John 8:59 (WEB)
Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
Catechism · 1
“He is accused of blasphemy and false prophecy, religious crimes which the Law punished with death by stoning.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 2:7; Jn 5:18; 7:12, 52; 8:59; 10:31, 33.
Fathers and councils · 15
Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.52Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“And as He was capable of being handled and touched, so again did He, in a non-apprehensible form, pass through the midst of those who sought to injure Him, and entered without impediment through closed doors.” — editor's note: John viii. 59.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Submit to be stoned if need be, for well I wot thou shalt be hidden from those who cast the stones; thou shalt escape even through the midst of them, like God.” — editor's note: Ib. viii. 59.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
The carnal minds of the Jews are intent on the flesh only; they think only of His age in the flesh: Then said the Jews unto Him, Thou art not fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham? that is to say, Many ages…
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Christ was then thirty-three years old. Why then do they not say, Thou art not yet forty years old, instead of fifty? A needless question this: they simply spoke as chance led them at the time. Some however say that…
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Our Saviour mildly draws them away from their carnal view, to the contemplation of His Divinity; Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Before is a particle of past time, am,…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Abraham being a creature, He did not say before Abraham was, but, before Abraham was made. Nor does He say, I am made; because that, in the beginning WAS. the Word.
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Their unbelieving minds, however, were unable to support these indications of eternity; and not understanding Him, sought to destroy Him: Then they took up stones to cast at Him.
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Such hardness of heart, whither was it to run, but to its truest likeness, even the stones? But now that He had done all that He could do as a teacher, and they in return wished to stone Him, since they could not…
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Who, had He chosen to exert the power of His Divinity, could, without a word, by His mere nod, have seized them, with the very stones in their hands, and delivered them to immediate death. But He who came to suffer,…
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For His part was more to exhibit patience than exercise power.
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He fled, because His hour was not yet come; and because He had not chosen this kind of death.
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So then, as a man, He flies from the stones; but woe to them, from whose stony hearts God flies.
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Mystically, a man throws a stone at Jesus, as often as he harbours an evil thought; and if he follows it up, so far as lies in him, he kills Jesus.
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What does our Lord mean by hiding Himself, but that the truth is hidden to them, who despise His words. The truth flies the company of an unhumbled soul. His example shews us, that we should in all humility rather…
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 8:57–59 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.