Commentarii in evangelium Joannis
“from where I came and where I am going. * * * you judge according to the flesh, “I judge no one. And yet if I do judge, my judgment is true, because
righteousness.” But if anyone thinks we are forcing the point by saying that to believe is not the same as to know, and that it is possible to believe
did not know the lord (for being a son he has not experienced the father as master), so observing the same God we will accept nothing absurd, saying t
but first the truth, that so he may come to see the substance or the power beyond substance and 19.6.38 nature of God. And perhaps just as in the temp
for the common good to be benefited in two ways, from both words and from deeds, which the righteous man does, these too are well brought up into the
of the wisdom spoken to the perfect, hidden in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for the glory of His righteous ones, and to those
contain freedom. But who are they who will know or who will lift him up? as he himself teaches, saying, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then
“You will die” is taken as the death of the enemy of Christ, as one who has sinned unto death dies, it is clear that those to whom these things were s
have come to be in incorruption? Therefore, can those who have been in ignorance and in unbelief and in sins come to be in incorruption if they were t
to have said as a unique feature of his departure from here, “No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own accord” for neither would Mos
of myself and the Father who sent me bears witness of me». 19.18.110 But what is plausible about killing himself after the words spoken in this more b
they said more simply, Will he kill himself? as if Jesus were going to kill himself and be in the place of those who have taken their own lives and
For earthly things are below, but heavenly things are above, so that in this respect, the one who is from below is in every way from this world, but t
Moreover <therefore> you will intelligibly understand † the thoughts of descending 19.22.145 things. At the same time, however, see if you might not h
<would> act irra 19.23.156 tionally. In addition to this, he who believes that He is our peace, would not do anything of war and sedition. But also
[of them] having been sown in their souls have come to dwell in the life of men. 20.2.6 But the cause of these things, according to great and ineffabl
to have become less than both of the brothers. 20.3.14 It is possible, therefore, for one not being of the seed of Abraham—since, because of the story
having governed.” And the same thing seems to me to be represented by the destruction of Sodom and of their land, of which “a testimony of their wicke
it has been said similarly. 20.6.40 But these people, to whom the word is addressed, seem not to contain the word, which is not able to enter into the
to the savior who has heard from the Father and has learned from him but the phrase “Therefore you also do what you have heard from the father,” bein
«But Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness», and thinking that this is what Do the works of Abraham refers to, so that i
«to him sheep and calves and donkeys and 20.10.74 'boys and girls and mules and camels.'» To speak about each of these would be the work of someone wi
has become human. For if he has become human, it is possible for him to be sought out to be killed but if he has not become human, then the Word who
to do,” even if we had not clearly 20.13.98 known the will of the one who spoke. But it is not surprising if to the Jews who had believed in him, but
John said, Everyone who sins has not seen him, <showing> through the has seen him that those who see the Son of God are always able to be so, and
is added, «You do the works of your father,» we inquire whether this was written on account of the first 20.15.124 commandment given to Abraham. The f
is one body but he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 20.17.n Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, you would love me for I came from
You shall not perjure yourself, but you shall pay to the Lord your oaths but I say to you, do not swear at all <the> That you may become sons of
sent forth by the divine will. 20.20.n Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. 20.20.163 The reason, he says, that my speech i
to be a certain one <not> in substance from creation, but having become such from a change and his own choice, and thus, so that I may name it 20.21.1
forgetting the better substance in us we will subordinate ourselves to the form from the dust, and the better part will take on the image of the earth
might say that it is sufficient for being a son of God to wish to do His desires, even if to this is not added the doing of the works of God. But it m
