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JOSIAH

JOSIAH(God supports, protects) - the name of the following persons: 2 Kings 21:24, etc. - the son and successor of Ammon, the sixteenth king of Judah, who began his thirty-year reign as an eight-year-old boy and was especially distinguished by his purity of life and piety. He gradually abolished the idolatry introduced by his predecessors, clearing Judea and Jerusalem of high places and sacred trees and carved and cast images (2 Chr. 34:3). In the eighteenth year of his reign, Josiah ordered the restoration of the Temple of Jerusalem to begin and the repair of the damage found in it. During the said work, the high priest Hilkiah found the book of the Law of Moses - a rare treasure in this bleak time, with wickedness and debauchery prevailing, when God and His commandments were forgotten and violated everywhere. Josiah himself, it seems, initially did not quite know the contents of the said book until it was read to him by one of the courtiers. The king was horrified when he heard what terrible punishments the Lord threatened criminal m who violate His law. Having torn his clothes, he humbled himself before the Lord and prayed to Him with tears, and for this he received from Him the gratifying promise of God’s favor and mercy (2 Chronicles 34:26-28). Then he gathered the elders and the people and ordered the book of the Law to be read aloud to them, and after reading it, he made a covenant before God, with an oath promising to faithfully keep all the commandments of His law, and obliged all his people to do so. After this, with particular zeal, he took care of the decisive destruction of all traces of idolatry, such as: idols, high places, pagan temples, houses of fornication, and then, according to the behavior of God, he celebrated the Easter holiday with unprecedented solemnity (2 Chronicles 35: 3-18). He personally gave the people 30,000 lambs and kids, and 3,000 oxen for the holiday. In the 31st year of the reign of King Josiah. Pharaoh Necho went with his army on a campaign to the banks of the river. Euphrates for battle with the king of Assyria. Josiah, not wanting to allow him to pass through the land of Judah, blocked his path. Pharaoh Necho sent messengers to him to say: “What is it to me and to you, King of Judah? I am not going to war against you, but to where I have war. And God commanded me to hasten; do not resist God, who is with me, lest He destroy you.”(2 Chronicles 35:21). But Josiah did not heed the advice and warning of Pharaoh and went out against him with his army plain of Megiddon who was in the tribe of Issachar. Here, during the battle, he was mortally wounded by archers, and died of his wound, being thirty-nine years old. His body was brought to Jerusalem for burial, and all the people bitterly mourned the best of their kings; mourned Josiah and Jeremiah in songs of lamentation (2 Chronicles 35:20-25). Undoubtedly, this general cry was heartfelt, sincere and unfeigned, so that it even turned into a parable. In that day(i.e. on the day of the crucifixion of the Lord), according to the word of the prophecy of Zechariah, there will be a great cry in Jerusalem, like the cry of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon(Zechariah 12:11).I Chr. 4:34 - son of Amaziah, one of the leaders of the tribe of Simeon. Zechariah 6:10 - son of Zephaniah. In his house, by order of St. Zechariah, the elders of the people gathered for the solemn consecration of Jesus to the rank of high priest. Acts 4:36 - a Levite, a native of Cyprus, called Barnabas by the apostles. cm. Barnabas.

