Commentarii in matthaeum (in catenis) 1 mt 1, 2 abraham was justified through faith and to him, having believed, god said: i will multiply your seed

 Having believed in god, he shone forth those, therefore, who believe in god, even if they come from obscure and lowly origins, are raised up by god a

 Despising the son of a carpenter, they clearly also considered his commandments to be cheap and despised, but for their insolence and contempt toward

 He made them so that they become imitators of him who both rains upon the just and sinners and makes the sun rise on all alike. 22 mt 6, 3 4 let not,

 Being bodiless it neither eats nor drinks, but do not be anxious for the soul about what you might eat or what you might drink for the soul puts fort

 Wanting it ready at hand. for lest someone should say, i have come to judge not wishing to reproach or grieve my brother, but taking thought to clean

 As we understand the gate and the way that leads to eternal life to be called narrow, not even my yoke is easy and my burden is light will contradic

 To them the sins, for which was the sacrifice, they both promised and seemed to accomplish, but a paralyzed man they were in no way strong enough to h

 Of grace, but they fasted according to the old custom. it was therefore unfitting and inappropriate for those appointed as lawgivers and heralds of th

 But they pursue the royal houses. since, therefore, you have supposed no such thing about the man, but you knew him to be a prophet in deeds and words

 To those who have despised wealth and renown and parents as well as children and death itself. but before the teaching of christ and the coming of joh

 You have received, or rather through which you have abundantly enjoyed the benefaction, through those things it was necessary, if you are ungrateful,

 His own creation, being led by good works to the knowledge of both himself and of his own father and of the consubstantial and co-powerful spirit. the

 Made man, and to hear the voice of god united to flesh hypostatically. 61 mt 13, 24 52 the kingdom of the heavens and the kingdom of god is said to be

 Knowledge and comprehension as he says: for this reason every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven, and so forth for through knowled

 For the children considered nothing of their own labors and resources to be their own, but they brought everything to their fathers, fearing lest they

 He awaited an opinion and testimony about him for if he had said: whom do men say that i, the son of god, am, the disciples' response would have been

 The narrative of higher and more wondrous things. but the lord does not offer to the scribes a solution appropriate to the seeming difficulty, showing

 They escaped the civil disturbances. and elijah dwelt on carmel, but john tarried in the desert, and in other respects the similarity between them was

 From there by a mist they were able to perceive none of the things being done, but later, having been freed from that confusion and having come to the

 Of evils) not only does he subtly and wisely exclude wealth from the appellation of 'good,' but also all other things, by his declaration concerning a

 They will convict the disobedient jews, but they themselves will be shining in honor and glory, while the others are in utmost disgrace and dejection.

 Unbearable, but what appeared heavy and unbearable by the judgment of those priests themselves for what they themselves do not move even with a finge

 Seek the rank of deacons and of those who are last, that is, practice humility for through this it is possible to obtain true primacy and inexpressib

 To kill the righteous. therefore you bear witness to your forefathers as impious, desiring to become like them. and you, he says, fill up the measu

 Always having the inflamed passion of avarice, he is indignant everywhere when deprived of profit. therefore the master, looking to their thought and

 Will be preached, not depriving the one reward of the other for each of the sins has found forgiveness and through the deed is preached throughout th

 He says, that before the entire first cockcrowing is completed, you will deny me three times. but when mark says, “before the cock crows twice, you wi

 This has been permitted for security, that we may always be sober, that even if we seem to do any good work, we may always consider it a gift from abo

 For them who are being saved, their commonwealth is on earth, but in heaven is their reward and inheritance. but since, he says, i have received autho

