On Jonah

On Jonah the Prophet A Twelfth Memra on Jonah the Prophet Spoken at the request of the Jews A Homily Blessed is He who reveals the glories of His deeds and completes and perfects His mysteries. Our brethren. The Creator placed great wealth within the books and concealed it in mystery until the appointed time when it would be delivered. He spread wonders in the form of a type over the letters, whose interpretations the eyes of the flesh cannot reach the treasure of the spirit. He hid His wealth from the ignorance of childhood, until it was completed and then opened the door of His mercies. He cast a net over the covenants of His testament, so that many might enter before the eyes of the power of wisdom. The children of the heart did not rule over His concealments, lest His precious things be squandered by the rashness of the self. He was a rich heir and did not suffice to administer His wealth, and like strangers He gave to us from His possessions in grace. And when He examined His concealments well through His signs, for the salvation of our lives He hid them in mystery until the end. He chose one people and called them by His name as an heir, that through His hand the treasure of His mercies might be opened for all peoples. And when the son saw that he was called by name and separated from all, the rod of His calling seized him without hesitation and he prevailed over all. With the eyes of the flesh he looked at the letters, the mind was confused, and he was not able to perceive the movements of the self by the power of the concealments.

He considered the wealth of his own son to be his alone, and he scattered and spread his nets in a foolish trap. He did not know that because of the whole burden, more than all, that which he concealed in him would stir up the whole people against the Lord. In this path of the pride of the people, even the priests ran, and from his excess they considered the running of the people to be nothing. Even the mighty Law went to the scribes, and he went with the mercy of the people to help the peoples. They were not troubled that the uncircumcised would become like the house-born, lest the chosen people go out from their inheritance. They were not disturbed by his embassy to the peoples, and they testify that when he was sent, he fled and hid. The Hebrew heard the voice of the proclamation of the life of his dead, and he feared greatly lest he live and die with the people. The new Gospel fell into the hands of the son of the Hebrews, and he seized the proclamation with the new good of the salvation of the peoples. He put on the sorrow of no consolation for what he heard, and he rejoiced to flee and not be sent on the path of the wicked. The circumcised of flesh heard about the uncircumcised who live by magic, and instead of a garment, he set his mind on division. He called them openly and spoke with him secretly, "Go, rebuke for me the eloquent sheep, the guardians of life. Arise, go, proclaim the voice of salvation among the wild beasts, and awaken with the voice of your word the sleepers of iniquity.

Come, walk the path of preaching to the house of the Ninevites, and cast a new path of worship of my Lord before them. Come, go, calm the storms that burst from their house, and lead them by grace to repentance. Come, go, heal the sick who have grown weary in the pains of iniquity, and with your words quench the fire of their thoughts. Take for yourself a remedy from the treasury of the mystery of my Lord, and bind them with repentance to forgiveness. Purify their thoughts with mercy and compassion, and give them to drink, and sweeten from them with the balm of pleasantness the bitter taste of iniquity. Take the lamp of the light of knowledge and place it in their eyes, and drive out from them the darkness of the error that has blinded them. Purify for them the salt of knowledge, the poor one who is, so that they may taste in your hands the sweet flavor of the Creator. Show severity of words before deeds, and become a mediator for them with the voice of forgiveness. Arm yourself with the power of divine help, and descend into the arena and trample the sin that has killed mankind. Take the sword of the word of the Spirit at the tip of your tongue, and destroy the iniquity that has rebelled against repentance. Uproot the worship of the names of the gods of the paths of error, and place the confession of one God in the thoughts of mankind. Arise, go to Nineveh, the city of kings who have rebelled against you, and instead of arrows, shoot into her words of the voice of rebuke.

Call her and rouse her with the sound of your words to fill the harbor, and cast into her ears a harsh repentance, behold, hastily. Go and say to her: Behold, the earth trembles beneath you, and the day of your destruction hastens for all peoples. Hear, son of Matthew, the voice that proclaims a harsh repentance, and again he strove to flee on the path toward the peoples. Behold the sending of the one who conquers wrath, and perhaps he will speak words and not be believed. I know, Lord, that you are merciful and pity the wicked, and your great love changes the harshness of wrath. And that he might go and proclaim mighty tidings to the Assyrians, I fear that you will not accomplish according to your will. Two divisions, much of the way, on the face of the sea, lest he be deceived and perhaps go out with the chosen people. At the end of his journey, the messenger was found weeping. The mourning of his people and the division of his words he would recount to him. He chose flight so as not to be sent on the path of the peoples, lest the boundary of the law be loosed by his going. The sea rose up that he might flee and hide from the All-Knowing, and dwell in a place that does not keep revelations. It was not flight from God that the preacher fled; he changed place in this world so as not to be sent.

