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
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 did not see it, he accused them of having offered their feet to Jesus contrary to what was fitting; and if he had both thought that one should not contradict what is reasonable and considered the washing of the disciples' feet by Jesus 32.6.68 to be reasonable, he would not have spoken against what was happening. Therefore, he appears to have rashly considered the will of Jesus concerning the washing of the disciples' feet to be not reasonable. But if one must examine the scripture down to what are thought to be the smallest details, someone might ask why, though Peter was chosen first into the number of the twelve, perhaps as more honorable than the rest, since Judas was truly the last of all, cast down to the last place by his wicked disposition, Jesus, having begun to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them 32.6.69 with the towel with which he was girded, did not begin with Peter. And to this it must be said that just as a physician, ministering to many sick people according to the medical art, begins the treatment with the most urgent cases and those who have suffered worse things, so he who was washing the soiled feet of the disciples begins with those who were more soiled, and perhaps he came to Peter last, as needing the washing of his feet less than all the others. 32.6.70 Perhaps also the state of his feet, being near to cleanness, contributed to his seeming to object. 32.7.71 But when what was said by Jesus is examined, "He who is bathed has no need to wash, but is entirely clean; and you are clean, but not all," it might perhaps <ἂν> suggest such a thought, as that the disciples, their feet having already been washed by Jesus, and being bathed, no longer had need to wash, and furthermore that Peter himself was already clean, even before Jesus washed his feet. 32.7.72 But if someone, in response to these things, should ask why, after saying, "He who is bathed has no need to wash, but is entirely clean," when the disciples had no need to wash, Jesus washes their feet, it must be said to him, "To everyone who has, more will be given 32.7.73 and added." Since, therefore, the disciples also possessed being clean, Jesus adds to their cleanness also the washing of their feet; for he would neither wash those who had not been bathed, nor those who were not entirely clean, but in such a way that one might say concerning those who are thus clean: for even if one be perfect among the sons of men, if the cleanness that is from Jesus, so to speak, is absent, he will not be counted as clean. 32.7.74 And these things I set forth later, things that occurred to me after the former things were dictated, while we also preserve the order of the thoughts that entered my mind, as previously it seemed that the disciples' feet, having been soiled, needed the washing from Jesus, but now that he washed their feet for this reason, because they were clean as among men, but not also before God; for apart from Jesus no one becomes clean before God, even if before this he is thought to have made himself clean through some diligence. 32.7.75 But in those who have already become clean as among men, and have been washed with the baptism of Jesus, and have had their feet washed by him, both the Holy Spirit can dwell and the 32.7.76 power from on high as a garment. Peter, therefore, not perceiving the reason for Jesus' will, as he began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded, says to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?" saying this inquiringly and with embarrassment; but Jesus "answered and said to him," teaching that this was a mystery, "What I am doing you do not know now, but you will know after these things." 32.7.77 But what was Jesus doing by washing the disciples' feet? Or was he, by washing their feet and wiping them with the towel with which he was girded, making them beautiful, as they were about to preach the good news? 32.7.78 For when Jesus washed the disciples' feet, then, I think, what was prophetically said about his apostles was fulfilled
μαθητῶν πόδας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν συμφοιτητῶν. εἰ γὰρ αὐτὸς μέν, ὡς ᾠήθη, τὸ καθῆκον ἐν τῷ κωλύειν ἐθέλειν ἐποίησεν, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ
μὴ ἑωράκασιν αὐτό, κατηγόρησεν ἐκείνων, παρὰ τὸ καθ ῆκον ἑαυτῶν τοὺς πόδας ἐμπαρεσχηκότων τῷ Ἰησοῦ· καὶ εἰ ἐφρό νει τε τῷ
εὐλόγῳ μὴ δεῖν ἀντιλέγειν καὶ εὔλογον ἐνόμιζεν εἶναι τὸ γινόμενον ἐν τῷ νίπτεσθαι τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰη 32.6.68