to kill the righteous. Therefore you bear witness to your forefathers as impious, desiring to become like them. And "you," he says, "fill up the measure of your fathers," that is, what you wish to accomplish with your evil mind and zeal and eagerness, fill it up according to the measure of your fathers, that is, bring it out into a manifest work and a visible deed; for the measure for their fathers against the prophets was death through insolence and dishonor. And this is not of one commanding, but rather of one exhorting; for we are often accustomed to restrain some people not by forbidding the deed, but rather by stirring them up towards it. 89 Mt 24, 28 Just as the carnivorous birds run to the fallen bodies, so also when the Son of Man comes, all the eagles will be gathered to him, that is, those who fly to the heights and are above earthly matters. 90 Mt 26, 6 13 The woman is shown approaching Christ with great and ineffable faith, both from her most reverent approach, and from her bringing ointment, and from her approaching for sins, and from her hoping to receive forgiveness, and not as a mere man, but having considered him as one much greater than human nature. From many things the woman is shown approaching Christ with great and ineffable faith; and first, from her reverent entrance to him, then also from her bringing the ointment, and further from her asking for sins; but the culmination, from her hoping to receive forgiveness. 91 Mt 26, 6 13 And our God, who knows the heart, knowing this woman's disposition, both endures that his head be anointed with the ointment that was brought and accepts the woman's deed, proceeding from so great a disposition; for "she has done," he says, "a good work"; for she did it from a good and wonderful mind, having as examples both the pillar which Jacob anointed to God and the oils offered to God in the sacrifices. But the master, as one who knows all things, thus also accepted the woman's deed. But the disciples, being men seeing only the outward appearance, rebuked what was happening concerning the pouring out of the ointment, not simply, but saying that it should have been sold and given for the benefit of the poor; for they had learned from the teacher that almsgiving for those in need is highly esteemed by God; for "I desire," he says, "mercy and not sacrifice," and they had recently heard that the heavenly kingdom was prepared as an inheritance for the merciful, and countless other things. But not all the disciples speak, being indignant in the same way; "To what purpose is this waste of the ointment?" and so forth, but the others out of care and preference for almsgiving, but Judas makes almsgiving a pretext, and showed his indignation out of a love for money; for John also made this clear in a similar deed, which Mary the sister of Lazarus did while the master was dining in the house of Martha, who was also the sister of Lazarus; for then also Mary poured out ointment on the feet of Jesus, and the other disciples do not appear to have said anything, since indeed they were not ready nor rash to rebuke such things. But the shameless Judas is seen to have uttered the same voice also at that deed; "For why was this ointment not sold and given to the poor?" Therefore the evangelist added: "Not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the money box"; for how would he, a despiser of the teacher's commandments, have cared for the poor, from which commandments the care for the poor was also instilled? Therefore, as I said, the disciples were indignant in common, but not all in the same way, nor from the same and like mind, but the others having great regard for almsgiving and not thinking to say anything contrary to the master's mind, if they rebuke a condemned woman for daring such things. Therefore they are not seen to have been troubled before by Mary, the sister of Lazarus, who did a similar thing to her, who was testified to for piety and gravity of life. But Judas