He knew, for in all his might the Creator was, and nothing is hidden from God, the work of his hands. He changed the place toward the harbor of repentance, while he supposed that only in Judah revelations were revealed. Jonah, son of Amittai, who had been one who distances himself from his own people, and no longer heeded the voice of revelations to go to Nineveh. He chose a path by sea, trusting to go to the place of Tarshish, so that he might flee far from the voice of the Creator. He hired a ship that was not to be steered for the salvation of peoples, and he abandoned his place that was not to be stirred for the peoples toward the people. He fled from the dry land so that the heart of the uncircumcised might not be calmed, and he embarked on the sea so that the sound of his words might not be betrayed. The fugitive descended into the ship and slept from his weariness, and a sign went forth like a messenger and disturbed the sea. A storm arose like a hunter and spread its nets, and Jonah fell in with the sailors in the snares of the waters. With the rod of the wind he was guiding the sign for the sea, and upon what would the fleeing deed be hidden from the one who knows all? He struck the silent and stirred up a sign upon the speakers, and the deaf taught speech with the Creator. Wind and water contended with each other because of Jonah, whose hunters were for the proclamation to the peoples. Outside of order the sea was disturbed over the son of Amittai, as the mighty waves sought him who was hidden there.

The thought did not cease from all his days, and the course of his way was changed from its custom. Not over the whole face of the sea was the rope stretched, but only around the ship of Jonah was the wonder displayed. A great marvel was shown in the midst of the waves, for when the sea was calm, it was disturbed over Jonah and troubled over all. What command gave rest to the senseless ones, and troubled the mind of the one who sought to be silent? How much did the silent ones learn, half in their strength and half disturbed beyond measure? The sea was strong over the sailors when they were sailing, and it was agitated in the harshness of the waves in the place of Jonah. The air was calm and the waves were still, and everything was sailing, and Jonah’s ship was being tossed by the wind. The boundary of the sign divided the sea for the sailors, and they saw the marvel that when all was calm, it was disturbed over Jonah. The course of the sea was displayed in the signs of the sign, and while they were crossing, the rope of the wind was stretched to the limit of the sign. It brought the ship down to the depth and it was not broken, and it brought it up to the face of the sea and it was not overturned.

The sign was vigilant over it, and the rod of the wind made it known; it ascended to the height and descended to the depth, and did not destroy it. In the midst of the ship, the sailors were wearied with hard labors, and they lost hope, which cannot be cut off by troubles. They said to one another, "Everyone has turned to his God, that he might be delivered from troubles and see life." The chief of the sailors said to Jonah, "Arise, beseech, pray and ask of your God, that he might calm the storm." In the heaviness of the hour, Jonah sank into the hull of his ship, and he did not perceive the course of the sea, which was because of him. The fugitive arose and saw that the sea was agitated with waves, and he knew that his thoughts were because of him, the trouble. He did not pray with the sailors, that the sea might be calmed, for he knew that he had sinned, and if he besought, he would not be received. He was silent, as one who prays, like a helmsman who steers the command, so that if he calls, the one who cast him out will not hear him. The sailors saw that from him the petition had become excessive, and they took counsel to commit a crime regarding the outcome of their affairs. They considered his sin to be the abyss of the sea around them, for they saw that it was hastening and pursuing them like a pursuer. In the course of the sea, they raised a cry and discerned and knew that because of the crime, the trouble was disturbing the half of the sea. Great was for them the reproach of the wind, and they became wise; they saw between them that the one who had sinned had revealed his sin.

