Commentaries on Matthew

 it speaks of one who is uninitiated toward it, therefore the virgin has no thought of suspicion toward any other man. 8 Mt 1, 21 If he has a people ev

 flower, this name is found among many for Daniel calls him holy of holies. And Isaiah: a rod from the root of Jesse and a flower from it and the

 he was asking for he was unrepentant, but so that he might draw Christ into vainglory. Knowing this, the Savior did not obey him. 32 Mt 4, 3-4 Wishin

 making peace with him. Blessed are such as these, as having imitated the Son of God for they will be called sons, having partaken of immortality, tha

 which Luke, clarifying, named lepton. But let us be reconciled both with the enemy and avenger, that is, the devil, while we are on this way, and wi

 61 Mt 5, 31 He who casts out the chaste woman gives her permission to be married to another, which is a form of adultery as if the union were not diss

 6, 14 Jesus is also able as God to forgive sins, but as his disciples were still imperfect he had not yet clearly delivered the teaching concerning hi

 they condemn. For they sometimes say about someone: so-and-so is harsh, inhuman, greedy for gain, a lover of money, cruel, foolish, and then, attribut

 and 'the living bird' he sent out of the city into the field. Observe, therefore, how Christ is completely portrayed for us through the things tha

 having cast down the tyranny of the devil. You have come, they say, before the time for they knew in the word, that Christ was to come and that he ha

 if a profane person approaches a holy one, he must be turned away according to the saying: You shall not abhor an Edomite or an Egyptian. But in the

 what is not his, for suddenly those who bite him will rise up, and your plotters will awake, and you will become plunder for them· for Satan gathered

 He says the cities of Israel are also the assemblies of the faithful, which exist until the consummation of the age, and the teachers and the taught d

 rather from God. John indeed was born of a woman, but those who have accepted the faith are no longer called born of women, but were born of God. An

 in all my heart. But those of a twisted mind say, Behold, he gives thanks to the Father then how is he not less than him? To this, one of those wh

 the new covenant proclaimed through Jeremiah is alongside the first covenant, it is altogether necessary to use not the ancient laws, but the new ones

 to do. But they said this as if He was not able to do any of the things befitting God, being blinded in their mind for to open the eyes of the blind

 for those who have had a spark of intelligible light, but have turned to unintelligent knowledge, even the little gleam which they have will be exting

 having a sea-faring trade, they let down the net, not distinguishing, but whatever is caught in the meshes, this they drag completely and entirely to

 spiritual and able to sow seed and to teach the rest and strong enough to measure to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. 180 Mt 14

 The Lord calls them foolish who are concerned with the body, like the Pharisees, and who have not yet passed over to the inner man. Foods, therefore,

 to fall into weaknesses and, having thought of something like this, to say: How will someone deny himself? Or how, having lost his own soul, will he f

 and it was necessary for the father of the possessed one to go away grieving, not having obtained the favor, since he did not make his approach blamel

 of painful things and they feel more of these than of the most pleasant. 211 Mt 17, 24 And they cunningly ask Peter. Since, he says, it is his custom

 of those returning who once turned away from the desire for virtue, it is necessary to fear the voices of the saints, even if those who are defining i

 a reason for condemnation, who would not hereafter hold responsible the transgression against one thing, not even one who has fled? For not even the v

 times, and that some were found virtuous, but others despised the future age because of foolishness. But at the end of life, which is evening (for the

 being by nature also the Son of the Father became man and came in the name of the Lord, being called the Lord. This one therefore, as God by nature, i

 When the Jews were cast out of the temple with the typical sacrifices, the blind and the lame are healed, who are a type of the Gentiles. However, let

 a way and the fellowship with the Spirit, through which one obtains the kingdom of the heavens. 244 Mt 21, 42 The blessed David has marveled at this c

 they came into the midst and a certain lawyer, considered very learned among them, asks what is the great commandment in the law, thinking that he was

 having become their confessors, that the prophets have become revered and honored, they adorned for them the crowns, that is, the monuments, assigning

 it has an intelligible vision through faith for when the fullness of the gentiles has come in and they believe in Christ, then the Jews who believe

 the narrative and to try to be as precise as possible in detail. But if they should wish to learn excessively something beyond their own measure, to r

 for such a one is a partaker of the master's entire kingdom for this is what is meant by he will set him over all his possessions. He does not say

 280 Mt 25, 1-13 He compares the leaders of the peoples to virgins the minister must be spotless in both soul and body, just as Paul says, that she m

 the present time is for work, but the future for reward. 281 Mt 25, 6-9 Souls that neglect virtue wither and are, as it were, extinguished and proceed

 of the blessed David he accused, saying: But you, a man of one soul, who together with me shared sweet morsels. And again: He who eats my bread has

 sending into the souls of those who worship him and distributing according to the measure of each but that we will be in spiritual joys, the divine D

