Commentarium in evangelium matthaei

 Angels of god may gather up the evil doctrines attached to the soul and hand them over for consumption, overturning them with what is called burning f

 He did not speak to them», and not to the crowds when he came «into the house» does he speak, but to the disciples who came to him in it, it is clear

 They have sold their possessions, so that, by having sold and given those things away and in exchange for them having received from god a good purpose

 In the strait, not in the pinnae, which is a kind of pearl-bearing shell, but in those called mussels. and for these, i mean those of the bosphorus, t

 Of christ” one might be able to attain, having been first exercised in the, so to speak, knowledges which are surpassed by the knowledge of christ. bu

 Of bad kinds, as among fish, to the fine ones, or from the better to the worse, but among men, the just or the wicked can always be seen either reachi

 The calling from every kind of nation. and those who served the net cast into the sea are the lord of the net, jesus christ, and the angels who came a

 You will know that i the lord have poured out my wrath upon you.” 10.14 have you understood all these things? they say, yes (13, 51[52]). christ jesus

 Of the heavens is within you, and especially through the repentance from the letter to the spirit, because whenever someone turns to the lord, th

 Might make him like himself, until the disciple becomes as the teacher, imitating first the imitator of christ, and after this one, also <τὸν> chris

 He was doing greater things than those in the time of elijah and elisha, and even before, in the time of moses and joshua son of nun. but those who ma

 For they consider judea their homeland and that israel their kinsmen, and perhaps the body their house for all were dishonored in judea by the israel

 Paying attention, if on account of living very intensely and reproving those who sin he should be hated and plotted against, as one persecuted and rev

 Baptist (14, 1. 2[-11]). and thus in mark and thus in luke. the jews held different opinions concerning these matters, some false, such as the sadduce

 He passed over in silence in his histories. 10.21 the text of matthew has it thus: for herod, having seized john, bound him in prison. concerning thes

 Free among the dead.” “for though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of god.” furthermore, behold the people among whom clea

 Into the desert, was in it, because his word and teaching were peculiar compared to what was customary and established among the gentiles. and the cro

 To give the loaves of the blessing to the disciples, so that they might set them before the crowds, he healed the sick, so that having been made wel

 The disciples say they have five loaves and the two fish in matthew and mark and luke, without noting whether they were of wheat or of barley but joh

 “all flesh is grass,” that is, to make the flesh subject and to subordinate “the mind of the flesh,” so that in this way one might be able to partake

 Of those who come to the name of jesus, those who know “the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven” might be called disciples but those to whom such a th

 Jesus [compelled] the disciples to get in, or perhaps the struggle of temptations and circumstances, into which one is compelled by the word and, as i

 To lead us to the other side. for it is not possible to reach the other side without having endured the trials of waves and a contrary wind. then, whe

 Having sent them, since they were not able, on account of being very ill, to approach on their own, and they did not themselves touch the fringe, as t

 Jesus does not accuse them concerning a tradition of the jewish elders, but concerning two of the most necessary commandments of god, of which the one

 By the name of the treasury wishes to give to the poor rather than to the relatives of the givers, if they happen to be in need of necessities and the

 The hidden things. and all these words will be to you like the words of the sealed book, which if they give it to a man who knows letters, saying, ‘re

 For which things the carnal jews and the ebionites who differ little from them accuse us of breaking the law, for not thinking that the obvious meanin

 Drink” and the rest, teaching us that the things according to the letter are a shadow, but the true meanings of the law underlying these are good thin

 Guides of the blind. who then? the pharisees, whose 'minds the god of this age has blinded,' being 'unbelievers' because they had not believed in jesu

 What enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is cast out into the latrine, and the food that is sanctified through the word of god and prayer

 And jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of tyre and sidon, and behold a canaanite woman (15, 21. 22 [-28]). from where there? or fr

 To see the difference of those who approach, who approach him, as it were, as the one who was made “of the seed of david according to the flesh,” and

 He answered and said: it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. one might inquire into the meaning of this saying,

 Blind in soul and not seeing the true light, and others lame and not able to walk according to reason, and others maimed and not able to work accord

 Of the loaves (jesus) went out and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick. and when it was evening, the

