Gr\u00edska or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti, sem vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0um oft me\u00f0 or\u00f0inu „\u00fej\u00f3nn“ e\u00f0a „hj\u00fa“, getur l\u00edka merkt „\u00fer\u00e6ll.“\u00a0 Er \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1tt vi\u00f0 manneskju sem ekki er einungis r\u00e1\u00f0in til \u00feess a\u00f0 inna \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 verk af hendi, heldur er b\u00f3kstaflega \u00ed eigu h\u00fasb\u00f3nda s\u00edns eins og h\u00fasd\u00fdr e\u00f0a hvert anna\u00f0 heimilist\u00e6ki og algerlega \u00e1 valdi hans.\u00a0Sumir \u00fer\u00e6lum voru falin algeng st\u00f6rf fyrir innan stokk og utan.\u00a0 A\u00f0rir, sem \u00fe\u00e1 voru stundum nefndir „r\u00e1\u00f0smenn,“ h\u00f6f\u00f0u umsj\u00f3n me\u00f0 vinnu \u00feeirra l\u00e6gra settu e\u00f0a s\u00e1u um fj\u00e1rm\u00e1l eigenda sinna.\u00a0 \u00c1 d\u00f6gum Jes\u00fa voru sumir \u00fer\u00e6lar f\u00e6ddir \u00ed \u00feeirri st\u00f6\u00f0u;\u00a0foreldrar \u00feeirra voru og \u00fer\u00e6lar.\u00a0A\u00f0rir h\u00f6f\u00f0u veri\u00f0 teknir h\u00f6ndum \u00ed str\u00ed\u00f0i og hnepptir \u00ed \u00fer\u00e6ld\u00f3m.\u00a0 Til var \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk seldi sj\u00e1lft sig \u00ed \u00e1nau\u00f0 og haf\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 betra og tryggara vi\u00f0urv\u00e6ri heldur en ef \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feurfti a\u00f0 afla f\u00e6\u00f0is og h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0is upp \u00e1 eigin sp\u00fdtur.<\/p>\n
\u00der\u00e6llinn var \u00f3sjaldan betur a\u00f0 s\u00e9r en h\u00fasfa\u00f0irinn og kenndi \u00fe\u00e1 b\u00f6rnunum.\u00a0\u00der\u00e6lum r\u00edkra manna f\u00e9ll \u00fdmislegt \u00ed skaut sem aldrei hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 ef \u00feeir hef\u00f0u \u00e1tt me\u00f0 sig sj\u00e1lfir.\u00a0 En \u00fer\u00e6lar voru me\u00f0 \u00f6llu \u00f3frj\u00e1lsir og eigendur \u00feeirra g\u00e1tu gert vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 hva\u00f0 \u00feeir vildu, l\u00edka selt \u00fe\u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum.\u00a0 En \u00feegar \u00feeir komust \u00e1 fertugsaldurinn voru margir \u00feeirra leystir \u00far \u00e1nau\u00f0inni og ur\u00f0u „frelsingjar“ sem kalla\u00f0 var.\u00a0Flestir frelsingjar h\u00e9ldu samt \u00e1fram \u00ed vistinni hj\u00e1 h\u00fasb\u00e6ndum s\u00ednum og fj\u00f6lskyldum \u00feeirra.\u00a0 \u00de\u00e1 kom og fyrir a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e6li t\u00f3kst a\u00f0 \u00f6ngla saman n\u00e6gu f\u00e9 til \u00feess a\u00f0 kaupa sig lausan.\u00a0 B\u00f6rn \u00feess manns voru frj\u00e1lsir menn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"