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Late Patristic · AD 500–800

6,271 passages across 45 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On John

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  1. John 19:31
    Parasceue, i. e. preparation: the sixth day was so called because the children of Israel prepared twice the number of loaves on that day. For that sabbath day was an high day, i. e. on account of the feast of the passover.
    Besought Pilate that their legs might be broken.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  2. John 19:38
    Arimathea is the same as Ramatha, the city of Elkanah, and Samuel. It was providentially ordered that he should be rich, in order that he might have access to the governor, and just, in order that he might merit the charge of our Lord's body: That he might take the body of Jesus, because he was His disciple.

    Their ferocity being appeased for the time by their success, he sought the body of Christ. He did not come as a disciple, but simply to perform a work of mercy, which is due to the evil as well as to the good.

    Mystically, the name Joseph means, apt for the receiving of a good work; whereby we are admonished that we should make ourselves worthy of our Lord's body, before we receive it.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  3. John 19:38
    It was providentially ordered that he should be rich, in order that he might have access to the governor, and righteous, in order that he might merit the charge of our Lord’s body.

    On the Gospel of Mark 4.15

  4. John 19:39
    Nicodemus joined him: And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

    We must observe however that it was simple ointment; for they were not allowed to mix many ingredients together. (Exod. 30:34, 38)

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  5. John 19:40
    It has come down as the custom of the church of consecrating the Lord’s body not on silk or gold cloth but in a clean linen cloth.

    On the Gospel of Mark 4.15

  6. John 19:40
    Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

    Hence hath come down the custom of the Church, of consecrating the Lord's body not on silk or gold cloth, but in a clean linen cloth.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  7. John 20:1
    Una sabbati, i. e. one day after the sabbath.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  8. John 20:18
    Mystically, Mary, which name signifies, mistress, enlightened, enlightener, star of the sea, stands for the Church, which is also Magdalen, i. e. towered, (Magdalen being Greek for tower,) as we read in the Psalms, Thou hast been a strong tower for me. (Ps. 61:3) In that she announced Christ's resurrection to the disciples, all, especially those to whom the office of preaching is committed, are admonished to be zealous in setting forth to others whatever is revealed from above.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  9. John 20:19
    Wherein is shown the infirmity of the Apostles. They assembled with doors shut, through that same fear of the Jews, which had before scattered them: Came Jesus, and stood in the midst. He came in the evening, because they would be the most afraid at that time.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  10. John 20:21
    A repetition is a confirmation: whether He repeats it because the grace of love is twofold, or because He it is who made of twain one.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  11. John 20:24-25
    But why does this Evangelist say that Thomas was absent, when Luke writes that two disciples on their return from Emmaus found the eleven assembled? We must understand that Thomas had gone out, and that in the interval of his absence, Jesus came and stood in the midst.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  12. John 21:1
    The Evangelist, after his wont, first states the thing itself, and then says how it took place: And on this wise showed He Himself.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  13. John 21:7-8
    The Evangelist alludes to himself here the same way he always does. He recognised our Lord either by the miracle, or by the sound of His voice, or the association of former occasions on which He found them fishing. Peter was naked in comparison with the usual dress he wore, in the sense in which we say to a person whom we meet thinly clad, You are quite bare. Peter was hare for convenience sake, as fishermen are in fishing. He went to Jesus with the ardour with which he did every thing: And did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship. We must not understand here that Peter walked on the top of the water, but either swam, or walked through the water, being very near the land: For they were not far from land, but as it were about two hundred cubits. By the two hundred cubits is signified the twofold grace of love; the love of God and the love of our neighbour; for by them we approach to Christ. The fish broiled is Christ Who suffered. He deigned to be hid in the waters of human nature, and to be taken in the net of our night; and having become a fish…
    The Evangelist alludes to himself here the same way he always does. He recognised our Lord either by the miracle, or by the sound of His voice, or the association of former occasions on which He found them fishing. Peter was naked in comparison with the usual dress he wore, in the sense in which we say to a person whom we meet thinly clad, You are quite bare. Peter was hare for convenience sake, as fishermen are in fishing.

    He went to Jesus with the ardour with which he did every thing: And did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship. We must not understand here that Peter walked on the top of the water, but either swam, or walked through the water, being very near the land: For they were not far from land, but as it were about two hundred cubits.

    By the two hundred cubits is signified the twofold grace of love; the love of God and the love of our neighbour; for by them we approach to Christ. The fish broiled is Christ Who suffered. He deigned to be hid in the waters of human nature, and to be taken in the net of our night; and having become a fish by the taking of humanity, became bread to refresh us by His divinity.

    (as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274) Catena Aurea by Aquinas

  14. John 21:16
    Peter also restrained himself in this inquiry of our Lord’s by answering cautiously, for he remembered earlier on, when Christ’s passion was drawing near, he had attributed greater constancy to himself than he possessed.

    Homilies on the Gospels 2.22

  15. John 21:17
    What [Christ] said to [Peter] at this point, “Feed my sheep,” was surely the same thing that he had said to him more clearly before his passion, “But I have asked on your behalf that your faith may not fail you, and once you have recovered, strengthen your brothers.” To feed Christ’s sheep is to strengthen those who believe in Christ, lest their faith fail them, and to devote oneself ceaselessly [to seeing to it] that they may make greater and greater progress in their faith. However, we must look carefully at the fact that his feeding of the Lord’s flock is not to be carried out with one single approach but should rather be multifaceted. A director must diligently see to it that earthly necessities are not lacking to his subjects and also be careful in providing them with examples of virtues along with words of preaching.… When those who are under his care may perhaps themselves have fallen into error, he as a righteous person should, according to the word of the psalmist, “accuse them mercifully and rebuke them,” but he should not soothe their hearts with the oil of harmful approva…
    What [Christ] said to [Peter] at this point, “Feed my sheep,” was surely the same thing that he had said to him more clearly before his passion, “But I have asked on your behalf that your faith may not fail you, and once you have recovered, strengthen your brothers.” To feed Christ’s sheep is to strengthen those who believe in Christ, lest their faith fail them, and to devote oneself ceaselessly [to seeing to it] that they may make greater and greater progress in their faith. However, we must look carefully at the fact that his feeding of the Lord’s flock is not to be carried out with one single approach but should rather be multifaceted. A director must diligently see to it that earthly necessities are not lacking to his subjects and also be careful in providing them with examples of virtues along with words of preaching.… When those who are under his care may perhaps themselves have fallen into error, he as a righteous person should, according to the word of the psalmist, “accuse them mercifully and rebuke them,” but he should not soothe their hearts with the oil of harmful approval. This too is one of the obligations of a pious shepherd.

    Homilies on the Gospels 2.22

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