 He said twelve legions: speaking instead of you, the twelve disciples, so that I do not need your assistance for I have not used my power, but I give

 foretold for one says: Woe to the lawless one evil will befall him according to his works. And another: as you have done, so it shall be to you

 to be renewed, even if the former, like one of the robbers, refused, saying we have no king but Caesar and asking for the innocent blood to be on hi

 against those who had transgressed against him. And the rending of the rocks signifies that the souls of the Gentiles were opened to receive the faith

 with proclamations, and the armies of the spirits above attend to the son as master and lord of all, and when he became flesh, that is, man. 318 Mt 28

He says the cities of Israel are also the assemblies of the faithful, which exist until the consummation of the age, and the teachers and the taught do not cease until the second appearance of the Lord. and the disciples and evangelists seem to live until then, since all teach from their writings. 122 Mt 10, 25 He teaches to bear every kind of reviling with forbearance and not to think oneself above the master. 123 Mt 10, 26 At the time of judgment all things are revealed; for he does not pay attention to revilings, but to hearts. 124 Mt 10, 27 Concerning the boldness of the apostles in preaching, the wondrous Habakkuk also foretold; "for they will open," he says, "their bridles like" the one "eating poor in secret," that is, the apostles who previously spoke to some with difficulty and in secret, and were nourished by the faith of the believers, these, after this, having broken the bridle of fear placed upon them, will fill the world under heaven with their voice. but for the time being, since—for what does he say. 125 Mt 10, 32 The one who confesses that Christ is God, having humbled himself, will have Christ confessing about him to the Father that he is a genuine servant. 126 Mt 10, 34-35 One must not have friendship with the enemies of God and friends of Satan. 127 Mt 10, 39 He who loves the temporary life here, he says, and prefers it to me "is not worthy of me"; but he who disregards the temporary life here and considers me and my commandments of great importance will find eternal life. 128 Mt 10, 39 Here he improperly calls the separation from the body the loss of the soul. he who finds his soul, <that> is, he who prefers the temporary life here and as it were gains it, endures worse than death, being sent to indissoluble punishment and death. 129 Mt 10, 40 He who receives you, he says, who preach the truth, receives that very divinity, that is, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; for this is what he says: he who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the Father himself. 130 Mt 10, 40-42 So that no one might plead poverty, he said this, wishing to give a reward to those who receive. 132 Mt 11, 3 Not being ignorant that he was the Christ does he ask, nor because he was about to descend into Hades, as some say; for he knew his passion. For which reason he also called him a lamb; but so that while still alive he might persuade them and they might not be added to another teacher after his death. 133 Mt 11, 10 He prepared the way of the Lord, that is, he prepared the people to receive the law of God. He showed, therefore, also from this—from himself, then, he adds a vote, saying. 134 Mt 11, 11 By an oath he confirms the things concerning John. And he said "has been raised" because of the greatness and exaltedness of his worth, as of a renowned king or a thriving plant; for he both saw the one prophesied and made him known to all. And see how by an oath he confirms the things concerning John; for he says, "Amen I say, that a greater than he has not been raised." He said "has been raised" as of some renowned king or as of a very tall plant and one that has ascended to a height in virtues. 136 Mt 11, 11 Along with the others, who were also before him, he is born of a woman, but those who have accepted the faith are no longer called born of women, but, as the wisest evangelist says, "as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God"; for we were born again to the adoption of God not from corruptible seed, but through the living and abiding word. Therefore, better than all that is born of woman are those not from corruptible seed, but have been born

