John 5:17 (WEB)
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
Fathers and councils · 58
Gregory of Nyssa
“Does he mean that which the Father and the Son execute, according to the word of the Lord Himself Who “hitherto worketh” man’s salvation, or does he mean some other?” — editor's note: S. John v. 17
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Tertullian
“He says, therefore,” My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work;” whilst to the Jews He remarks respecting the cure of the impotent man, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“…not even you deny that Christ did, inasmuch as you were wont to say that, “on account of the works ye stoned Him not, but because He did them on the Sabbaths.”” — editor's note: See John v. 17, 18, compared with x. 31–33.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…the Father, in whom all things are disposed, and He is celebrated by all, as Framer; for ‘I was by Him disposing;’ and ‘My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.’” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“How then does He appropriate the name instead, saying, ‘My Father,’ and ‘I from the Father?’ for if He be common Father of all, He is not His Father only, nor did He alone come out from the Father.” — editor's note: John v. 17; xvi. 28.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“Lastly, God rested from the works of the world not from holy works, for His working is constant and everlasting; as the Son says, My Father worketh until now, and I work; (John 5:17.) that after the likeness of God our worldly, not our religious, works should cease.” — the author cites it
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“(John 5:17.)” — the author cites it
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“(John 5:17.)” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“But to whom shall we attribute this, My Father worketh hitherto and I work: and this, What things soever He seeth the Father doing, these also doeth the Son likewise: and this, If ye believe not Me, believe My works: and this, The…” — editor's note: St. John v. 17.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…heaven that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them; and this, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“And again, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work, there being no opposition in those who work.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 17.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“From his discourse on the words “My Father worketh hitherto and I work”:—” — editor's note: John v. 17
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Gregory the Great
“Whose is this work but His who says, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work (John v. 17)? who, to shew that He converts the world, not by men’s wisdom, but by His own power, chose unlettered men as His preachers whom He sent into the world?” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“But the Father also works, for He is true who said, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“Lastly, that one may not think that there is any difference of work either in time or in order between the Father and the Son, but may believe the oneness of the same operation, He says: “The works which I do He doeth.”” — editor's note: Either S. John v. 17 modified, or a reminiscence of v. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For He was not wearied, so as to need rest, nor hath He now left off to work, for our Lord Christ saith openly, “My Father worketh hitherto.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“For, a little before this, He had said to those who were impeaching Him with violating the Sabbath-day, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“Why then in another place doth He say, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“And especially at those words of the Lord, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“But the other, conformation, is conferred in that work of His wherein “He worketh hitherto.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“He then said to them, “My Father worketh even until now, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
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John Chrysostom
““My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” ( v. 17.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For God worketh even now, as Christ saith, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” ( c. v. 17.)” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“He said, “My Father worketh, and I work” ( c. v. 17 , &c.): declaring by this their Equality and Equal honor.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Indeed in another place both He and the Father work; “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work” ( c. v. 17 ); showing in the first passage the unvaryingness of the works, in the second the identity.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…such their suspicion, there also again sets forth His pleas, of which some indeed were proper to Himself; as when He saith, “My Father worketh, and I work;”but some had in them much condescension, as when He brings forward the sheep lost on the sabbath day,and points out that the law is disturbed for its…” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“Much as He said also elsewhere, establishing this point: “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work:”so here again, “Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“But there are occasions on which He even repeals it directly, and not with circumstance: as when He anoints with the clay the eyes of the blind man;as when He saith, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17. [R.V., “even until now,” etc.]
Read the whole comment“As God again, when He saith, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
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Jerome
“…or whether they are formed by God and introduced into bodies day by day according to that saying in the Gospel: “my Father worketh hitherto and I work;” or whether, lastly, they are transmitted by propagation.” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“And in the Gospel the Saviour says: “my Father worketh hitherto and I work.”” — editor's note: John v. 17.
