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

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, 9-10 The female sex has gained both a release from reproach and an overturning of the curse; for he who long ago said to them, "in sorrow you shall bring forth children," has given them a pause, having met them in the garden and said, rejoice. with surpassing joy the women to him—and into good hopes and healing that which had suffered. 319 Mt 28, 16-17 But do you see how some of the evangelists pass over some things; for "they doubted" is clearly explained by John, showing the one who doubted, who was Thomas; so as also to mention the appearance in Judea that happened a second time, how the matter stood. But he said, that he appeared to them in Galilee, which alone it seems to me John omitted, as it was his purpose to say the remaining things, both how many times he appeared and where, and also indeed clearly explaining how. 320 Mt 28, 17 John speaks of other visions, but the one which Matthew speaks of here not only the eleven saw, but also the many, as is likely. 321 Mt 28, 18 Still in the manner of the economy and more humanly he said, "was given to me"; however, he wishes it to be understood, that he has authority over all things as God, and having left behind the measure of his emptying, he has returned to the glory that is innate and always belongs to him, and is confessed with the flesh as God and Lord of all. Therefore, he then says "was given to me" not as receiving it for the first time, when he became man, but that which he always had because he exists from the Father and is God by nature, receiving it as in the order of a man.

κηρύγμασι καὶ περιέπουσι τὸν υἱὸν αἱ τῶν ἄνω πνευμάτων στρατιαὶ ὡς τῶν ὅλων δεσπότην καὶ κύριον καὶ ὅτε γέγονε σάρξ, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος. 318 Mt 28, 9-10 Κεκέρδακε τὸ θῆλυ γένος καὶ λύσιν ὀνειδισμοῦ καὶ κατάρας ἀνατροπήν· ὁ γὰρ εἰπὼν πάλαι πρὸς αὐτὰς "ἐν λύπαις τέξῃ τέκνα" παῦλαν αὐταῖς δέδωκε συναντήσας αὐταῖς ἐν τῷ κήπῳ καὶ εἰπὼν χαίρετε. μεθ' ὑπερβαλλούσης εὐφροσύνης αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῷ-καὶ εἰς χρηστὰς ἐλπίδας καὶ τὸ πεπονηκὸς ἰώμενος. 319 Mt 28, 16-17 Ὁρᾷς δὲ πῶς ἔνια παρατρέχουσί τινες τῶν εὐαγγελιστῶν· τὸ γὰρ ἐδίστασαν ἀνέπτυκται σαφῶς παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ δεικνυμένου τοῦ διστά σαντος, ὃς ἦν ὁ Θωμᾶς· ὥστε καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦσαι τῆς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἐπιφανείας δεύτερον γενομένης πῶς ἔσχε τὸ πρᾶγμα. εἶπεν δέ, ὅτι αὐτοῖς ὤφθη ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, ὃ μόνον δοκεῖ μοι Ἰωάννης παραλιπεῖν ὡς ἂν προκείμενον αὐτῷ τὰ λοιπὰ εἰπεῖν ὁσάκις τε ὤφθη καὶ ὅπου, ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ὅπως σαφῶς ἐξηγούμενος. 320 Mt 28, 17 Ἄλλας λέγει ὁ Ἰωάννης ὀπτασίας, <ἣν> δὲ λέγει ὧδε ὁ Ματθαῖος οὐ μόνον [ἣν] εἶδον οἱ ἕνδεκα, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ πολλοὶ ὡς εἰκός. 321 Mt 28, 18 Οἰκονομικῶς ἔτι καὶ ἀνθρωπινώτερον ἔφη τὸ ἐδόθη μοι· πλὴν βούλεται νοεῖσθαι, ὅτι τὴν κατὰ πάντων ἔχει ἐξουσίαν ὡς θεὸς καὶ ἀφεὶς τὸ τῆς κενώσεως μέτρον εἰς τὴν ἔμφυτον καὶ ἀεὶ προσοῦσαν αὐτῷ δόξαν ἀνέδραμεν καὶ μετὰ σαρκὸς θεὸς τῶν ὅλων καὶ κύριος ὁμολογούμενος. λοιπὸν οὖν λέγει ἐδόθη μοι οὐχ ὡς πρῶτον λαβών, ὅτε γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ' ὅπερ εἶχεν ἀεὶ διὰ τὸ ὑπάρχειν ἐκ πατρὸς καὶ φύσει θεὸς ὡς ἐν ἀνθρώπου τάξει δεχόμενος.