they will say. But see whether perhaps, even if this argument seems very plausible, being applied dissimilarly it is able to carry one away and deceiv
deceived and Eve gave to the hus 20.25.222 band from the tree, and the man ate. however, understanding according to the deeper aspects of the doctrine
of the Lord, we shall not «precede those who have fallen asleep for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the «voice
men, you are dying.” If, then, anyone else 20.27.243 has not stood in the truth, it is clear that the devil also, a murderer from the beginning, and t
now to those. I consider every evil and deceitful spirit to be a lie, and each of these when it speaks, to speak from its own things and in no way fro
<αὐτὸν> 20.30.271 believe and do not believe. And then again, those who believe in the Father of Jesus Christ, but do not believe in the creator and m
theoretical visions of truth are not purified, because they have been veiled or 20.32.285 thickened or muddied by wickedness. But understanding what i
One does not become a son of the Father in heaven in any other way than by loving his own enemies and praying for those who persecute him, it is clear
and that the one who knows all the mysteries and all knowledge, and with these has achieved perfect 20.34.306 love, is wholly from God. But see if it
saying, You have a demon I do not have a demon. 20.35.317 And see if the parable in the Gospel according to Luke can be applied to this, concerni
of cures, in which are also the expulsions of demons, we will say that demons are always driven out by Jesus from all those who, because they have bee
of you». It is clear then that when Jesus said in the most masterful and most perfect way: 'I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father,' his imitato
it has been said, “All that is mine is yours,” it is clear that also this judgment about which he says, “My judgment is just,” is the Father's judgmen
to prevent death from being seen. And so one must hear the words, “If anyone keeps my word, he will never see death for ever,” as if he who said these
keeps it, he will never taste death for ever. Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died who do you make yourself out t
being pitied for this. Therefore, even if Abraham died, yet he lived and no longer saw death 20.42.395 from the time when, seeing the day of Jesus, he
the Lord can be tasted and seen, 20.43.408 so also his enemy, death, can be tasted and is seen. And its tastable aspect is presented by There are som
him. And the «Who then do you make yourself?» was the voice of those who had not perceived that Jesus did not make himself what 20.44.421 he is. There
Jesus. But if you are able, consider why in the case of the cave the stone lying upon it is not rolled away but is lifted, while in the case of the we
in imitation of Christ's prayer when he is about to pray, lifting up the eyes of his soul and raising them from the affairs and memory and notions and
of themselves, not to look to heaven nor to remember righteous judgments, they repented, having made an attempt on the woman but not obtaining what th
the Father's will having hearkened to Jesus, and seeing her entering through the place, from where the stone was taken away, he said: Father, I thank
bound and tied by his own sins, living on the one hand through repentance and having heard the voice of Jesus, but on the other hand, because he has n
the Father to have made the soul of Lazarus return 28.9.69 to his body which was laid away in the tomb for one might say that the Father, having hear
having come to Mary and having seen what he did believed in 28.11.81 him. And especially because of the spiritual interpretation I am moved that per
of a power coming into being so that for this reason he was not able to do all things, nor to deliver 28.12.90 himself from their plot. They therefor
pursue,7 and 7wisely pursue wisdom,7 and 28.13.104 analogously for the other virtues. We said these things in order to make a comparison to someone
scribes, and they led him to their council. 28.14.115 But Mark says that Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, came to the chief priests in order to
because Jesus was not yet glorified. And if there was no spirit even in the apostles before Jesus was glorified, how much more was it not in Caiapha
himself to consider the things that follow from the sayings that have been set out concerning how Caiaphas prophesied. But perhaps these things also m
except for God, he might taste death for everyone», and he will punctuate 28.18.155 after «For everyone» or after «Except for God, for everyone». He w