JUDAS

JUDAS(praise Jehovah. or Praise the Lord) - the name of several persons: Gen 35:23 - the fourth son of Jacob by Leah, born in Mesopotamia around 2249 BC. The tribe of Judah, of which he stood, was one of the most numerous and powerful, compared to the others (Numbers 1:27) and received the first inheritance by lot during the division of the Promised Land. The prophetic blessing given by Jacob to Judah (Gen. 49:8-12) is very remarkable. It contains an indication of the warlike spirit of his descendants, as well as the time and duration of his power and authority. Here it is: "Judas! Your brothers will praise you. Your hand is on the back of your enemies(i.e. during the war). The sons of your father will bow down to you. The young lion Judah rises from his prey, my little owl. He bowed down and lay down like a lion(Ariel - Lion of God) and like a lioness: who will lift him up? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet, until the Reconciler comes, and to Him the submission of the nations." The prophecy further states that the habitats of Judah will abound with vines of the most excellent grapes. “He binds his colt to the vine, and the son of his donkey to the vine of the best grapes. He washes his clothes in wine and his clothing in the blood of grapes.”(v. 11). This prophetic blessing of Jacob contains the following meaning: The scepter must belong to Judah, i.e. government royal power until the Conciliator comes, i.e. Messiah Christ, who will reconcile all sinners with God and reign over the entire human race. Some of Judah's character traits can be seen in the biblical account of the sale of Joseph and the two-time journey of Judah, along with his brothers, to Egypt to buy grain, as well as in the description of his sin with Tamar (Gen. 38:26). 1 Ezra 3: 9 - Levite, whose descendants returned from captivity. 1Ezra 10:23, 2Ezra 9:23 - of the Levites, in the days of Ezra, who had foreign wives. Nehemiah 11:9 - The Benjamite called second above the city - son of Senui. Nehemiah 12:8, 36 - a person probably identical with the Levite Judah mentioned in 1 Ezra 10:23. 1 Mac 2:4, etc. - Judas Maccabee, the third son of the priest Mattathias, who rebelled to defend the faith and fatherland during the persecution of the king of Syria, Antiochus Epiphanes. Details of his life are described in different places 1st and 2nd Maccabees. 1 Mac 11:70 - son of Halfhiev (Alpheus), a Jewish military leader in the army of Jonathan Maccabee, especially remarkable for his unfailing loyalty to him during the battles with the military leaders of Dmitry, king of Syria. 2Mac 1:10 - A Jew who occupied a prominent place in Jerusalem during the embassy of Aristobulus and the Egyptian Jews to that city. Some identified him with one of the Essenes, remarkable for his prophetic gifts, and others with Judas Maccabee himself. 1Mac 16:2 - son of Simon, and brother of John Hyrcanus, treacherously killed by Itholomeus Azub, together with his father. Luke 3:30 - son of Joseph, mentioned by Heb. Luke in the genealogy of the Lord, from the line and descendants of David, and who is believed to have lived around the time of the reign of Joash. Luke 3:27 - another Judas, the son of John, also mentioned in the genealogy of the Lord. Matthew 10:4, 26:47, Acts 1:16 - Judas Iscariot, former one of the 12 apostles, traitor of the Lord. It was called Iscariot, probably at the place of his birth in the city of Kariot, which was in the tribe of Judah. Ev. John says that he was the son of Simon (John 6:71, 13:2,26). After I. Christ chose 12 apostles. Judas was entrusted with carrying with him a wooden box into which offerings were placed (John 12:6). The words of Iscariot, spoken by him on the occasion of the useless, in his opinion, outpouring and waste of the precious world at the feet of the Savior by Mary, the sister of Lazarus, of themselves directly indicate the greed that prevailed in him. This same disastrous passion served as the main motivation for him to betray his Lord and Teacher for 30 pieces of silver. Having received the said price, after the Easter supper he appeared at night in the Garden of Gethsemane, where the Lord had just finished His prayer before the oncoming sufferings on the cross, and there with a hypocritical kiss he betrayed Him into the hands of his enemies. After seeing the Lord Jesus, how criminal, dragged from court to court, he repented, went to the high priests and elders, returned them 30 pieces of silver and said: "I sinned I, betraying innocent blood." They answered him: “What is that to us? See for yourself.” Then, throwing away the pieces of silver in the temple, he went out; went and hanged himself; and when he fell, notes St. writer of the book of Acts, his belly split open and all his entrails fell out(Matt 27:3-5, Acts 1:18). The high priests, having taken the pieces of silver, found it indecent to put them in the church treasury and bought a potter's land with them for the burial of strangers. From that day on this place was called akeldama(cm. Akeldama), What means: land of blood. This is how the prophecy of St. Zechariah was fulfilled (11:12-13). During the Passover Supper with the disciples, the Lord testified about Judas this way: “But woe to that man who betrays the Son of man; It would have been better for this person not to have been born"(Matthew 26:24). Acts 15:22 - Judas Bathsheba, one of the rulers of the brethren of the Church of Jerusalem. Acts 9:11-18 - A Jew who lived in Damascus at the time of the miraculous conversion of St. Paul and in whose house he lived after his conversion and until his baptism by Ananias. The remains of the house of this Judas and Ananias in Damascus still indicate this, as well as the street, so called in the book. Acts direct(suk-el-dakman). This house is revered not only by Christians, but also by Muslims. Acts 5:37 - Judah the Gibeonite, otherwise the Galilean, leader of the Jewish rebels during the national census, during the administration of Judea by Sulpicius Quirinus in 6 AD; he is mentioned by Gamaliel in his speech before the Sanhedrin during the trial of the apostles.

