The Four Gospels with the Commentary of Theophylact of Ohrid

they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

[they] shall take up serpents. And if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall be healthy. So the Lord, after speaking to them, was taken up to heaven and sat at the right hand of God. They went out and preached everywhere, with the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the following signs. Amen.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK. CHAPTER 16.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK WAS ISSUED
TEN YEARS AFTER THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST:
WRITTEN WELL, JUST AS THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK
WAS SPOKEN BY PETER IN ROME. IT WAS MADE
AS A BEGINNING FROM THE PROPHETIC WORD
WHICH DESCENDED FROM THE HEIGHTS, AND [MARK] HIMSELF
REVEALS THE WINGED FIGURE OF THE GOSPEL:

A decorative rectangular border at the bottom of the page containing two columns of text flanking a central heraldic or symbolic emblem. The emblem consists of a stylized vertical line with horizontal cross-bars, the letters 'S' and 'Z', and a small cross. The border is adorned with floral motifs in the corners and at the bottom center.

By the grace of the word of Him who gave me the beginning, and [by the grace of] Alexander Voevoda, Gospodar original: lord/ruler of the lands of Krsko and Wallachia, and not [without] the labor of Marcian, who sought to compile this with love for Christ during the time of the fasting of the Apostles, [he] labored to give.

TO WRITE THIS HOLY
GOSPEL. AND IT WAS COMPLETED IN
THE MONTH OF MAY.
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