unto death, even death on a cross,» the judgment was taken away for so I understand the text: «In His humiliation His judgment was taken away» so th
he says of the sick: Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are sick, and as if there were righteous men, he says: I have
for one who has fallen into the struggle of confessing Jesus not to shrink from the confession, 28.23.194 nor to hesitate about dying for the truth. B
indeed, 'he said to them: I 28.23.207 am he,' [of power] they went backward and fell to the ground.” Then after this, because he wished to undertake t
He remained with 28.24.222 the disciples. And until now Jesus is with his disciples near the desert, in a city called Ephraim for he is present 28.24
sin of the world. And these Jews were seeking Jesus, not that they might be benefited, but that they might kill him to whom he might have said: «But n
Iscariot, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rises from supper and lays
door, I will come in to him ‘and I will dine with him, and he with me,’ perhaps Jesus neither has breakfast with anyone (for he does not need an intro
the Father has given to him into his hands, and in Christ all will be made alive, the righteousness of God is not confused, nor the principle that eac
he rises from supper, and for a time stops eating, until he should wash the feet of the disciples, they being unable to have a part with him, unless h
we will use what was said in due course for the sake of an example, if it should be necessary, that it is possible for someone with the best intention
the feet of the disciples, but also of his fellow students. For if he himself, as he thought, did what was fitting in wishing to prevent it, but they
that has been said: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the 32.7.79 good news.” But if by washing the feet of the disciples he makes them
for “Every man is a liar” and we shall opportunely use the saying at some point against those who have said rather rashly and without judgment that
we will be content but the things that contribute to wealth and luxury accrue to the delicate-living from abundance, not as necessary and things wit
what defiles 32.10.117 his feet he casts off. And no one in his right mind would say that as he is the door, or as he is the shepherd, or as he is the
being discipled by falsehoods. 32.12.131 Yet even a holy person may need the washing of feet, since the widow who is enrolled for ecclesiastical honor
it has that reference. But the teachings according to the passage, how the feet of disciples who have already bathed are soiled, and in what way they
I hoped, he who ate my bread magnified against me a supplanting. 32.14.158 Therefore the Savior says this saying was spoken concerning Judas and hims
to the Lord, not accusing themselves as faithless they said to him, Lord, add to us faith for indeed in the add it is clearly shown that they had
having created and established and made all things from non-being into being all things. But one must also believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and in a
a servant is greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than him who sent him. 32.17.202 According to this, then, he will not err in calling John
Is 'the spirit of Jesus was troubled' analogous to 'Now my soul is troubled,' or is 'He was troubled in spirit' analogous to 'Now my soul is troubled'
imitating his 32.18.234 fall, sinners fall. For as he, being in divinity, has fallen, so also those to whom the word says, “I said: You are gods, and
relating that with good reason the disciples at the word of the Lord 32.19.247 looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he was speaking of. But i
of the gospel it is written that «Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved follow»ing, which also leaned on his breast at supper, and
a spiritual law, showing the way of life to be pure and 32.21.269 restored to the will of the nature of the Word. And observe that to these is added t
the Lord to Judas, but he then put aside something better that was within him, and perhaps the peace, which returns from the one who heard but did not
of those who did not understand in what way he said: “Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass,” but most courageously for the 32.23.296 contest,
to a cup, which for a better underlying disposition works what is better, but for a worse one produces condemnation so the morsel from Jesus was of t
was glorified in him.” But the glory on account of the death for men was not of the only-begotten Word and Wisdom and Truth, who was not by nature sub
they spoke of his departure which he was about to fulfill 32.27.336 “in Jerusalem”. And Paul, see for what things he takes up the name of glory: for w