KOLIY

KOLIY(2Ezra 9:23). cm. Kelaiah. DECK(Job 13:27) - the name of a special wooden tool into which hands and feet were hammered criminal. The jailer at Philippi, to whom Paul and Silas were taken into custody, not only put them in prison, but also hammered their feet into stocks (Acts 16:24).

°ASCRIFIXION, PUNISHMENT OF THE CROSS

CRUCIFIXION, PENALTY OF THE CROSS(Matthew 23:34, 27:31, etc.). From ancient times, crucifixion served as the most cruel and at the same time the most shameful death penalty and still exists between the Hindus and the Chinese. The Romans considered crucifixion to be the most shameful death, to which only traitors and great villains were condemned (Luke 23:2). It was considered a cursed death (Deut 21:22-23, Gal 3:13). "For it is written, says ap. Paul: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree." Hence the power of expressions in the epistles of St. Paul: Corinthians (1 Cor 1:23), Phil 2:8, Heb 12:2. How soon the sentence was pronounced: you are condemned to crucifixion, the condemned man was stripped, leaving only a narrow girdle around his loins, tied to the chest to the tree of the cross, and then he was painfully beaten with rods or whips made of leather strips (Isaiah 53:5), which alone often caused death. After the flagellation criminal They were forced to carry the entire cross, or part of it, to the place of execution. The place of execution was usually some elevated place outside the city and near a highway. The crosses were of various shapes: three-part, in the gender of the Greek letter tau - T, four-part - square +, or oblong - † and indirect, in the gender of the Greek x. The four-pointed shape of the cross of Christ has an irrefutable basis, that only this cross satisfies the testimony of all the Evangelists. As for the tree from which the cross was made, the most common opinion is that it was made from 3 trees: cypress, pinewood and cedar. This is repeated in church songs and prayers (Isaiah 60:13). The cross was dug into the ground, and sometimes it stretched in height, as they say, from 10 to 15 feet, so that the sufferer’s feet were usually 4 feet from the ground. The crossbar was usually from seven to 8 feet in length. In the middle or near the middle of the upper part of the cross there was a crossbar on which criminal they lifted him up with ropes: and so, having first removed his clothes, they first tied him to the tree of the cross and then nailed his hands and feet to the cross with sharp iron nails. Others think that during the crucifixion only the hands were nailed, and the feet were simply tied with ropes. Of course, ropes were also used to attach the legs; so that it would be easier to nail them down later. But the Savior Himself, assuring His disciples of His resurrection, pointed out to them the wounds on their hands and feet (Luke 24:39). To alleviate some of the suffering criminal, it was customary to give him wine mixed with myrrh. The Lord Savior did not accept it (Mark 15:23), desiring to endure in full consciousness until the very end all the torments of this terrible death. Vinegar also served as a refreshing drink for Roman soldiers, and when it was served to Him on the cross. He tasted a little of this refreshing drink. The heat generated by the nail wounds caused unbearable thirst (Matthew 27:18). Criminals were usually nailed to the cross by four Roman soldiers appointed for this purpose, to whom the clothes of the person being crucified were usually given by lot (Matt. 27:35). The soldiers divided the Savior's clothes among themselves and cast lots for his parts (Ps. 21:19). "And about my clothes(Lord Jesus) The Psalmist prophetically notes, they cast lots." According to Roman custom, the crime of the crucified person was written briefly on a tablet, which was attached to the cross on top. It was called by the Romans titulus or, in the Russian Bible, inscription(John 19:19-20). Stretching of the limbs after just suffering a painful scourging, the inability to make the slightest movement without terrible pain, the piercing of the arms and legs with sharp nails, and, moreover, in the parts of the body most susceptible to excruciating pain, not a short time hanging on a cross with ulcers on the arms and legs under the rays of the sun , loss of blood and a deep consciousness of the undeserved shameful execution suffered by the Divine Sufferer - all this intensified to the very highest degree suffering on the cross, which often lasted up to 3 days or even more. That is why Pilate was surprised to learn that the Lord Jesus Christ gave up His spirit before the appointed time (Mark 15:44). Among the Romans, a person condemned to death on a cross often remained on the cross until his body fell to the ground from its own weight; but in the province of Judea, the Jews were allowed, by virtue of the requirements of the Law of Moses (De 21:22-23), to end the suffering of those condemned to execution on the cross even before sunset. This was done different ways: sometimes they put fire at the foot of the cross, and sometimes they broke their limbs with a hammer, or pierced their side with a spear (John 19:31-37). It should be noted that the suffering of those condemned to the cross was so great and terrible that it was considered the most terrible and shameful of all types of execution. The famous Roman orator Cicero considered even the very mention of execution on the cross to be unworthy of a Roman citizen and a free person. But the Son of God, the Divine and innocent Sufferer, who shed His blood on this shameful instrument of torment for the sins of the entire human race, through this very thing made the cross a symbol of the highest honor and glory, a symbol of redemptive grace, salvation and eternal life. The cross is often mentioned in St. Scripture generally allegorically refers to the propitiatory sacrifice on the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ and His obedience to His Father even to the point of death (Phil 2:8). As true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, we all must crucify our flesh with its passions and lusts (Gal 5:24). We can crucify our flesh with passions and lusts mainly by abstaining from passions and lusts and by actions contrary to them: for example, when anger prompts us to slander the enemy and do evil to him, but we resist this desire, and remembering how Jesus Christ on the cross prayed for Our enemies, we also pray for ours, then in this way we crucify the passion of anger.