In the hollow of the planks they clung to one another like sailors who had come to the revealed, the whole of the hidden within the thought. They cast the planks that were like wings of a bird, the oar of the ship, and gave ransom for its folly that had troubled the sea. The command descended to the midst of the planks, and the fire was examined, and the plank of the Hebrew rose up before the sailors. And the uncircumcised asked the circumciser of the body of the ship, "What have you done? Reveal your deeds, and tell your people, and show your place." The Hebrew turned his face toward the sailors, saying, "I have no deed for God, but all is for him to establish all." "From God who knows all, I fled and hid myself, and I feared his sign in the harsh rod of the yielding waters." O herald of the sea who would hide his proclamation, and he searched and revealed it when he did not wish the fear of his Lord. In this, the sign was sent to the house of the sailors, that he might go and proclaim one God to the confusion of their error. He fled from the people, and the nations pursued him to the end of the nations, and when the herald did not wish for the nations of the end, "To one Lord who holds all, let man fear, and he governs the sea and the dry land according to his will." The uncircumcised learned from the Hebrew that the good deed is from God who knows all: he fled and was hidden. The sailors feared when they saw the wonder that was because of the Hebrew, and they sought to flee to the face of the dry land, but the sea did not release them.

The ship was bound in the sea without a harbor, and when it was brought to the face of the dry land, the whole command was overturned. The blast of the wind shook it from every side, and the waves were stirred up against it like riders. The storm pressed and surrounded it like a camp, and the blast of the wind built a wall before its face. In the midst of thoughts the sailors fell because of Jonah, and in his death and life they were inquiring how difficult it was. "What shall we do to Jonah?" they said, as they were distressed. "The solution is hard, and your death is difficult; do not enter into us." Jonah turned to the sailors like a divider: "Take me and throw me between the waves, and behold, the sea is calm. For a fierce lion desires me, the mouth of the waters; give him his portion, and do not be troubled over your lives. Upon me the great deep roars with the voice of its breakers, and after me the whirlwind also came out and disturbed the sea. Because of my folly, a wall of wind has been built before your faces; it looks to cast me down, and behold, it is loosening the barrier of its waves." The sailors cried out to God with a great cry: "O Creator, do not condemn us for the blood of a righteous one. You are the Lord who rules over all, on sea and dry land, and if you wish that this be, fulfill your will.

The sailors took Jonah and cast him into the sea at night, and the mariners feared and were amazed at the power of the Creator. Again they cast the sails and delivered the ship after the storm; in this manner, the servants of God were saved. The fugitive fell into the snare of the waters, and the waves covered him, while the magicians were silent in their sorcery. The judge gave an apophasis after his cords, and broke the reed of the decree that descended to Sheol. He dug a grave for the living dead in a living body, that he might preserve the life of his members in a living body. The command descended after the ship and bound it to the height, and the living one ascended and received his burial within it. The son of the ship went up into the ship, a grave in a grave, and the sign held the door in the face of the living dead. The fugitive descended into a prison full of darkness, and his feet were bound in the firm chain of the ship's belly. He fled from the dry land, and the sea seized him and gave him to the ship, and the grave brought his living corpse into the grave, the abyss and the ship. O wonder, that was accomplished in the son of Matthew, that he descended while alive into two graves and was not harmed. O custom, that was renewed while alive in Sheol; O dust, that was covered in the form of a body; O dead one, that was buried entirely and lived while descending; O prisoner, that was bound entirely and roamed in the grave.

It was not by the power of the strength of the beast that the living one died. A sign preserved him in the order of the fetuses within the belly. The life of the man is not sustained without air, and without air he lived in the sea like the spirits. It was not his own to flee and hide, nor was he sent away, for a great mystery was before him, that which was prepared. It was not that the whale became his tomb, for the Knower of All, by his descent, marked the wonders of the future events. Through the man it was destined that he would make life for all, and through the man he would free all from servitude. By the death of the man it was destined that the dominion of death would be loosed, and his tomb would be for Jonah as a mystery before the event. He did not see the body of the Lord of destruction in Sheol, and without destruction the whale preserved Jonah in the mystery of the Savior. Three days in the belly of the whale was his tomb for Jonah, that it might be a type for the hidden resurrection when it is revealed. The living whale was for him a tomb for the sake of mysteries, and a new tomb received the body of the fulfiller of mysteries. A new thing was accomplished in the mystery for the son of Matthew, for when the whale swallowed him, it preserved him in life. A new thing also was the completion of the mystery of Jonah, that the body which death swallowed would not suffer corruption.