But one must venture to suggest what in 32.28.350 the passage can be sought. And I ask whether it is possible for God to be glorified, apart from bein
the Son of Man in 32.29.364 God, the lesser in the greater. And the glory is much more excellent in the Son when the Father glorifies Him, than in the
of the age») but by the fulfillment of «You will all be offended because «of Me this night. For it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, «and the s
“Where I am going, you cannot come,” the “As I said to the Jews,” although we thought these things were said more simply, referring to the departure o
did not know the lord (for being a son he has not experienced the father as master), so observing the same God we will accept nothing absurd, saying that it was fitting for the son to know the father, and for the servant the lord, and neither did the servant know the father nor 19.5.28 the son the lord. At any rate, though there are countless prayers recorded in the psalms and the prophets, and also in the law, we hardly find anyone praying and saying to God: 'Father,' perhaps because they did not know the Father; but they pray to him as God and Lord, awaiting the one who pours out the spirit of adoption no less on them than on those who after the advent believe in God through him; unless perhaps the spiritual advent of Christ had come upon them and, having been perfected, they once received the spirit of adoption; but in secret and not known to all they called or wrote of God as Father, so that they might not anticipate the grace being poured out upon the whole world through Jesus, who calls all to adoption, so that he might declare the name of God to his brothers and in the midst of the church sing praise to the Father according to what is written: 'I will declare your name to my brothers, 19.5.29 in the midst of the church I will sing your praise.' That the God of the prophets is indeed the same as the creator of the world, can be seen from many places; but it is sufficient for the present to consider the address of Stephen from the Acts to the people, speaking thus: 'Men, 19.5.30 brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia before he lived in Harran, and said to him: Go out from your land and from your kindred' and so on; for through the whole discourse it is possible to learn indisputably that the God of the prophets is the Father of Jesus Christ; 19.5.31 and from the apostle's letter to the Romans in these words: 'Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures concerning his Son, who was descended from the seed of David according to the flesh, who was declared Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name's sake, among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ, to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 19.5.32 the Lord Jesus Christ.' For from these things we have learned clearly that the creator and God of the prophets and Father of the Christ is both our God and Father. 19.6.33 The Pharisees, therefore, not only did not have knowledge, neither in that he is Father nor in that he is God, of the one who gave the law, the Father of the Christ; but neither did they believe in him confessedly in that he was the Father of Jesus and his God, but perhaps <not even> in that he was the God who created all 19.6.34 things. But neither did they know the Christ, and the Savior rightly rebukes them, saying: 'You know neither me nor my Father.' I ask this: whether 'If you had known me, you would have known my Father also' has the same force as 'If you had known my Father, you would have known me also,' 19.6.35 or not? And I think that these do not have the same force as one another, since one ascends from the knowledge of the Son to the knowledge of the Father, and the Father is not seen otherwise than by the Son being seen; 'For he who has seen me,' he says, 'has seen the one who sent me'; but he would not have said, 'He who has seen the Father has seen me,' since he who has beheld the Word of God beholds God, ascending from the Word to God; but it is impossible to behold God except from the Word. 19.6.36 And he who beholds wisdom, which God created before the ages for his works, ascends from having known wisdom to her Father; but it is impossible for the God of wisdom to be understood without the introduction 19.6.37 of wisdom. <The> same you will say also concerning the truth; for one does not understand God or behold him, and after these things, the truth,
οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν κύριον (υἱὸς γὰρ ὢν οὐ πεπείραται τοῦ πατρὸς δεσπότου), οὕτω τηροῦντες τὸν αὐτὸν θεὸν οὐδὲν ἄτοπον παραδεξό μεθα
λέγοντες ὅτι τῷ μὲν υἱῷ ἔπρεπεν γινώσκειν τὸν πατέρα, τῷ δὲ θεράποντι τὸν κύριον, καὶ οὔτε ὁ θεράπων ἔγνω τὸν πατέρα οὔτε
