Bl. Jerome of Stridont

915 U per.: razumey - ed.

916 According to the new Synodal English translation: Therefore be ye also ready, for at what hour you do not think, the Son of man will come. Who, then, is the faithful and discreet servant whom his master has set over his servants, to give them food in season? Blessed is the servant whom his master comes to find doing so; verily I say unto you, that he shall set him over all his possessions.

917 According to the new Synodal Russian translation: But if that servant, being angry, says in his heart, 'My lord will not come soon,' and begin to beat his fellows, and eat and drink with drunkards.

918 Ezekiel 12, 22.

919 According to the new Synodal Russian translation: Then the lord of that servant will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that does not think, and will cut him in pieces, and subject him to the same fate as the hypocrites: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -Red.

920 U per.: has to come - ed.

921 The last understanding of the text may suggest a Greek text in which the passage to be explained reads: ??? ??????????? ?????, i.e. will cut it into two parts (Editor's note).

922 According to the new Synodal Russian translation: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like unto the ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, go out to meet the bridegroom. Of these, five were wise and five were foolish. The foolish took their lamps, and did not take oil with them. And the wise, together with their lamps, took the oil in their vessels - ed.

923 1 Cor 7:36.

924 U per: nenegut - ed.

925 1 Jn 1, 1.

926 Psalm 33:9.

927 The text indicates: Songs 1, 3. According to the new Synodal Russian translation: Songs 1, 2.

928 2 Cor 2:15.