# Epigraph explained — Unspoken Sermons

> Chapter companion for Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald.

## What happens

The chapter opens with the Greek phrase 'Ἔπεα Ἄπτερα' (unwinged words) and the biblical call to comfort God's people, setting a tone of divine consolation and prophetic utterance.

## Key lines

> Ἔπεα Ἄπτερα

Unwinged words

_A Greek phrase meaning words that are not fleeting or winged, suggesting permanence and truth._

> Comfort ye, comfort ye my people

Comfort, comfort my people

_A direct quotation from Isaiah 40:1, calling for divine consolation._

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