δικαίους ἀποκτενεῖν. διὸ καὶ μαρτυρεῖτε τοῖς προγόνοις ὡς ἀσεβέσι ποθοῦντες ὅμοιοι ἐκείνοις γίνεσθαι. καὶ ὑμεῖς πληρώσατε, φησίν, τὸ μέτρον τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ὅπερ τῇ διανοίᾳ ὑμῶν τῇ πονηρᾷ καὶ τῇ σπουδῇ καὶ τῇ προθυμίᾳ διαπράξασθαι βούλεσθε, πληρώσατε αὐτὸ κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ἤγουν εἰς ἔργον φανερὸν καὶ πρᾶξιν ὁρωμένην ἐξαγάγετε· μέτρον γὰρ ἦν τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν κατὰ τῶν προφητῶν ὁ δι' ὕβρεως καὶ ἀτιμίας θάνατος. τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἐπιτάττοντός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ προτρέποντος μᾶλλον· καὶ γὰρ πολλάκις εἰώθαμεν κωλύειν τινὰς οὐκ ἀπαγορεύοντες τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον διεγείροντες πρὸς αὐτό. 89 Mt 24, 28 Ὥσπερ τὰ τῶν πτηνῶν σαρκοβόρα ἐπὶ τὰ πεπτωκότα σώματα τρέχει, οὕτως καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχομένου πάντες οἱ ἀετοὶ συναχθήσονται ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἤτοι οἱ εἰς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πετόμενοι καὶ ἀνωτάτω τῶν ἐπιγείων πραγμάτων. 90 Mt 26, 6 13 ∆είκνυται ἡ γυνὴ μετὰ πολλῆς καὶ ἀφάτου πίστεως προσιοῦσα τῷ Χριστῷ ἔκ τε τοῦ πανευλαβῶς προσελθεῖν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ μύρον προσενεγκεῖν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν προσελθεῖν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐλπίζειν τῆς ἀφέσεως τυχεῖν καὶ οὐχ ὡς ἄνθρωπον ψιλόν, ἀλλ' ὡς κρείττονα πολλῷ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως ἡγησαμένη. Ἐκ πολλῶν δείκνυται ἡ γυνὴ μετὰ πολλῆς καὶ ἀφάτου πίστεως προσιοῦσα τῷ Χριστῷ· καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἐκ τοῦ εὐλαβῶς εἰσελθεῖν πρὸς αὐτόν, εἶτα καὶ ἐκ τοῦ προσενεγκεῖν τὸ μύρον καὶ ἔτι ἐκ τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν αἰτῆσαι· τὸ δὲ ἀκροτελεύτιον ἐκ τοῦ ἐλπίζειν τῆς ἀφέσεως τυχεῖν. 91 Mt 26, 6 13 Καὶ ταύτης τὴν διάθεσιν ὁ καρδιογνώστης θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰδὼς καὶ ἀνέχεται τῷ προσαχθέντι μύρῳ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπιχεθῆναι καὶ ἀποδέχεται ἐκ τηλικαύτης διαθέσεως προελθοῦσαν τῆς γυναικὸς τὴν πρᾶξιν· καλὸν γάρ, φησίν, ἔργον ἐποίησεν· ἀπὸ γὰρ καλῆς καὶ θαυμασίας αὐτὸ γνώμης διεπράξατο ἔχουσα παραδείγματα τήν τε στήλην , ἣν ἤλειφεν ὁ Ἰακὼβ τῷ θεῷ καὶ τὰ προσφερόμενα ἐν ταῖς θυσίαις ἔλαια τῷ θεῷ. ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν δεσπότης ὡς πάντα εἰδὼς οὕτω καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀπεδέξατο τὴν πρᾶξιν. οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τὸ φαινόμενον μόνον ὡς ἄνθρωποι ὁρῶντες τὴν τοῦ μύρου κένωσιν ἐπετίμων τὸ γινόμενον, οὐχ ἁπλῶς δέ, ἀλλ' εἰς τὴν τῶν πενήτων αὐτὸ εὐποιΐαν φάσκοντες ἐχρῆν διαπραθῆναι καὶ δοθῆναι· τοῦτο γὰρ ἦσαν μεμαθηκότες ὑπὸ τοῦ διδασκάλου περισπούδαστον ὑπάρχειν θεῷ τὴν περὶ τοὺς δεομένους ἐλεημοσύνην· ἔλεος γάρ, φησίν, θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν καὶ τοῖς ἐλεήσασιν εἰς κληρονομίαν ἑτοιμάσθαι τὴν οὐράνιον βασιλείαν ἔναγχος ἦσαν ἀκηκοότες καὶ μυρία ἄλλα. οὐ πάντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ὁμοίως ἀγανακτοῦντες λέγουσιν· εἰς τί ἡ ἀπώλεια τοῦ μύρου καὶ ἑξῆς, ἀλλ' οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι φροντίδι καὶ προκρίσει ἐλεημοσύνης, ὁ δὲ Ἰούδας παραπέτασμα μὲν τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην ποιεῖται, ἔρωτι δὲ φιλαργυρίας τὴν ἀγανάκτησιν ἐπεδείκνυτο· τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ Ἰωάννης ἐδήλωσεν παραπλησίᾳ πράξει, ἣν ἡ τοῦ Λαζάρου ἀδελφὴ Μαρία ἐποίησεν ἑστιωμένου τοῦ δεσπότου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Μάρθας καὶ αὐτῆς τοῦ Λαζάρου οὔσης ἀδελφῆς· καὶ γὰρ καὶ τότε ἡ Μαρία μύρον ἐκένωσεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι μαθηταὶ οὐδὲν φαίνονται εἰπόντες ἅτε δὴ μὴ πρόχειροι ὄντες μηδὲ προπετεῖς τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐπιτιμᾶν. ὁ δὲ ἀναίσχυντος Ἰούδας καὶ ἐπ' ἐκείνης τῆς πράξεως τὴν αὐτὴν ῥήξας ὁρᾶται φωνήν· διὰ τί γὰρ τοῦτο τὸ μύρον οὐκ ἐπράθη καὶ ἐδόθη πτωχοῖς . διὸ ἐπήγαγεν ὁ εὐαγγελιστής· οὐχ ὅτι περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν ἔμελεν αὐτῷ, ἀλλ' ὅτι κλέπτης ἦν καὶ τὸ γλωσσόκομον εἶχεν· πῶς γὰρ ἂν ἔμελεν αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν τῷ καταφρονητῇ τῶν διδασκαλικῶν ἐντολῶν, ἐξ ὧν καὶ ἡ περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν ἐγκατεβάλλετο φροντίς. ἀγανακτοῦσιν μὲν οὖν ὡς ἔφην κοινῶς οἱ μαθηταί, οὐχὶ πάντες δὲ ὡσαύτως οὐδ' ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς καὶ ὁμοίας διανοίας, ἀλλὰ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι ἐλεημοσύνης τε πολὺν λόγον ἔχοντες καὶ μηδὲ ἐναντία λέγειν δοκοῦντες τῆς τοῦ δεσπότου γνώμης, εἰ γυναῖκα ἐπιτιμῶσιν κατεγνωσμένην τοιαῦτα τολμῶσαν. διὸ οὐδὲ φαίνονται ἐνοχλήσαντες πρὶν τῇ παραπλήσιον αὐτῇ ποιησάσῃ Μαρίᾳ τῇ τοῦ Λαζάρου ἀδελφῇ ἐπ' εὐλαβείᾳ καὶ βίου σεμνότητι μαρτυρουμένῃ. ὁ δὲ Ἰούδας