ولَمَّا كانَ النَّهَار، دَعَا تَلامِيذَهُ وٱخْتَارَ مِنهُمُ ٱثْنَي عَشَرَ وَسَمَّاهُم رُسُلاً/He called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles

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ولَمَّا كانَ النَّهَار، دَعَا تَلامِيذَهُ وٱخْتَارَ مِنهُمُ ٱثْنَي عَشَرَ وَسَمَّاهُم رُسُلاً
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا06/من12حتى19/:”في تِلْكَ الأَيَّام، خَرَجَ يَسُوعُ إِلى الجَبَلِ لِيُصَلِّي، وَأَمْضَى اللَّيْلَ في الصَّلاةِ إِلى الله. ولَمَّا كانَ النَّهَار، دَعَا تَلامِيذَهُ وٱخْتَارَ مِنهُمُ ٱثْنَي عَشَرَ وَسَمَّاهُم رُسُلاً، وَهُم: سِمْعانُ الَّذي سَمَّاهُ أَيضًا بُطرُس، وأَنْدرَاوُس أَخُوه، ويَعْقُوب، وَيُوحَنَّا، وَفِيلِبُّس، وبَرْتُلْمَاوُس، ومَتَّى، وَتُومَا، وَيَعْقُوبُ بنُ حَلْفَى، وَسِمْعَانُ المُلَقَّبُ بِالغَيُور، ويَهُوذَا بنُ يَعْقُوب، ويَهُوذَا الإسْخَريُوطِيُّ الَّذي صَارَ خَائِنًا. وَنَزلَ يَسُوعُ مَعَ رُسُلِهِ، ووَقَفَ في مَكانٍ سَهْل، وكانَ هُناكَ جَمْعٌ كَثيرٌ مِن تَلامِيذِهِ، وَجُمْهُورٌ غَفيرٌ مِنَ الشَّعْب، مِن كُلِّ اليَهُودِيَّة، وأُورَشَليم، وَسَاحِلِ صُورَ وصَيْدا، جَاؤُوا لِيَسْمَعُوه، ويُشْفَوا مِن أَمْراضِهِم. والمُعَذَّبُونَ بِالأَرْوَاحِ النَّجِسَةِ كَانُوا هُم أَيضًا يُبرَأُون. وكانَ الجَمْعُ كُلُّهُ يَطْلُبُ أَنْ يَلْمُسَهُ، لأَنَّ قُوَّةً كَانَتْ تَخْرُجُ مِنهُ وَتَشْفِي الجَمِيع.”

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 06/12-19/:”Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.

 

إِنَّ الَّذي نَزَلَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ الَّذي صَعِدَ إِلى أَعْلى جَمِيعِ السَّمَاوَات، لِيَمْلأَ كُلَّ شَيء
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل أفسس04/من10حتى16/:”يا إخوَتِي، إِنَّ الَّذي نَزَلَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ الَّذي صَعِدَ إِلى أَعْلى جَمِيعِ السَّمَاوَات، لِيَمْلأَ كُلَّ شَيء. وهُوَ الَّذي أَعْطى بَعْضًا أَنْ يَكُونُوا رُسُلاً، وبَعضًا أَنْبِيَاء، وبَعضًا مُبَشِّرِين، وبَعضًا رُعاةً ومُعلِّمين، لِكَمَالِ القدِّيسِين، وَلِعَمَلِ الخِدْمَة، وَلِبُنْيَانِ جَسَدِ المَسِيح، حتَّى نَصِلَ جَميعُنَا إِلى وَحْدَةِ الإِيْمَانِ ومَعْرِفَةِ ٱبنِ الله، إِلى الإِنْسَانِ المُكْتَمِل، إِلى مِقْدَارِ قَامَةِ مِلْءِ المَسِيح، فلا نَكُونَ في مَا بَعْدُ أَطْفَالاً، تتَقَاذَفُهُمُ الأَمْوَاج، ويَعْبَثُ بِهِم كُلُّ رِيحِ تَعْلِيم، على هَوَى البَشَر، يَجُرُّهُم بِمَكْرٍ إِلى مَكِيدَةِ الضَّلال؛ بَلْ نَنْمُو في كُلِّ شَيء، صَادِقِينَ بَالمَحَبَّة، نَحْوَ الَّذي هُوَ الرَّأْس، أَي المَسِيح، أَلَّذي مِنْهُ يَسْتَمِدُّ الجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ تَمَاسُكَهُ، ويَلْتَئِمُ بِالأَوْصَالِ الَّتي تُعْطِيهِ مَا يَحْتَاج، بِحَسَبِ العَمَلِ المُنَاسِبِ لِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ، فَيَصْنَعُ الجَسَدُ نُمُوَّهُ بَانِيًا ذَاتَهُ بِالمَحَبَّة.”

 

He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things
Letter to the Ephesians 04/10-16/:”He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knitted together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.”