He renewed the mysteries of the future events and filled the sea, so that the body was buried in the tomb of the flesh and lived and walked. A new way that the son of Matthew set before the deeds, that when it is fulfilled it will not be changed in the eyes of the beholders. Because of the truth of the salvation of the peoples, there are wonders, that when one man is saved by another man, he is not divided. And if not, the circumcised one of flesh and the uncircumcision of the heart would say: What is the power that hides in the mystery that serves the day? What is it that compelled three days to be in the belly, and he lived a life of remembrance that was from the life of a man? And it came to pass that the skill of the sailor, the command and the word of his Lord, why did he not follow him in other garments but in the belly? When did he announce to the daughters of his house, "Go to the day of judgment," and how was he hidden while alive in Sheol like the son of Matthew? At what time did he send his heralds to the house of remembrance, and when did he send the captive to the peoples outside the people? Because why was he not buried in the land of Judah, so that the voice would separate him from the people to go to Assyria? Reveal the hidden thing, son of Abraham, that is cast before you, and look at the truth that hides in the mystery that serves the day. Take the veil that Moses spread and cease from the strife, and see openly the image of the king, where he is. Create and observe as a divider in the books of the spirit, and behold, you learn that the mysteries are completed in the meaning of the peoples.

You set your mind on the new mystery that the son of Matthew fashioned, and you saw that all the mysteries were fulfilled in that which crucified him. You hung your thought on the great height of his proclamation, and you understood his way of leading the peoples who had erred. Let your thoughts be like a vision to the eyes of your heart, and see that the sound of salvation went out to the four quarters. You ran with the day and descended to the abyss in his company, and behold, you have arrived at the height above at the end of your way. The son of Matthew descended and dwelt in Sheol in the mystery of the Saviour, and he kept the sign for the coming of the living beings in the belly of the whale. The buried one prayed in the temple of the whale in a separated manner, and his thoughts were troubled, and he sought and sought and added that he might escape to life. Hear the voice of my prayer, God, stay and listen to my words, and raise my life from destruction to life. I knew that I sinned in that I did not serve you in the way of the peoples; behold, you have taught me by my life that you have kept the lover of man, you. For the salvation of man you called me that I might go in your ways; it pleased me. Save me from my captivity that I might go out and bring the dead to life. I did not know that your love for the strangers was abundant; I thought it was a single inheritance that you had acquired, and it is not you. I saw that if the uncircumcised peoples enter into your inheritance, perhaps the heir whom you have chosen will go out from outside your house. According to the legal will you came, this one, that you might bring the unclean peoples into his fellowship.

Now that you have heard from the one who calls the peoples, do not let me take hold of the door of mercy with an evil face. Let my prayer enter before you, my God, and let me live by your word, and let my life become a sign of life for the dead of iniquity. If I said in bitterness that my life has no salvation, if you wish, you may again add that I may see your face. I have set the reward of the harvest of my lips in the land of the living, that if I ascend, I shall not be silent, that I may proclaim life. Woe to the prayer of the one who was buried, a grave in a grave, and the wall of the whale was broken, and water, and the face of the deep. Woe to the prisoner who, in the prison of the depth of the water, stretched his will instead of his ways toward the one who bound him. Woe to the buried one who used to interpret with his burier, and his cry to his grave with the sound of his words, and he escaped to life. He wrote a letter, the scribe of the spirit in the depth of the water, and gave it to the wind that it might enter and be read before the Knower of All. The spiritual winds carried it and gave it to the hidden one, and they directed toward him the voice of the hope that he would escape to life. The sign proclaimed to the grave that a living dead man was buried, that he might bring up the body of the buried one from his entrails to the place of the living. The whale was terrified when it ascended to the face of the dry land, because of the sign that it commanded when it swallowed him, the disobedience of the one who would make it vomit him.

The ropes of the difficult sign were for him to break the covenant. The mystery did not delay in the tomb outside of truth. The ship, laden with the mystery of the salvation of the peoples, set sail and placed its wealth on the shore of the sea and abandoned its place. Where it sailed, when it was strong enough to descend into the deep, there it came out when the sign of power drew it. In that same harbor where it grew strong, there it descended, where the chief of the sailors who stood in it drew it there. In the place where the whale swallowed Jonah, there it placed him, so that there he might hear that daughter of the voice that fled from her. Bar Mattai went out and saw the light and heard the voice, which was entirely like that first one that went to Ator. Come, go and preach the new gospel to the peoples of the east, for you were a complete mystery; your mystery through the deeds. Because of this, you were buried while alive and opened in your face, so that you might open the door before the easterners to enter after me. Through your fervor, you sought to be heated for life, the buried ones. Behold, your ship, the salvation of your life, save the lost. Come, go and preach the salvation of life to the dead of pride, and warm their hearts with the living hope of repentance. Plow the land of hearing with the knowledge of their thoughts, and cast into it the good seed of the fear of truth. Uproot the weeds of idolatry that sow evil, and sow the one voice, the Creator who rules over all.

