John 7:24 (WEB)
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
Catechism · 1
“This was the case especially with the sabbath laws, for he recalls, often with rabbinical arguments, that the sabbath rest is not violated by serving God and neighbour,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 28 9; Mt 12:5; Mk 2:25-27; Lk 13:15-16; 14:3-4; Jn 7:22-24.
Fathers and councils · 18
Gregory of Nyssa
“…it might be expected that each of them would be applied to the presentation of Divine conceptions, let the reader of our argument “judge righteous judgement,” whether any of the assertions that heresy makes have any force against the truth.” — editor's note: S. John vii. 24
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Augustine of Hippo
“For in the place where He saith, “Judge not according to persons, but right judgment judge ye;” He showeth that there may be a wrong judgment, when He saith, “right judgment judge ye:” lastly, the one He doth forbid, the other He doth enjoin.” — editor's note: John vii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…speech judgment is either right or wrong, whence it is said unto men in the Gospel, “Judge not according to the persons, but judge righteous judgment:” nevertheless in this passage judgment is used as though, if it were not righteous, it ought not to be called judgment; otherwise it would not be enough to say,…” — editor's note: John vii. 24.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…which imposes silence upon you, you must listen to the other law which says “Thou shalt not honour the person of the mighty” and “Judge righteous judgment” and “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil” and “He that shutteth his eyes from seeing evil and stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood.”” — editor's note: John vii. 24
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Jerome
“Knowing then that the Saviour has said: “judge not according to the appearance but judge righteous judgment.”…” — editor's note: Joh. vii. 24.
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Basil the Great
““Judge righteous judgment.”” — editor's note: John vii. 24.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The Jews brought two charges against Christ; one, that He broke the sabbath; the other, that He said God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. The latter He confirmed first by shewing, that He did nothing in…
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Or He means to say, that if they kept the law, they would see Him pointed to in every part of it, and would not seek to kill Him, when He came. The people return an answer quite away from the subject, and only…
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Wherein He left us an example to take it patiently, whenever wrong censures are passed upon us, and not answer them by asserting the truth, though able to do so, but rather by some wholesome advice to the persons; as…
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As if He said, What if ye saw all My works? For all that they saw going on in the world was of His working, but they saw not Him Who made all things. But He did one thing, made a man whole on the sabbath day, and…
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Ye marvel, i. e. are disturbed, are in commotion. Observe how well He argues with them from the law. He wishes to prove that this work was not a violation of the law; and shews accordingly that there are many things…
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As if He said, Ye have done well to receive circumcision from Moses, not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers; for Abraham first received circumcision from the Lord. And ye circumcise on the sabbath. Moses has…
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Circumcision was given for three reasons; first, as a sign of Abraham’s great faith; secondly, to distinguish the Jews from other nations; thirdly, that the receiving of it on the organ of virility, might admonish us…
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Which is as much as to tell them, The breaking of the sabbath in circumcision is a keeping of the law; and in the same way I by healing on the sabbath have kept the law. Ye, who are not the legislators, enforce the…
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Circumcision also was perhaps a type of our Lord Himself. For what is circumcision but a robbing of the flesh, to signify the robbing the heart of its carnal lusts. And therefore it was not without reason that it was…
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He does not say, however, I have done a greater work than circumcision; but only states the matter of fact, and leaves the judgment to them, saying, Judge not according to the appearance, but Judge righteous…
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What our Lord here tells us to avoid, in judging by the person, is very difficult in this world not to do. His admonition to the Jews is an admonition to us as well; for every sentence which our Lord uttered, was…
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.4.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 113.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Letters Letter 113.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.
Cited together in Letters Letter 204.