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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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The Kingdom is within/among you — Lk 17:20-21

Lc 17,20-21·NA28·109/156
βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ=Regno di Dioמַלְכוּת אֱלֹהִים malkhut Elohimπαρατήρησις=osservazione (calcolo qetz)ἐντὸς ὑμῶν=in mezzo / dentro di voi (ambiguo)Φαρισαῖοι=Fariseiפְּרוּשִׁים perushimἔρχεται=viene (escatologico)בָּא baκιββαλὰτ עוֹל=kabbalat ol (b.Berakhot 13a)קַבָּלַת עוֹל
Giovedì XXXII settimana T.O.
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GreekἘπερωτηθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων πότε ἔρχεται ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς καὶ εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἔρχεται ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ παρατηρήσεως,
Orthodox ReadingQuestioned by the Pharisees (perushim), the observant ⓘ: «When does the Kingdom of God (Malkhut Elohim)ⓘ come?», he answered them and said: «The Kingdom of God does not come with observationⓘ — not with astronomical calculation nor with the apocalyptic signs that claim to fix the messianic time, that practice of reckoning the *qetz*ⓘ which the masters of Israel will condemn as presumption;
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Greekοὐδὲ ἐροῦσιν· Ἰδοὺ ὧδε ἤ· Ἐκεῖ, ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν.
Orthodox Readingnor will they say: «Behold, here»ⓘ or «There», pointing to precise places or moments: for behold, the Kingdom of God is in your midstⓘ, already present in my person and in my messianic work, accessible and operative wherever the will of YHWH is fulfilled — just as the sovereignty of the heavens (*malkhut shamayim*)ⓘ is realized in the very act of taking up the yoke of the commandments, in the *Shema'*ⓘ recited every day.»