He taught the way of the peoples to him, though he did not wish it, and he taught him that it was right for him to have mercy on the peoples. The cry of the preaching of the son of Abraham, who called the peoples in the lamentation of the house of Abraham. The beginning of the sermon, separated from the peoples, to the house of the Assyrians, and the rose on the path to the destiny of Assyria as it was commanded. He taught the voice of a great proclamation to the city of Assyria, that for three days he would run within Assyria while proclaiming in it. He revealed and showed the greatness of it, that it was from God, and in his hand came the multitude of wealth and possessions. The beginning of the entry of the sermon, the day in the midst of its streets, and with his preaching he began in a voice full of supplication. He proclaimed and said in the ears of all, a voice of wrath, that the city of Nineveh would be overturned upon its inhabitants. He set a limit of forty days for the fulfillment of his words, that whether they would repent or not, he would do as he decreed. It was not only repentance that the son of the Hebrews proclaimed, for mercy also was mingled with the repentance of the limit he set. With voices of power he terrified them, that they should descend from their height to humility. With hard iron he cut the pain of their deeds, so that iniquity would not remain in the movements of the soul as a remedy.

He placed the remedy of the strong upon the wound of their thoughts, to uproot from them the sign of iniquity that had killed them. The herald cried out like a trumpet in the midst of the city, and its walls were shaken by the waves of the sound of his words to fill the breach. The mighty spirits of his word blew within her, and the whole of the nearby city was inclined toward destruction. He raised his voice to kings, princes, and all classes, and he drew them to the new hearing of his proclamation. He was not hindered by the authority of the headship, nor did he take account of the face of wealth or the crown that is weightier than all. The people and the king heard his words, and they trembled and were confounded; and when he was swift and bold, he raised his voice to the kings of Assyria. The mighty ones were prepared to hear his word, and he cast the net of his proclamation and subdued them. His word hunted youth and old age, and it changed the course of all the ranks by its swiftness. The echo of his proclamation reached the king of Assyria, and he left his crown, cast off his authority, and honored his word. He proclaimed a voice full of lamentation to the whole people, that everyone should turn from his deeds to supplication. He abhorred the iniquity of the worship of the idols that commit abominations, and he loved the truth that is fair in its name and in its deeds. He cursed the sin that had spread its darkness over their thoughts, and he saw in the air the light of the word of the son of the Hebrews.

He made the soul fast through the work of fasting from carnal desires. And he restrained the lightness of frivolity by the hand of asceticism. He shut the mouth from food, the sustenance of the body, and restrained the soul from the work of wickedness. Even the beasts fasted with him from sustenance, and wept with him, the silent ones, over that which had provoked them. Who knows whether God will have mercy on us and turn aside from us the wrath of his anger and not destroy us? Behold that good which they saw until now, that the wicked might repent and change his anger towards repentance. He made them do that which they did not wish, the wicked, and he sharpened his compassion to the separation of the foundations of the soul. He went forth to them with a hidden sign towards his knowledge, and gave the reward of his peace to repentance. Not the customs which rejected the way of repentance, hidden in its love, revealed its concealment to the sons of his house. On that day he marked the wonders of the future, that peoples would live at the end of times in the man of two. Behold the herald who mixed the good of mercy in his anger, and many were not delivered, the conclusion of his words was not completed. He returned to go in the way of his nature as before, and began to be silent, that this cause which made me flee might cease. Or perhaps, my Lord, my word was not when I was in my land, because of this I fled beforehand, that I might not be sent.