19.5.28 ὁ υἱὸς τὸν κύριον. μυρίων γοῦν οὐσῶν εὐχῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς προφήταις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ νόμῳ, οὐ
πάνυ τι εὕρομεν εὐξάμενόν τινα καὶ λέγοντα τῷ θεῷ· «Πάτερ», τάχα ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὸν πατέρα· εὔχονται δὲ αὐτῷ ὡς θεῷ καὶ
κυρίῳ, περιμένοντες τὸν τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς υἱοθεσίας ἐκχέοντα οὐκ ἔλαττον ἐπ' ἐκείνους ἢ ἐπὶ τοὺς μετὰ τὴν παρουσίαν εἰς θεὸν δι'
αὐτοῦ πιστεύον τας· εἰ μὴ ἄρα ἡ νοητὴ αὐτοῖς γεγένηται ἐπιδημία Χριστοῦ καὶ ἔσχον ποτὲ τελειωθέντες τὸ τῆς υἱοθεσίας πνεῦμα·
ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ δὲ καὶ οὐ γνωστῶς πᾶσιν ἔλεγον ἢ ἔγραφον τὸν θεὸν πατέρα, ἵνα μὴ προκα ταλάβωσιν τὴν διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐκκενουμένην
παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ χάριν, πάντας καλοῦντος ἐπὶ τὴν υἱοθεσίαν, ἵνα διηγήσηται τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν μέσῳ
ἐκκλησίας ὑμνήσῃ τὸν πατέρα κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον· «∆ιηγήσομαι τὸ ὄνομά σου τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, 19.5.29 ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ὑμνήσω
σε». ὅτι μέντοι γε ὁ αὐτός ἐστιν θεὸς τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τοῦ κόσμου δημιουργός, πολλαχόθεν μὲν ἔστιν θεωρῆσαι· ἀρκεῖ δὲ ἐπὶ
τοῦ παρόντος θεωρῆσαι τήν τε Στεφάνου ἀπὸ τῶν Πράξεων πρὸς τὸν λαὸν δημηγορίαν οὕτω λέγοντος· «Ἄνδρες 19.5.30 «ἀδελφοὶ καὶ
πατέρες, ἀκούσατε. ὁ θεὸς τῆς δόξης ὤφθη τῷ πατρὶ «ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ πρὶν ἢ οἰκῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν «Χαρράν, καὶ
εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς «συγγενείας σου» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· δι' ὅλου γὰρ τοῦ λόγου ἀναντιρρήτως ἔστιν
μαθεῖν τὸν τῶν προφητῶν θεὸν πατέρα εἶναι Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ· 19.5.31 καὶ ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐπιστολῆς τοῦ ἀποστόλου ἐν τούτοις·
«Παῦλος δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, κλητὸς ἀπόστολος, ἀφωρισμένος εἰς «εὐαγγέλιον θεοῦ, ὃ προεπηγγείλατο διὰ τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοῦ
ἐν «γραφαῖς ἁγίαις περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος «∆αβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα, τοῦ ὁρισθέντος υἱοῦ θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει
κατὰ «πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου «ἡμῶν, δι' οὗ ἐλάβομεν χάριν καὶ ἀποστολὴν εἰς ὑπακοὴν
πίστεως ἐν «πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ, ἐν οἷς ἐστὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς «κλητοὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ῥώμῃ
ἀγαπητοῖς θεοῦ, «κλητοῖς ἁγίοις. χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ 19.5.32 «κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ». σαφῶς γὰρ
ἀπὸ τούτων μεμαθήκαμεν ὅτι ὁ δημιουργὸς καὶ θεὸς τῶν προφητῶν καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ χριστοῦ θεός τε καὶ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν. 19.6.33
Φαρισαῖοι τοίνυν οὐ μόνον γνῶσιν οὐκ εἶχον, οὔτε καθ' ὃ πατὴρ οὔτε καθ' ὃ θεός, τοῦ δεδωκότος τὸν νόμον πατρὸς τοῦ χρι στοῦ·
ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ἐπίστευον αὐτῷ ὁμολογουμένως μὲν καθ' ὃ πατὴρ ἦν Ἰησοῦ καὶ θεὸς αὐτοῦ, τάχα δὲ <οὐδὲ> καθ' ὃ ὁ θεὸς ὁ κτίσας τὰ
19.6.34 πάντα ἦν. ἀλλ' οὐδὲ τὸν χριστὸν ᾔδεισαν, καὶ καλῶς ἐλέγχει αὐτοὺς ὁ σωτὴρ λέγων· «Οὔτε ἐμὲ οἴδατε οὔτε τὸν πατέρα
μου οἴδατε». ταῦτα ζητῶ, πότερον ἴσον δύναται τῷ «Εἰ ἐμὲ ᾔδειτε, καὶ τὸν πατέρα «μου ἂν ᾔδειτε» τὸ «Εἰ τὸν πατέρα μου ᾔδειτε,
καὶ ἐμὲ ἂν ᾔδειτε» 19.6.35 ἢ οὔ; καὶ ἡγοῦμαι μὴ ἴσον ταῦτα δύνασθαι ἀλλήλοις, τῷ ἀναβαίνειν ἀπὸ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν
γνῶσιν τοῦ πατρὸς τὸν γινώ σκοντα τὸν πατέρα, καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ὁρᾶσθαι τὸν πατέρα ἢ τῷ ὁρᾶσθαι τὸν υἱόν· «Ὁ γὰρ ἑωρακώς, φησίν,
ἐμὲ ἑώρακε τὸν πέμψαντά με»· οὐκ ἂν δὲ εἰρήκει τὸ «Ὁ ἑωρακὼς τὸν πατέρα ἑώρακέν με», ἐπείπερ ὁ τὸν λόγον τεθεωρηκώς τοῦ θεοῦ
θεωρεῖ τὸν θεόν, ἀναβαίνων ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου πρὸς τὸν θεόν· ἀμήχανον δέ ἐστιν μὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου 19.6.36 θεωρῆσαι τὸν θεόν. καὶ
ὁ θεωρῶν τὴν σοφίαν, ἣν ἔκτισεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ, ἀναβαίνει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐγνωκέναι τὴν σοφίαν ἐπὶ τὸν πατέρα
αὐτῆς· ἀδύνατον δὲ χωρὶς τῆς σοφίας προα 19.6.37 γωγῆς νοηθῆναι τὸν τῆς σοφίας θεόν. <τὸ> δ' αὐτὸ ἐρεῖς καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας·
οὐ γὰρ νοεῖ τις τὸν θεὸν ἢ θεωρεῖ αὐτόν, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα τὴν ἀλήθειαν,
