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26Jer pogledajte znanje svoje, braæo, da nema ni mnogo premudrijeh po tijelu, ni mnogo silnijeh ni mnogo plemenitijeh; 27Nego što je ludo pred svijetom ono izabra Bog da posrami premudre; i što je slabo pred svijetom ono izabra Bog da posrami jako; 28I što je neplemenito pred svijetom i uništeno izabra Bog, i što nije, da uništi ono što jest, 29Da se ne pohvali nijedno tijelo pred Bogom.
39Nije svako tijelo jedno tijelo, nego je drugo tijelo èovjeèije, a drugo skotsko, a drugo riblje, a drugo ptièije. 40I imaju tjelesa nebeska i tjelesa zemaljska: ali je druga slava nebeskima, a druga zemaljskima. 41Druga je slava suncu, a druga slava mjesecu, i druga slava zvijezdama; jer se zvijezda od zvijezde razlikuje u slavi. 42Tako i vaskrsenije mrtvijeh: sije se za raspadljivost, a ustaje za neraspadljivost; 43Sije se u sramoti, a ustaje u slavi; sije se u slabosti, a ustaje u sili; 44Sije se tijelo tjelesno, a ustaje tijelo duhovno. Ima tijelo tjelesno, i ima tijelo duhovno. 45Tako je i pisano: prvi èovjek Adam postade u tjelesnom životu, a pošljednji Adam u duhu koji oživljuje.
21A Isus im opet reèe: ja idem, i tražiæete me; i pomrijeæete u svojemu grijehu; kud ja idem vi ne možete doæi. 22Tada rekoše Jevreji: da se neæe sam ubiti, što govori: kud ja idem vi ne možete doæi? 23I reèe im: vi ste od nižijeh, ja sam od višijeh; vi ste od ovoga svijeta, ja nijesam od ovoga svijeta. 24Tako vam kazah da æete pomrijeti u grijesima svojima; jer ako ne uzvjerujete da sam ja, pomrijeæete u grijesima svojima. 25Tada mu govorahu: ko si ti? I reèe im Isus: poèetak, kako vam i kažem. 26Mnogo imam za vas govoriti i suditi; ali onaj koji me posla istinit je, i ja ono govorim svijetu što èuh od njega. 27Ne razumješe dakle da im govoraše za oca. 28A Isus im reèe: kad podignete sina èovjeèijega, onda æete doznati da sam ja, i da ništa sam od sebe ne èinim; nego kako me nauèi otac moj onako govorim. 29I onaj koji me posla sa mnom je. Ne ostavi otac mene sama; jer ja svagda èinim što je njemu ugodno. 30Kad ovo govoraše, mnogi ga vjerovaše.
31I doðe u Kapernaum grad Galilejski, i uèaše ih u subote. 32I èuðahu se nauci njegovoj; jer njegova besjeda bješe silna. 33I u zbornici bješe èovjek u kome bješe neèisti duh ðavolski, i povika iza glasa 34Govoreæi: proði se, šta je tebi do nas, Isuse Nazareæanine? Došao si da nas pogubiš? Znam te ko si, svetac Božij. 35I zaprijeti mu Isus govoreæi: umukni, i iziði iz njega. I oborivši ga ðavo na srijedu, iziðe iz njega, i nimalo mu ne naudi. 36I u sve uðe strah, i govorahu jedan drugome govoreæi: kakva je to rijeè, da vlašæu i silom zapovijeda neèistijem duhovima, i izlaze?
Before baptism he was a renowned military commander under Trajan. While hunting in the woods, he met a great stag with a shining Cross between his antlers. Through the stag, the Lord spoke to Placidas (his pagan name) and told him to find a priest and be baptized into Christ. Returning home, he found that his wife Tatiana had also had a vision in which she was told to become a Christian. They were baptized, Placidas receiving the name Eustathius, and Tatiana the name Theopiste; their two sons were baptized with them. Eustathius and his family were almost immediately subjected to a series of grievous trials, in which all were separated from one another. After years of hardship they were re-united, and returned to Rome with honor when the Emperor sought out Eustathius to command his army once again. But when the Emperor Hadrian (who had succeeded Trajan) commanded them to worship the idols, all of them refused. They were put together into a large bronze ox which was heated white-hot in a fire. When their bodies were removed, they were found to be dead but intact. The Prologue concludes, ‘Thus this glorious general gave to Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and to God that which is God’s, and entered into the eternal Kingdom of Christ our God.’
They were friends from childhood, fellow-strugglers for holiness. Their godly way of life attracted the attention of the Bishop of Ephesus, who made Hypatius a bishop and Andrew a deacon and itinerant preacher. During the reign of Leo the Isaurian (714-41) they were both imprisoned for confessing the Orthodox faith and defending the veneration of the holy icons. They were subjected to various tortures, including having icons set afire on their heads in mockery of their faithfulness. They were executed near Constantinople and their bodies thrown to the dogs.
These saints were disciples of St Maximos the Confessor (January 21) and suffered with him for their condemnation of the Monothelite doctrine promoted by the Emperor Constans II. Anastasius the elder (who had been the Papal representative to Constantinople) and Anastasius the younger were present at the Lateran Council called by St Martin, Pope of Rome (April 13), which condemned the Monothelite heresy. For this the Pope himself, and the two confessors named Anastasius, were seized by the Emperor. Along with St Maximos, the two endured many tortures; when St Maximos had his right hand cut off and his tongue cut out, Anastasius the elder suffered the same punishment. They, along with their fellow-disciples Euprepius and Theodore and St Maximos himself, were sent into exile to Lazica in the Caucasus, where all of them died. Euprepius died after one year; Saint Maximos after three years; Anastasius the younger a few days before St Maximos; Anastasius the elder after seven years of exile; and Theodore after twenty years. All remained steadfast until the end, and all are proclaimed as Confessors of the Faith.