IELTS GOLDEN JERBOAM

GOLDEN TAURUS JEROBOAHM(1 Kings 12:28). Jeroboam, king of Israel, fearing that his subjects, going to Jerusalem to worship God, would not deny him and join Rehoboam, king of Judah, merged two golden calves and placed them on the borders of his kingdom, one in Bethel, and the other in Dan, and announced that the people no longer needed to go to Jerusalem; "These are your gods, O Israel, he said, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt." It is believed that this wicked king became acquainted with the forms and rites of pagan idolatry while he lived in Egypt (1 Kings 12:2). "And the Lord will betray Israel says the prophet on behalf of the Lord, for the sins of Jeroboam, which he himself committed, and by which he caused Israel to sin."(1 Kings 14:16). cm. Jeroboam. DUNGEON or JAIL Imprisonment among many ancient Eastern peoples was not as common as it is now among modern civilized peoples, since the guilty, in most cases, were punished immediately after a short trial. But, apparently, imprisonment in Egypt was a fairly common occurrence. So Joseph, who was the steward of the king of the Egyptian Pharaoh, was imprisoned, which in the Bible is called a place where the king's prisoners were imprisoned. She was under special care boss(Genesis 39:20-23). Imprisonment criminal in prison sometimes lasted quite a long time until the final decision of his case (41:1). There is no mention of prisons anywhere in the Law of Moses. The only instance of imprisonment during the time of Moses is mentioned in Lev 24:12. We must note at the same time that in the time of Moses there was another case of the imprisonment of a person who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Both prisoners were kept in custody until it was determined what should be done with the guilty (Numbers 15:34). Job speaks of a prison in which the prisoners knew no peace, and the cries of the guard were heard there (3:18). Prisoners and prison are repeatedly mentioned in the psalms of David (141:7. 78:11, etc.). The Philistines had a house of prisoners in Gaza, where Samson was imprisoned, condemned to the hard labor of threshing in chains (Judges 16:21-25). David resorted to the measure of confinement in a special house under the supervision of ten of his concubines (2 Samuel 20:30). After the time of David, indications of prisons or prison houses in the Holy Place. Scriptures are written more frequently (1 Kings 22:27, 2 Kings 17:4, 25:27-29, Isa 42:7, Ek 4:14, Jer 32:2, etc.). We read about prisons or prisons in non-canonical books (2 Mac 13:21), and from the New Testament it is directly clear that prisons at that time were already a public institution (Luke 3:20, 23:19, Acts 5:18, 8: 3, etc.). We know little about the details of prison discipline among the Jews, but they probably had much in common with the Roman, explained in more detail and in more detail: for example, prisons were located at the houses of the chiefs of the bodyguards (Gen. 39:20), or in guardhouses at the royal houses (Jer. 32: 2), or at the gates (20:2) and sometimes consisted of deep, waterless ditches in the courtyards of buildings and dungeons (Jeremiah 37:16). The prisoners were chained (Job 36:8) - they were put in a block (Jer 20:2, Nov. 13:27), which consisted of two large beams, into which their arms and legs were placed criminal.