I knew, for God is full of mercy, and when repentance comes before you, your love inclines toward forgiveness. And now that I have been like a deceiver before the Ninevites, I spoke of death and did not hide the magnitude of falsehood. It would have been better for you to call him openly and speak with him, and to entreat his Lord until death reached his misery. See the Hebrew whose foreskins they circumcised and who received the likeness of one who takes no pleasure in the dead bodies of unclean peoples. The pain of misery wore down his soul beyond measure, and he chose death rather than life without deceit. He left the known way and went out to dwell alone, while he rejoiced that the decree he had decreed would be fulfilled. He made a third day so that he might dwell in it at the time of sacrifice. In this repentance, whatever he decrees will come to pass. He knows all; he saw the thought of this one who desires, and his Lord turned him toward loss through healing. He intimated the sign lightly, the truth of the gourd, and spread its leaves above the sea and rejoiced at its coming. With the leaves and fruits of the gourd, the son of Mattai rejoiced, for he saw the wonder that from stillness came forth and bore fruit. His misery went astray in the sweetness of the love of fruits; it was revealed what the cause was that from stillness brought forth. The sign bound him with the love of the gourd, so that he might again become wise, that when it withered, he would suffer greatly and learn its cause.

That command which he gave to the gourd and bound it with his love turned and was not in it, and the gourd dried up and he cast it before him. The harsh gourd signified a command, and the gourd withered; the leaf dried up and its leaves grew yellow and its fruits fell. The sun's heat beat fiercely upon the head of the gourd, and the shoots withered and its life was cut short, and it sought death. Not according to custom was the gourd that came upon the preacher; a sign drove it out of order with heat. That command which disturbed the sea contrary to custom was what drove the growth of the sun out of order. He taught the sea, which was not troubled by the way of the peoples, and showed the gourd, which was not hindered for him in the life of man. Great for him was the truth of the caller, and he made his soul wise and bound it with love toward sinners, though he did not wish. He became a speaking disciple to a silent teacher, and learned a new book, a lesson from the silent one. The gourd fixed upon his members pain in his heart, and began to live by means of healing toward salvation. He taught the mystery of love and mercy in silence, and interpreted the sign by means of revelation, which was not hindered for him. He gave a sign with a single voice like his language, that upon what he cast before the silent one who gave the gourd. Why are you bound in perfect love with powers, and you do not approach the praises which man sings?

Why do you love your gourd and your own shade, and why are you angry at the life of a man as if he were not a man? Why do you not enter into the judgment of the church with your thoughts, and you yourself judge with your mind in your own assembly? Where does the wakeful nature of your discernment hide, that you do not perceive your own members as your own? For you, the harsh gourd’s destruction is grievous; for me, how much more grievous are the words that are inscribed in my bosom? For you, a clear blemish in the external body is distressing; for me, the hidden iniquity of the destruction of a man is oppressive. You lamented the loss and great pain over a gourd; how much more should I lament over the precious ones who fall before me? Behold the twelve thousand small children, and stretch out your hand toward the one who is full of all. Have mercy on the son of Matthew, that the great city may not be destroyed; for me, let me be likened through compassion to your relatives. The more you increase in the destruction of a place that destroys wrath, no man acknowledges the name of my being within the living one. Direct your will toward the crushed one of the merciful and the wise, for it is because of this that I have called you before me, that you may be likened to me. Set your sight to teach before me the peoples who have erred; spread out your words in the form of nets for the catching of man. The net of love is prepared for a man to spread over all my peoples, and in your hands is inscribed the salvation of all through the signs.

I shall not extend my hand to the worship of my lordship, and behold, I show it by the deeds of the judgments of the faces. For from your race I am destined to place as a commander, and behold, I examine my victory over him by your triumphs. Through a man I make known all my faith, by the example of him who called the judgments to the proclamation. To the peoples and to the people I subdue one in the love of me, and a way was prepared before his coming in the way of Athor. In him I shall begin the boundary of the law before the faces of the peoples. By this sign your sending to the house of the Chaldeans was called. In it is hidden mysteriously from the son of the Hebrews, lest he be hindered by the mouth of the peoples who lived by his hands. Teach him by his own mercy, which is his own like a divider, and examine by his hand the salvation of the peoples which he conceals in the people. Show him the new way of the proclamation, and tread by his hand the path of peace to the covenant of life. By this sign he shall extend the course of righteousness, and stir up the people and bring forth the peoples through the son of Matthew. To the end of his proclamation all shall look, and show by his hand the beautiful image which is concealed in the mystery. Blessed is he who depicted for you through the son of Matthew the mouth of the living, confession to the hidden one who revealed in our own concerning his concealment.