιώπησαν. 537 {3Jο 16, 7}3Ἐὰν μὴ πάθω, οὐκ ἐπιφοιτᾷ ὑμῖν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πάσης δόσεως ἀγαθῆς αἴτιον. 538 {3Jο 16, 8}3Τοσαύτη ἐστὶν ἡ δύναμις τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος καθόδου, ὅτι τότε φανερωθήσεται ἡ τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ πεπλημμεληκότων ἁμαρτία. ὅσοι μετὰ τὴν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος κάθοδον οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸν Χριστόν, ἔμειναν ἐν ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ἁμαρτίαις, ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κατακρίνεται ὁ μὴ πιστεύσας εἰς τὸν ἀνα μάρτητον. 539 {3Jο 16, 11}3Κατεκρίθη ὡς ἀποκτείνας διὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸν Χριστὸν ἀναμάρτητον ὄντα, ἐπειδὴ προφασιζόμενος ἔλεγεν, ὅτι ὁ Ἀδὰμ οὐ δι' ἐμὲ ἀπέθανεν, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἥμαρτεν. ἐπειδὴ δὲ μετὰ τὸ πάθος διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος γίνονται αἱ ἰάσεις, διὰ τῶν πραγμάτων δείκνυται τοῦ διαβόλου ἡ κατάλυσις. 540 {3Jο 16, 12}3Ὡς ἄδικος ὁ μὴ πιστεύσας εἰς τὸν δίκαιον τὸν διὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ ἀναληφθέντα εἰς οὐρανοὺς καὶ ἀφανῆ γεγονότα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. ὡς ῥᾴθυμος, ὅτι κατακλασθέντος τοῦ σατανᾶ οὐδὲ οὕτως αὐτὸν ἠθέλησε νικῆσαι.

541 {3Jο 16, 12-13}3Ἀντὶ τοῦ συνῳδά μοι λαλεῖ· οὐ γὰρ ἐνδεὲς τὸ πνεῦμα· ἰδιοσύστατον γὰρ ὂν ὡς ὁμοούσιον πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ πάντα οἶδε καὶ ἰσχύει ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ ποιεῖν. 542 {3Jο 16, 13}3Ὅταν τὸ πνεῦμα διδάξῃ ὑμᾶς, τότε δυνήσεσθε τῶν νομικῶν ἀποστῆναι τύπων καὶ τὴν «ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ» ποιῆσαι λατρείαν.οὐ μεῖζον τοῦ υἱοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα, φησίν. διὸ οὐδὲν ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ λαλήσει, ἀλλ' ἃ ἀκούει· ἃ γὰρ ἐγώ, κἀκεῖνος ἐρεῖ.τὸ πνεῦμα διδάξει τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τὰ τῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ θεότητος καὶ δόξης καὶ τῆς πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἰσότητος.οὐ δι' ἀσθένειαν οὐ λαλεῖ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν ἀκριβῆ συμφωνίαν τῆς τριάδος τοῦτο εἶπεν. 543 {3Jο 16, 14}3Ὡς φυσικῶς ἔχων ὁ υἱὸς τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς διὰ τὸ ὁμοούσιον εἶπεν καὶ τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ἴδια αὐτοῦ εἶναι ὡς ὄντα κοινὰ τὰ τῆς τριάδος. 544 {3Jο 16, 16}3Ἵνα μὴ λυπήσῃ τοὺς μαθητάς, καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν, ὅτι ἀποθνῄσκω, ἀλλ' οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με. 545 {3Jο 16, 18}3Ὑπὸ τῆς λύπης οὐκ ἐνενόουν καὶ ὅτι μὲν ἀπῄει ᾔδεσαν, πῶς δὲ ἥξει, οὐκ ᾔδεσαν· ἠγνόουν γὰρ τὴν ἀνάστασιν πρὸ τῆς ἐκβάσεως. 546 {3Jο 16, 19-}3Ἐπειδὴ σφόδρα λυπούμενοι οὐκ ἤθελον ἀκούειν περὶ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, βουλόμενος αὐτοῖς ἐμπῆξαι τὸ δόγμα τοῦτο εἶπεν τὸ κλαύσετε, μετὰ τὴν λύπην ἔσται χαρά. 547 {3Jο 16, 21}3Μισθὸς τῆς λύπης ἔσται ὑμῶν ἡ χαρὰ ὡς καὶ τῇ λύπῃ τῆς ὠδινούσης ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ τοκετοῦ χαρά. ἐπειδὴ <ὅτε> ἀπέθανεν, αὐτοῖς ἐφαίνετο ἀπὸ λύπης εἰς χαρὰν ἐλθεῖν, τῷ τῆς τικτούσης παραδείγματι κέχρηται. 548 {3Jο 16, 22}3Ἐπειδὴ πεισθήσεσθε, ὅτι ὡς θεὸς ἀνέστην καὶ οὐκέτι ἀποθνῄσκω, κἂν μετὰ τῆς σαρκὸς ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. 549 {3Jο 16, 25}3Τὸν τῆς ἀναστάσεως καιρὸν λέγει. 550 {3Jο 16, 25}3Ὡς γὰρ ἐν παροιμίαις λαλεῖ ταῦτα ὁ Χριστὸς ὡς παρακατιὼν λέγει· οὐ γὰρ δύναται κατὰ τὸ γράμμα νοεῖσθαι. ἐκεῖνος δὲ αἰτεῖ καὶ λαμβάνει ὁ τὰ λυσιτελῆ αἰτῶν πρὸς βελτίωσιν ψυχαῖς. παροιμίαν λέγει τὸν ἀσαφῆ καὶ ἐγκε καλυμμένον λόγον. διὰ τὴν νηπιότητα αὐτῶν ἐπεσκιασμένως λέγει. ὅταν δὲ προκόψητε, τότε ἀποκαλύπτω ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς δόξαν. μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐρῶ τὰ περὶ τοῦ πατρός. ὅταν λάβητε τὸ πνεῦμα, τότε λήψεσθε σαφῆ τὴν περὶ υἱοῦ καὶ πατρὸς γνῶσιν. 551 {3Jο 16, 26}3∆ύναται μὲν ὡς θεὸς δοῦναι, πλὴν ὡς ἤδη εἰπὼν τὸ αἰτῶ οἰκονομικῶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐνέμεινεν τῷ λόγῳ. 552 {3Jο 16, 28}3Ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας, φησίν, ἐξῆλθον τοῦ πατρὸς ἀδιαιρέτως ὢν ἐν πατρὶ καὶ ἰδιοσυστάτως ἔχων ἐν ἐμαυτῷ τὸν πατέρα. οὔτε ὅτε γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος ἀπολειφθεὶς τοῦ πατρὸς ἐληλυθέναι λέγεται εἰς τὸν κόσμον οὔτε ὅτ' ἀνελήφθη μετὰ τῆς σαρκός,