MURDER

MURDER(Exodus 20:13) - a sin prohibited by the sixth commandment of God’s law and consists of taking the life of a neighbor in any way. But not every taking of life is a criminal murder, and precisely in the following cases: a) when criminal punish death by justice; b) when they kill the enemy in a war for the sovereign and the fatherland. There are involuntary murderers who kill accidentally and without intention. Of these we must think that they cannot be considered innocent if they have not taken proper precautions against accident, and in any case have a need for cleansing of conscience, according to the establishment of the Church. In addition to direct murder, how be that as it may, the following similar cases may relate to this crime: 1) When the judge condemns the defendant, whom innocence he knows; 2) when who shelters or frees murderer, and thus gives him an opportunity for new murders; 3) when someone could save a neighbor from death, but does not relieve as, for example, if a rich man allows a poor man to die of hunger; 4) when someone is subjected to burdens and cruel punishments that exceed his strength exhausting subordinates and thereby accelerates their death; 5) when someone indulges in intemperance and other vices shortens his own life. Suicide, when people take their own lives, is the most criminal of murders. For if it is contrary to nature to kill another person like us, then it is even more contrary to nature to kill oneself. Our life does not belong to us as property, but to God, who gave it. Others, to resolve their private disputes, resort to the so-called duels. It is the business of the government to resolve private disputes; Instead, the combatant willfully decides to do something in which there will be obvious death for both him and his opponent, and thus three terrible crimes are committed in the duel: rebellion against the government, murder and suicide. In addition to corporal murder, there are also spiritual murder. A kind of spiritual murder is temptation, when someone seduces his neighbor into unbelief or lawlessness, and thereby exposes his soul to spiritual death. The Savior says: “Whoever causes one of these little ones to stumble who believe in Me, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.”(Matthew 18:6). To some extent, murder also includes all deeds and words that are contrary to love for one’s neighbor, unjustly violating his peace and security, and finally, internal hatred against him, even if it was not revealed. "Everyone who hates his brother is murderer,” says St. John the Theologian (1 John 3:15). If it is forbidden to harm the life of one’s neighbor, then one is thereby commanded, as much as possible, to protect the life and well-being of one’s neighbor, and in particular: 1) help the poor, 2) serve the sick, 3 ) to console the sad, 4) to alleviate the condition of the unfortunate, 5) to treat everyone meekly, lovingly and edifyingly, 6) to reconcile with those who are angry, 7) to forgive insults and do good to enemies.

The robber Barabbas is mentioned by all four evangelists when they describe the Passion of Christ, as well as in the Book of the Acts of the Holy Apostles, where the Apostle Peter speaks about him:

“But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked to give you a murderer, and you killed the Author of life.” (Acts 3:14)

Barabbas was a criminal, but the exact scope of his criminal activities is still controversial.

The Gospel does not directly say who and why he killed and what kind of trouble he sowed.

At the moment, there are two versions, one of which is inclined to believe that he was a rebel against Roman rule, and was engaged in what today would be called terrorism or the “struggle for independence.”

The second version is still inclined to believe that he was a common criminal element, that is, his murders and robbery did not pursue any political goals.

One way or another, but in the end he was captured by the Roman authorities, sentenced to death, taken into custody and awaiting execution of the sentence, but, fortunately for him, the eve of the execution coincided with the national celebration of Passover, where the Jewish people, according to established tradition, were given the right to free from the death penalty of one of the condemned.

Judging by the actions of the procurator Pilate, he was guided by good intentions and the common law when he allowed this plebiscite to take place, expecting that the public would come to its senses and ask for Jesus of Nazareth, because with the same success he could, by the force of his powers, not allow this event to take place, if Barabbas really posed a threat to Roman power in the region.

But the choice of the Jewish public was clearly Barabbas’s, which brought him freedom.

The further life of Barabbas is not reflected in the Gospel, so it is not known for certain what he did after his release, whether he returned to his previous criminal activities or took the path of correction remains a mystery.