Read the whole comment“Surely (as the Church teaches in accordance with the Saviour’s words, “My Father worketh hitherto and I work”; and the passage in Isaiah, “Who maketh the spirit of man in him”; and in the Psalms, “Who fashioneth one by one the…” — editor's note: John v. 17.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“For just before this, when He had healed the paralytic and they had passed their judgment upon Him that He was worthy of death for breaking the Sabbath, He had said, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“But let us see also what the Lord answered, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.” — editor's note: Ib. 17.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“This might well also be the meaning of the passage which says that the Father worketh hitherto and the Son also; and not only so but it refers also to the government and preservation of the things which He has made; as is shewn by the passage which says that He maketh His…” — editor's note: John v. 17.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(John 5:17)” — the author cites it
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The man, when healed, did not proceed to the market place, or give himself up to pleasure or vain glory, but, which was a great mark of religion, went to the temple: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple.
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The Lord Jesus saw him both in the crowd, and in the temple. The impotent man does not recognise Jesus in the crowd; but in the temple, being a sacred place, he does.
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c. For if we would know our Maker’s grace, and attain to the sight of Him, we must avoid the crowd of evil thoughts and affections, convey ourselves out of the congregation of the wicked, and flee to the temple; in…
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Here we learn in the first place, that his disease was the consequence of his sins. We are apt to bear with great indifference the diseases of our souls; but, should the body suffer ever so little hurt, we have…
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Now that the man had seen Jesus, and knew Him to be the author of his recovery, he was not slow in preaching Him to others: The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole.
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He was not so insensible to the benefit, and the advice he had received, as to have any malignant aim in speaking this news. Had it been done to disparage Christ, he could have concealed the cure, and put forward the…
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This announcement enraged them, And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He had done these things on the sabbath day. A plain bodily work had been done before their eyes, distinct from the healing of the…
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It may be said then, that the observance of the sabbath was imposed on the Jews, as the shadow of something to come; viz. that spiritual rest, which God, by the figure of His own rest promised to all who should…
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There will be a sabbath of the world, when the six ages, i. e. the six days, as it were, of the world, have passed: then will come that rest which is promised to the saints.
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The mystery of which rest the Lord Jesus Himself scaled by His burial: for He rested in His sepulchre on the sabbath, having on the sixth day finished all His work, inasmuch as He said, It is finished. (c. 19) What…
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He says then, as it were, to the Jews, Why think ye that I should not work on the sabbath? The sabbath day was instituted as a typed of Me. Ye observe the works of God: by Me all things were made. The Father made…
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Christ defended His disciples, by putting forward the example of their fellow-servant David: but He defends Himself by a reference to the Father. We may observe too that He does not defend Himself as man, nor yet…
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i. e. not in the secondary sense in which it is true of all of us, but as implying equality. For we all of us say to God, Our Father, Which art in heaven. (Matt. 6) And the Jews say, Thou art our Father. (Isaiah…
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The words, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work, suppose Him to be equal to the Father. This being understood, it followed from the Father’s working, that the Son worked: inasmuch as the Father cloth nothing…
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Were He not the Son by nature, and of the same substance, this defence would be worse than the former accusation made. For no prefect could clear Himself from a transgression of the king’s law, by urging that the…
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So, the Jews understood what the Arians do not. For the Arians say that the Son is not equal to the Father, and hence sprang up that heresy which afflicts the Church.
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Those however who are not well-disposed to this doctrine, do not admit that Christ made Himself equal to the Father, but only that the Jews thought He did. But let us consider what has gone before. That the Jews…
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The Evangelist here explains why the Jews wished to kill Him.
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And again, had it been that our Lord Himself did not mean this, but that the Jews misunderstood Him, He would not have overlooked their mistake. Nor would the Evangelist have omitted to remark upon it, as he does…
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The Jews however did not understand from our Lord that He was the Son of God, but only that He was equal with God; though Christ gave this as the result of His being the Son of God. It is from not seeing this, while…
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Clement of Alexandria
“For still the Saviour saves, “and always works, as He sees the Father.”” — editor's note: John. v. 17, 19.
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Cross-references · 33
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.15.
Cited together in Origen on John 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 35.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.24.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.24.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 35.
Cited together in Letters Letter 126.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.24.
Cited together in Letters Letter 126.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.24.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.24.
Cited together in Letters Letter 126.
Cited together in Letters Letter 126.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.15.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.15.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 35.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 6:1–5 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 6:1–5 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 6:1–5 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 6:1–5 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 6:1–5 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.15.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.5.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 35.