Πόλεις δὲ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ φησι καὶ τῶν πιστῶν τὰ συστήματα, ἅτινα ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνός εἰσιν καὶ οὐ παύονται οἱ διδάσκον τες καὶ οἱ διδασκόμενοι ἕως τῆς δευτέρας ἐπιφανείας τοῦ κυρίου. καὶ δοκοῦσι ζῆν ἕως τότε οἱ μαθηταὶ καὶ εὐαγγελισταὶ ἐπείπερ ἐκ τῶν συγ γραμμάτων αὐτῶν ἅπαντες διδάσκουσιν. 122 Mt 10, 25 ∆ιδάσκει ἀνεξικάκως πᾶν εἶδος φέρειν λοιδορίας καὶ μὴ ὑπὲρ τὸν δεσπότην φρονεῖν. 123 Mt 10, 26 Ἐν καιρῷ τῆς κρίσεως πάντα φανεροῦνται· οὐ γὰρ λοιδορίαις προσ έχει, ἀλλὰ ταῖς καρδίαις. 124 Mt 10, 27 Περὶ τῆς ἐν τῷ κηρύσσειν παρρησίας τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ ὁ θαυ μάσιος Ἀμβακοὺμ προηγόρευσε· "διανοίξουσι" γάρ, φησίν, "χαλινοὺς αὐτῶν ὡς" ὁ "ἔσθων πτωχὸς λάθρα", τοῦτ' ἔστιν οἱ πρότερον μόλις τισὶ καὶ λάθρα προσλαλοῦντες ἀπόστολοι καὶ τῇ τῶν πιστευόντων πίστει τρεφόμενοι οὗτοι μετὰ ταῦτα διαρρήξαντες τὸν ἐπιτεθέντα αὐτοῖς τοῦ φόβου χαλινὸν τῆς ἑαυτῶν φωνῆς κατεμπλήσουσι τὴν ὑπ' οὐρανόν. τέως δὲ ἐπειδή-τί γάρ φησιν. 125 Mt 10, 32 Ὁ ὁμολογῶν, ὅτι θεός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός, ταπεινώσας ἑαυτὸν μέλλει σχεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν ὁμολογοῦντα περὶ αὐτοῦ τῷ πατρί, ὅτι γνήσιός ἐστι δοῦλος. 126 Mt 10, 34-35 Πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ φίλους τοῦ σατανᾶ οὐ δεῖ ἔχειν φιλίαν. 127 Mt 10, 39 Ὁ τὴν ἐνθάδε πρόσκαιρον ζωὴν ἀγαπῶν, φησίν, καὶ ἐμοῦ προ τιμῶν "οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος"· ὁ δὲ τῆς ἐνταῦθα προσκαίρου ζωῆς ἀμε λήσας καὶ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμενος ἐμὲ καὶ τὰς ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς ζωὴν εὑρή σει αἰώνιον. 128 Mt 10, 39 Ψυχῆς ἀπώλειαν ἐνταῦθα καλεῖ τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος χωρισμὸν καταχρηστικῶς. ὁ εὑρὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, <τοῦτ'> ἔστιν ὁ τὴν ἐνθάδε πρόσκαιρον ζωὴν προτιμῶν καὶ οἱονεὶ κερδαίνων, θανάτου χείρω ὑπομένει εἰς ἀκατάλυτον παραπεμπόμενος τιμωρίαν καὶ θάνατον. 129 Mt 10, 40 Ὁ δεχόμενος, φησίν, ὑμᾶς τοὺς τὴν ἀλήθειαν κηρύσσοντας αὐτὴν ἐκείνην δέχεται τὴν θεότητα, τοῦτ' ἔστιν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν, ὅ φησιν· ὁ δεχόμενος ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ δέχεται, καὶ ὁ ἐμὲ δεχόμενος αὐτὸν τὸν πατέρα δέχεται. 130 Mt 10, 40-42 Ἵνα μή τις πενίαν προβάλληται, εἶπε τοῦτο θέλων δοῦναι μισθὸν τοῖς ὑποδεχομένοις. 132 Mt 11, 3 Οὐκ ἀγνοῶν εἶναι αὐτὸν τὸν Χριστὸν ἐρωτᾷ ἢ ὅτι ἤμελλεν εἰς ᾅδου κατελθεῖν, ὥς τινές φασιν· ᾔδει γὰρ τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ. διὸ καὶ ἀμνὸν αὐτὸν ὠνόμασεν· ἀλλ' ἵνα ἔτι ζῶν πείσῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ μετὰ θάνατον αὐτοῦ προστεθῶσιν ἑτέρῳ διδασκάλῳ. 133 Mt 11, 10 Κατεσκεύασε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἡτοίμασε τοὺς ἀν θρώπους πρὸς τὸ ὑποδέξασθαι τὴν νομοθεσίαν τοῦ θεοῦ. ἔδειξε μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐντεῦθεν-παρ' ἑαυτοῦ λοιπὸν ἐπάγει ψῆφον λέγων. 134 Mt 11, 11 Ὅρκῳ πιστοῦται τὰ περὶ Ἰω άννου. τὸ δὲ ἐγήγερται εἶπε διὰ τὸ τῆς ἀξίας αὐτοῦ μέγα καὶ ἐπηρ μένον ὡς ἐπὶ βασιλέως περι φανοῦς ἢ φυτοῦ εὐαυξοῦς· ὅτι γὰρ καὶ τὸν προφητευόμενον εἶδε καὶ πᾶσιν ἐγνώρισεν. Καὶ ὅρα πῶς ὅρκῳ πιστοῦται τὰ περὶ Ἰωάννου· ἀμὴν γάρ φησι λέγω, ὅτι οὐκ ἐγήγερται μεί ζων αὐτοῦ. τὸ ἐγήγερται εἶπεν ὡς περί τινος βασιλέως περιφανοῦς ἢ ὡς περὶ φυτοῦ λίαν εὐμηκεστά του καὶ ταῖς ἀρεταῖς εἰς ὕψος ἀνα δραμόντος. 136 Mt 11, 11 Ὁμοῦ τοῖς ἄλλοις, οἳ καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ γεγόνασιν, γεννητός ἐστι γυναικός, οἱ δέ γε τὴν πίστιν προση κάμενοι γεννητοὶ μὲν οὐκέτι χρη ματίζουσιν γυναικῶν, ἀλλά, φησὶν ὁ σοφώτατος εὐαγγελιστής, "ὅσοι ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξου σίαν τέκνα θεοῦ γενέσθαι, οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλ' ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν"· ἀνε γεννήθημεν γὰρ εἰς υἱοθεσίαν θεοῦ οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς, διὰ δὲ λόγου ζῶντος καὶ μένοντος. κρείτ τονες οὖν παρὰ πᾶν τὸ γεννητὸν γυναικὸς οἱ μὴ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρ τῆς, γεγεννημένοι δὲ