3) The Gospels, written more than eighteen centuries ago, cite such geographical, historical and everyday features that at present for many readers become understandable only with proper explanations.

Therefore, very many of those who wish to consciously read the Gospel cannot do without interpretations of passages that are incomprehensible to them; but people who are not idle, who are really burdened with worldly affairs, are especially in need of such help, and this help must be given to them: after all, it is they, who are toiling and burdened, who are called to Himself by Christ.

Many commentaries on the Gospels have been written, in antiquity and in recent times, for example: by St. John Chrysostom, Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Bulgaria, Michael, Bishop of Kursk, etc.; but their works are either interlinear interpretations of each Gospel separately, or discourses on the same Gospels, and therefore, despite their outstanding merits, do not give the reader either the fullness of the teaching of Jesus Christ, or the sequence in the narration of events.

We also have systematic expositions and interpretations of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, but in them the life and teaching of Christ are conveyed in the words of the authors of these works, and not in the words of the Evangelists.

It is impossible not to mention one more difficulty that poor people (toiling and burdened) encounter in their desire to consciously familiarize themselves with the Gospel; This difficulty is the terrible high cost of all special works, which is explained by a small circle of readers.

All these considerations prompted me to set forth in a sequential order, in the words of the Evangelists themselves, the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, to append to such a narrative proper explanations, and to publish this work at a public price.

I have prefaced the interpretation of the Gospel with an "Introduction," to which I draw the attention of unbelievers, those of little faith, and those who waver.