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John 8:20

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John 8:20 (WEB)

Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Fathers and councils · 18

Catena Aurea on Mark

  • BedeCatena Aurea on Mark

    “You have a notice of the porch in the Gospel, “These words spake Jesus in the treasury as He taught in the temple:” [John 8:20] and of the chest in the book of Kings, “But Jehoiada the priest took a chest.” [2 Kings 12:9]” — the author cites it

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John Chrysostom

Augustine of Hippo

Catena Aurea on John

  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    Those who had heard our Lord say, Ye judge after the flesh, shewed that they did so; for they understood what He said of His Father in a carnal sense: Then said they unto Him, Where is Thy Father? meaning, We have…

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  • Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John

    Some remark that this is said in contumely and contempt; to insinuate either that He is born of fornication, and knows not who His Father is; or as a slur on the low situation of His father, i. e. Joseph; as if to…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    As if He said, Ye ask where is Thy Father? As if ye knew Me already, and I were nothing else but what ye see. But ye know Me not, and therefore I tell you nothing of My Father. Ye think Me indeed a mere man, and…

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  • John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John

    He tells them, it is of no avail for them to say they know the Father, if they do not know the Son.

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  • OrigenCatena Aurea on John

    Ye neither know Me, nor My Father: this seems inconsistent with what was said above, Ye both know Me, and know whence I am. But the latter is spoken in reply to some from Jerusalem, who asked, Do the rulers know…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    What does this mean: If ye knew Me, ye would know My Father also, but, I and My Father are one? It is a common expression, when you see one man very like another, If you have seen him, you have seen the other. You…

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  • Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John

    Let the Arian blush: for if, as he says, the Son be a creature, how does it follow that he who knows the creature, knows God? For not even by knowing the substance of Angels, does one know the Divine Substance?…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    This word perhapsc is used only by way of rebuke, though it seems to express doubt. As used by men indeed it is the expression of doubt, but He who knew all things could only mean by that doubt to rebuke unbelief.…

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  • OrigenCatena Aurea on John

    It is proper to observe, that the followers of other sects think this text proves clearly, that the God, whom the Jews worshipped, was not the Father of Christ. For if, say they, our Saviour said this to the…

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  • Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John

    Treasury (Gazophylacium): Gaza is the Persian for wealth: phylattein is to keep. It was a place in the temple, where the money was kept.

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  • John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John

    He spake in the temple magisterially, and now He was speaking to those who railed at and accused Him, for making Himself equal to the Father.

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    Great however is His confidence and fearlessness: it not being possible that He should undergo any suffering, but that which He voluntarily undertook. Wherefore it follows, And no man laid hands on Him, for His hour…

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  • OrigenCatena Aurea on John

    Whenever it is added, Jesus spoke these words in such a place, you will, if you attend, discover a meaning in the addition. The treasury (γαζοφυλακίῳ) was a place for keeping the money, which was given for the honour…

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  • BedeCatena Aurea on John

    Or thus; Christ speaks in the treasury; i. e. He had spoken in parables to the Jews; but now that He unfolded heavenly things to His disciples, His treasury began to be opened, which was the meaning of the treasury…

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Cross-references · 19

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Bede on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Bede on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Bede on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Bede on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Bede on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

  • Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 21.

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