σοῦ, οὐκ ἂν ἀντέλεγεν τῷ γινομένῳ. φαίνεται οὖν ἀκρίτως μὴ εὔ λογον νενομικέναι εἶναι τὸ περὶ τοῦ νίψαι τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν
τοῦ Ἰησοῦ βούλημα. εἰ δὲ χρὴ μέχρι τῶν ἐλαχίστων εἶναι νομιζο μένων ἐρευνᾶν τὴν γραφήν, ζητήσαι τις ἂν τί δήποτε, πρώτου κατ
ειλεγμένου τοῦ Πέτρου εἰς τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν δώδεκα, τάχα ὡς τῶν λοιπῶν τιμιωτέρου, ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ ἀληθῶς πάντων ἔσχατος Ἰούδας ἦν,
ὑπὸ τῆς μοχθηρᾶς διαθέσεως ἐπὶ τὰ τελευταῖα ἀνταπερριμμένος, ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀρξάμενος νίπτειν τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν καὶ ἐκμάσσειν
32.6.69 τῷ λεντίῳ ᾧ ἦν διεζωσμένος, οὐκ ἀπὸ Πέτρου ἤρξατο. καὶ λεκτέον πρὸς τοῦτο ὅτι ὥσπερ ἰατρὸς πλείοσιν ἀρρώστοις κατὰ
τὴν ἰατρικὴν διακονούμενος, ἀπὸ τῶν κατεπειγόντων καὶ χείρονα πεπονθότων τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιεῖται τῆς θεραπείας, οὕτως ὁ ἐρρυπωμένους
τοὺς πόδας νίπτων τῶν μαθητῶν ἄρχεται ἀπὸ τῶν μᾶλλον ἐρρυπωμένων, καὶ τάχα ἐπὶ τελευταῖον ἦλθεν τὸν Πέτρον, ὡς ἔλαττον πάντων
δεό 32.6.70 μενον τῆς νίψεως τῶν ποδῶν. τάχα δὲ καὶ εἰς τὸ δοκεῖν ἀντι λέγειν ἡ ἐγγὺς καθαρότητος κατάστασις τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ
συνε βάλλετο. 32.7.71 Βασανιζόμενον δὲ τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ εἰρημένον τὸ «Ὁ «λελουμένος οὐκ ἔχει χρείαν νίψασθαι, ἀλλ' ἔστιν καθαρὸς
ὅλος· καὶ «ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ πάντες» τάχα <ἂν> ὑποβάλλοι νοῦν τοιοῦ τον, ὡς ἤδη νιψαμένων τοὺς πόδας ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
τῶν μαθητῶν, καὶ πρὸς τῷ λελοῦσθαι οὐκέτι ἐχόντων χρείαν νίψασθαι, ἔτι δὲ καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Πέτρου ἤδη ὄντος καθαροῦ, καὶ πρὶν
νίψῃ τοὺς 32.7.72 πόδας αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς. ἐὰν δέ τις πρὸς ταῦτα ζητῇ τί δηποτοῦν εἰπών· «Ὁ λελουμένος οὐκ ἔχει χρείαν νίψασθαι,
ἀλλ' ἔστι καθαρὸς «ὅλος», μὴ χρείαν ἐχόντων νίψασθαι τῶν μαθητῶν, νίπτει τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, λεκτέον αὐτῷ τὸ «Παντὶ
τῷ ἔχοντι δοθήσε 32.7.73 «ται καὶ προστεθήσεται». ἐπεὶ τοίνυν εἶχον καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ τὸ εἶναι καθαροί, προστίθησιν Ἰησοῦς τῇ
καθαρότητι αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ νίπτειν αὐτῶν τοὺς πόδας· οὔτε τοὺς μὴ λελουμένους νίψων ἂν οὔτε τοὺς μὴ ὅλους καθαρούς, ἀλλ' οὕτως
ὥστ' ἂν εἰπεῖν περὶ τῶν οὕτως καθαρῶν· κἂν γάρ τις ᾖ τέλειος ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων, τῆς ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ, ἵν' οὕτως ὀνομάσω, καθαρότητος
ἀπούσης, εἰς καθαρὸν οὐ λογισθή 32.7.74 σεται. καὶ ταῦτα δὲ ὕστερον ἐκτίθεμαι, ὑποπεσόντα μετὰ τὸ ὑπα γορευθῆναι τὰ πρότερα,
σωζόντων ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν τάξιν τῶν ὑπεισελ θόντων νοῦν, ὡς πρότερον μὲν ἔβλεπεν ῥυπωθέντας τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν δεδεῆσθαι τῆς
ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ νίψεως, νῦν δ' ὅτι διὰ τοῦτ' αὐτῶν ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας, ἐπεὶ ἦσαν ὡς ἐν ἀνθρώποις καθα ροὶ ἀλλ' οὐχὶ καὶ παρὰ
θεῷ· χωρὶς γὰρ Ἰησοῦ οὐδεὶς παρὰ θεῷ καθαρὸς γίνεται, κἂν πρὸ τούτου νομισθῇ διά τινος ἐπιμελείας αὑτὸν 32.7.75 καθαρὸν πεποιηκέναι.
τοῖς δ' ὡς ἐν ἀνθρώποις καθαροῖς ἤδη γε γενημένοις, καὶ λουσαμένοις τὸ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ βάπτισμα, καὶ νιψαμένοις ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας,
ἐνοικεῖν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον δύναται πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ 32.7.76 ὡς ἔνδυμα ἐξ ὕψους δύναμις. ὁ μὲν οὖν Πέτρος μὴ θεωρῶν τὸν λόγον τοῦ βουλήματος
Ἰησοῦ, ἀρξαμένου νίπτειν τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν καὶ ἐκμάσσειν τῷ λεντίῳ ᾧ ἦν διεζωσμένος, λέγει αὐτῷ· «Κύριε, σύ μου νίπτεις
τοὺς πόδας;» ἐπαπορητικῶς καὶ δυσωπητι κῶς τοῦτο φάσκων· ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς «ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ», διδά σκων ὅτι μυστήριον τοῦτο
ἦν, τὸ «Ὃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ σὺ οὐκ οἶδας ἄρτι, «γνώσῃ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα». 32.7.77 Τί δὲ ἦν ὃ ἐποίει νίπτων τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν ὁ Ἰησοῦς;
ἢ εἰργάζετο διὰ τοῦ νίπτειν αὐτῶν τοὺς πόδας καὶ ἐκμάσσειν τῷ λεντίῳ ᾧ ἦν διεζωσμένος ὡραίους αὐτούς, μελλόντων αὐτῶν εὐαγγελί
32.7.78 σασθαι τὰ ἀγαθά; ὅτε γὰρ ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν ὁ Ἰη σοῦς, τότε, οἶμαι, πεπλήρωται τὸ περὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων αὐτοῦ
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