Apocryphal texts

From the New Testament apocrypha, the Gospel of Nicodemus tells about Barabbas, which repeats the story of the canonical Gospels about the tradition of granting freedom to a prisoner on Easter:

“I have in prison a famous robber named Barabbas and Jesus, in whom I have not found a single mortal sin: whom will I release to you?”

In a number of later Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew, Barabbas is called "Jesus Barabbas".

According to Origen, in his time most of the Gospel texts contained precisely this form of the name.

Many researchers recognize that this is the original form of the name Barabbas, which was then shortened so as not to be confused with personal name Christ.

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(Jesus?) Barabbas
aram. בר-אבא
translit. "bar-abba"
verbatim "father's son"
English Barabbas

Gospel

From Matthew

“On the holiday [Easter], the ruler had the custom of releasing to the people one prisoner whom they wanted. At that time they had a famous prisoner called Barabbas; So, when they had gathered, Pilate said to them: whom do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? for he knew that they had betrayed Him out of envy.<…>But the chief priests and elders stirred up the people to ask Barabbas and to destroy Jesus. Then the governor asked them: which of the two do you want me to release to you? They said: Barabbas." (Matt.27:15-21)

From Mark

“For every holiday he would release to them one prisoner they asked for. Then there was in chains [someone] named Barabbas, with his accomplices, who committed murder during the rebellion. And the people began to shout and ask [Pilate] for what he had always done for them. He answered and said to them: Do you want me to release the King of the Jews to you? For he knew that the high priests had betrayed Him out of envy. But the high priests stirred up the people [to ask] that Barabbas be released to them instead. Pilate, answering, again said to them: what do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews? They shouted again: crucify; Then Pilate, wanting to do what was pleasing to the people, released Barabbas to them, and beat Jesus and handed him over to be crucified.” (Mark 15:6-15)

From Luke

“And he needed to release one [prisoner] to them for the holiday. But all the people began to shout: Death to Him! but release Barabbas to us. Barabbas was put in prison for causing outrage and murder in the city. Pilate again raised his voice, wanting to release Jesus. But they shouted: crucify him, crucify him! He said to them the third time, “What evil has He done?” I did not find anything worthy of death in Him; So, having punished Him, I will release Him. But they continued with great shouting to demand that He be crucified; and the cry prevailed over them and the chief priests. And Pilate decided to comply with their request, and released to them the man who had been imprisoned for indignation and murder, whom they had asked for; and delivered Jesus up to their will.” (Luke 23:17-25)

From John

“You have a custom that I give you one for Easter; Do you want me to release the King of the Jews to you? Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not Him, but Barabbas.” Barabbas was a robber.” (John 18:39-40)

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Holiness has always attracted not only people seeking consolation, but also criminal people, deprived human face looking for easy money. This peculiar meeting of opposites sometimes ended in a miracle: the criminal, faced with holiness, repented, radically changing his life. But it happened that a hardened heart remained deaf, plunging even more into its lawlessness.

“Thomas” collected 5 stories about how saints communicated with criminals in the section.

Incident: robbery

During his missionary journey to the city of Ephesus (modern Turkey), he met a very pure young man striving for God. After a long and detailed conversation, the saint decided to entrust his upbringing to the local bishop, and he continued his journey. Unfortunately, the young man fell into bad company, and the bishop was unable to stop him. As a result, the once righteous man became the leader of a gang that was engaged in robbery on the roads.

Years later, the Apostle John returned to Ephesus. He asked the bishop about his fate young man. “That young man is dead. “He died for God,” the bishop answered, crying, and told the apostle about everything that had happened. “Bring me a horse and let someone show me the way, I’m going to him,” said the saint. He was shown the mountain on which the robbers' camp was located. At its foot, John was immediately seized. He didn't resist.

The saint asked the criminals to take him to their leader - to see him. The robber immediately recognized him and, overwhelmed with shame, rushed to run away, and the saint shouted after him: “Son, why are you running from your father?... Do not be afraid of anything! You can still enter eternal life! I will take all your sins upon myself before Christ!” The criminal stopped, dropped his weapon, lowered his head and cried bitterly. The Apostle John was released. He approached the drooping robber and, with tears in his eyes, hugged him tightly.

The robber repented and never returned to his previous life of crime.