 To her “o woman, great is your faith let it be to you as you desire,” he healed her daughter “from that hour,” yet it is not written that he sent he

angels of God may gather up the evil doctrines attached to the soul and hand them over for consumption, overturning them with what is called burning fire. And so the angels and ministers of the Word will gather from the whole kingdom of Christ all the stumbling blocks existing in souls and the reasonings that produce lawlessness, and consuming these, they will cast them into the burning furnace of fire; where also those who, becoming aware of themselves because the seeds of the evil one were sleeping, have received them in themselves, will weep and, as it were, be enraged with themselves. For this is the gnashing of teeth, which is why it is also said in the Psalms, "They gnashed their teeth against me." Then especially the righteous will shine no longer with differences, as in the beginning, but all as one sun in the kingdom of their Father. The Savior, therefore, revealing it as a mystery, perhaps through all the things in the phrasing of the parable, and perhaps especially through the "then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father," adds: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear," teaching those who think that it has been set forth most clearly in the phrasing of the parable, so as to be understood even by ordinary people, that even the very details of the narration of the parable require clarification. 10.3 But since we stated above regarding "then the righteous will shine as the sun," that the righteous will not shine with differences as before, but all will be as one sun, we will of necessity set forth what has appeared to us on this passage. Daniel, it seems, understanding those who have insight as the "light of the world" and that the many of the righteous differ in glory, said, "and those who have insight will shine like the brightness of the firmament, and from among the many righteous like the stars forever and ever." And the apostle also, in "there is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory, so also is the resurrection of the dead," says the same things as Daniel, having taken this meaning from his prophecy. Someone will ask, therefore, how some speak of a difference in the light among the righteous, but the Savior says the opposite: they will shine as one sun. I suppose, therefore, that at the beginning of the blessings among those who are being saved, because those who are not such have not yet been cleansed, there are differences in the light of those being saved; but when, as we have explained, all the stumbling blocks are gathered from the whole kingdom of Christ and the reasonings that produce lawlessness are cast into the furnace of fire and the worse things are consumed, and while these things are happening, those who accepted the words of the sons of the evil one come to awareness, then, having become one solar light, the righteous will shine in the kingdom of their Father. But for whom will they shine, or will those who are inferior enjoy their light, analogous to how the sun now shines for those on earth? For surely they will not shine for themselves. And perhaps it is possible to apply "let your light shine before men" to "the breadth of the heart" according to what was said by Solomon in a threefold way, so that both now the light of Jesus' disciples shines before the rest of men, and after the departure before the resurrection, and after the resurrection, until all attain to "a perfect man" and all become one sun; then they will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 10.4 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid (13, 44). He told the previous parables to the crowds; but this one and the two following it, which are not parables but likenesses to the kingdom of heaven, he seems to have spoken to the disciples after he was in the house; concerning which let him who pays attention to the reading examine, and the two following, whether they are not parables at all; for in the case of those, Scripture did not hesitate to prefix the name of parable to each, but in the case of these it has not done the same. And it has done this with good reason. For if he spoke to the crowds "in parables" and "all these things he spoke in parables, and without a parable

ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ ἀναλέξωνται τὰ προσπεφυκότα τῇ ψυχῇ φαῦλα δόγματα καὶ παραδῶσιν αὐτὰ εἰς ἀνάλωσιν, τῷ λεγομένῳ καίειν πυρὶ ἀνατρέποντες αὐτά. Καὶ οὕτω συλλέξουσιν οἱ τοῦ λόγου ἄγγελοι καὶ ὑπηρέται ἐκ πάσης τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ βασιλείας πάντα τὰ ἐνυπάρχοντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς σκάνδαλα καὶ τοὺς τὴν ἀνομίαν ποιοῦντας λογισμούς, οὕστινας ἀναλίσκοντες βαλοῦσιν εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρὸς τὴν καιομένην· ἔνθα καὶ οἱ συναισθηθέντες ἑαυτῶν διὰ τὸ κοιμᾶσθαι τὰ σπέρματα τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς εἰληφέναι κλαύσονται καὶ ὡσπερεὶ ἑαυτοῖς θυμωθήσονται. Τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, διὸ καὶ ἐν τοῖς Ψαλμοῖς τὸ «ἔβρυξαν ἐπ' ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτῶν» λέλεκται. Τότε μάλιστα οἱ δίκαιοι λάμψουσιν οὐκέτι διαφόρως, ὡς κατὰ τὰς ἀρχάς, ἀλλὰ πάντες ὡς εἷς ἥλιος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν. Ὡς μυστήριον γοῦν δηλῶν ὁ σωτήρ, τάχα μὲν καὶ διὰ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῇ φράσει τῆς παραβολῆς, τάχα δὲ μάλιστα διὰ τοῦ τότε οἱ δίκαιοι λάμψου σιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν, ἐπιφέρει· «Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω», διδάσκων τοὺς οἰομένους ἐν τῇ φράσει τῆς παραβολῆς σαφέστατα αὐτὴν ἐκτεθεῖσθαι, ὡς καὶ ἐν τοῖς τυχοῦσι δύνασθαι νοηθῆναι αὐτήν, ὅτι καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ τῆς διηγήσεως τῆς παραβολῆς δεῖται σαφηνείας. 10.3 Ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ ἀνωτέρω ἐφάσκομεν εἰς τὸ τότε οἱ δίκαιοι λάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, ὅτι οὐχ ὡς τὸ πρότερον διαφόρως λάμψουσιν οἱ δίκαιοι, ἀλλ' ἔσονται οἱ πάντες ὡς εἷς ἥλιος, ἀναγκαίως ἐκθησόμεθα τὸ φανὲν ἡμῖν εἰς τὸν τόπον. Ἔοικεν ὁ ∆ανιήλ, «φῶς τοῦ κόσμου» ἐπιστάμενος τοὺς συνιέντας καὶ τοὺς πολλοὺς τῶν δικαίων διαφέροντας τῇ δόξῃ, εἰρηκέναι τὸ «καὶ οἱ συνιέντες ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ἡ λαμπρότης τοῦ στερεώματος, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δικαίων τῶν πολλῶν ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας καὶ ἔτι». Καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος δέ, ἐν τῷ «ἄλλη δόξα ἡλίου, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα σελήνης, καὶ ἄλλη δόξα ἀστέρων· ἀστὴρ γὰρ ἀστέρος διαφέρει ἐν δόξῃ, οὕτω καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν», τὰ αὐτὰ λέγει τῷ ∆ανιήλ, τὸν νοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς προφητείας αὐτοῦ τοῦτον λαβών. Ζητήσει οὖν τις πῶς οἱ μὲν περὶ διαφορᾶς τοῦ ἐν τοῖς δικαίοις λέγουσι φωτός, ὁ δὲ σωτὴρ τοὐναντίον· ὡς εἷς ἥλιος λάμψουσιν. Ὑπολαμβάνω οὖν ὅτι παρὰ μὲν τὴν ἀρχὴν τῶν ἐν τοῖς σῳζομένοις μακαρισμῶν, ὅτι οὐδέπω ἐκαθάρθησαν οἱ μὴ τοιοῦτοι, τὰ τῆς διαφορᾶς γίνεται τοῦ τῶν σῳζομένων φωτός· ἐπὰν δέ, ὡς ἀποδεδώκαμεν, συλλεγῇ ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας ὅλης Χριστοῦ πάντα τὰ σκάνδαλα καὶ οἱ ποιοῦντες τὴν ἀνομίαν λογισμοὶ βληθῶσιν εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ καταναλωθῇ τὰ χείρονα καὶ τούτων γινομένων εἰς συναίσθησιν ἔλθωσιν οἱ παραδεξάμενοι τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ πονηροῦ λόγους, τότε ἓν γενόμενοι ἡλιακὸν φῶς οἱ δίκαιοι λάμψουσιν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν. Τίνι δὲ λάμψουσιν ἢ τοῖς ὑποδεεστέροις ἀπολαύσουσι τοῦ φωτὸς αὐτῶν, ἀνάλογον τῷ νῦν λάμπειν τὸν ἥλιον τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς; Οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἑαυτοῖς λάμψουσι. Μήποτε δὲ καὶ τὸ «λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων» ἀπογράψασθαι δυνατόν ἐστιν «ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας» κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον τῷ Σολομῶντι τριχῶς, ὥστε καὶ νῦν λάμπειν τὸ φῶς τῶν Ἰησοῦ μαθητῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν λοιπῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον πρὸ τῆς ἀναστάσεως καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, ἕως ἂν καταντήσωσιν οἱ πάντες «εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον» καὶ γένωνται πάντες εἷς ἥλιος· τότε λάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν. 10.4 Πάλιν ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν θησαυρῷ κεκρυμμένῳ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, ὃν εὑρὼν ἄνθρωπος ἔκρυψεν (13, 44). Τὰς μὲν προτέρας παραβολὰς τοῖς ὄχλοις εἶπε· ταύτην δὲ καὶ τὰς ἑξῆς αὐτῆς δύο, οὐ παραβολὰς ἀλλ' ὁμοιώσεις πρὸς τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν τυγχανούσας, ἔοικεν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ γενόμενος πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς εἰρηκέναι· περὶ ἧς ὁ προσέχων τῇ ἀναγνώσει ἐξεταζέτω καὶ τῶν ἑξῆς δύο μήποτε οὐδὲ παραβολαί εἰσιν· ἐπ' ἐκείνων μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ὤκνησεν ἡ γραφὴ καθ' ἑκάστην προτάσσειν τὸ ὄνομα τῆς παραβολῆς, ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων τὸ αὐτὸ οὐ πεποίηκεν. Καὶ εἰκότως γε τοῦτο πεποίηκεν. Εἰ γὰρ τοῖς ὄχλοις ἐλάλησεν «ἐν παραβολαῖς» καὶ «ταῦτα πάντα ἐλάλησεν ἐν παραβολαῖς καὶ χωρὶς παρα βολῆς