Incident: attempted murder

The attackers, having heard that many people came to the holy elder every day, decided that they could profit from something in his house. Having chosen a suitable opportunity, they came to the monk and began to demand money from him. The saint replied that he had nothing of the kind. The robbers did not believe him and Seraphim, aware of what would happen next, did not defend himself, although he was physically very strong man. He lowered his ax with which he was chopping wood, saying: “Do what you need.” Then one of the criminals, raising an ax, hit the saint hard on the head with its butt, so that he immediately lost consciousness. Having mercilessly beaten the man lying down, they burst into the cell, but found nothing in it. In embarrassment, realizing what they had done, they rushed to run, and Seraphim, waking up, slowly crawled to his house, in which he lived alone, far from the monastery. Here the saint lay all night in severe suffering, and the next morning he somehow reached the monastery. The doctor testified that the saint’s head was broken, his ribs were broken, and there were many bruises throughout his body. Everyone was surprised how he survived at all. For eight days his condition did not change. According to life, only a miracle could save Seraphim. The Mother of God appeared to him in a dream and healed him.

The robbers were found - they turned out to be serfs of a local landowner. The monk asked him not to punish them for what they had done, and he himself forgave the offenders. But for the rest of his life the saint remained hunched over.

monster, criminal

Biblical hero “associated” with the novel “East of Eden” by Amer. writer John Steinbeck

In the Bible, the eldest son of Adam and Eve, a farmer; killed his brother Abel, the “shepherd of the sheep,” out of envy

The type of clothing among the peoples of Southeast Asia is a cloth (up to 2.5 m) wrapped around the waist, reaching the knees (mainly as work clothes) or ankles (ethnographic)

Drama by J. Byron

Traitor, criminal, murderer

Biblical fratricide

First killer

The first killer on Earth

Marked with a seal

The first one who was “choked by a toad”

The famous thief Vanka...

The origin of the word “cursed” is associated with the name of which biblical character?

In the Bible - the eldest son of Adam and Eve, farmer, the first murderer on earth, who killed his brother Abel because of envy

Criminal son of Adam

Eve's firstborn

Not the best son of sinners expelled from heaven

The first mokrushnik on earth

He reduced the population by a quarter

Adam's eldest son

Poem by J. Byron

Abel's brother

First son of Adam

Adam's firstborn

Eldest son of Adam and Eve

Son of Adam

Fratricide in the Bible

He raised his hand to Abel

Is he Abel's keeper?

First son of Adam and Eve

Son of Adam and Eve

Son of Adam and Eve

The Sheep Shepherd Killer

Son of Adam (biblical)

First of the Adamoviches

Scion of Adam and Eve

Eve's eldest son

The first farmer on earth

Brother of Abel (biblical)

First victim of cruelty

Bible killer with his stamp

Fratricide

Not the best son of sinners

Fratricide (myth.)

Fratricide (biblical)

The Killer of Abel (biblical)

The first murderer in human history

Biblical killer with his stamp

Bible brother lip

The very first “mokrushnik”

The killer of his brother (biblical)

Son of Adam

Abel's Killer

The first fratricide

The Assassin with the Seal (bib.)

The person who killed his brother (biblical)

First with patronymic Adamovich

God-cursed son of Eve

Scion of Adam (biblical)

The very first human son

Scion of Adam

Abel's Murderer

Adam's offspring

The one who killed Abel

. "first killer"

Sinful son of Adam

Killed his brother out of envy

Reduced the population by a quarter

First born

Firstborn in Adam's family

One of Adam's sons

Ruined Abel

The very first killer

First son of man

Eldest son of Adam and Eve

In biblical mythology, the eldest son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel

Drama by J. Byron (1821)

. "First Killer"

Biblical hero “associated” with the novel “East of Eden” by Amer. writer John Steinbeck

In the Bible, the eldest son of Adam and Eve, a farmer; out of envy he killed his brother Abel - the “shepherd of the sheep”

Abel's sinful brother

Kainka M. abusive is the most arrogant tomboy, a desperate head, ready for anything

The first mokrushnik on earth

The first one who was "choked by a toad"

Is he Abel's keeper?

The origin of the word “cursed” is associated with the name of which biblical character?

The very first "mokrushnik"

Son of Eve and Adam

The Sheep Shepherd Killer

Who did Eve and Adam give birth to first?

A mishmash of the word "Nika"

A mishmash of the word “Nika”

The very first killer on Earth