Luke 11:25 (WEB)
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“…so much the more abundantly should Thy sons rejoice, seeing that our King hath bound the strong man, and they saw his vessels taken from him and cleansed, and made meet for Thy honour, and become serviceable for the Lord unto every good work.” — editor's note: Luke xi. 22, 25.
Read the whole comment“And the circumstance that Luke here designates the Spirit of God as the finger of God, does not betray any departure from a genuine identity in sense; but it rather teaches us an additional lesson, giving us to know in what manner we are to interpret the phrase “the finger of God” wherever it occurs in the Scriptures.” — editor's note: Luke xi. 14–26.
Read the whole comment“These words are recorded also by Luke in this connection, although in a somewhat different order.” — editor's note: Luke xi. 16–37.
Read the whole commentChapter LXII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Which They Offer of the Time When He Was Asked Whether It Was Lawful to Put Away One’s Wife, and Especially in Regard to the Specific…
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
After what had gone before, our Lord proceeds to shew how it was that the Jewish people had sunk to these opinions concerning Christ, saying, When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, &c. For that this example…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
The comparison then is between one man and the whole Jewish people, from whom through the Law the unclean spirit had been cast out. But because in the Gentiles, whose hearts were first barren, but afterwards in…
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
That is, to those who are of Israel, whom he saw possessing nothing divine in them, but desolate, and vacant for him to take up his abode there; and so it follows, And when he came, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
For Israel being adorned with a mere outward and superficial beauty, remains inwardly the more polluted in her heart. For she never quenched or allayed her fires in the water of the sacred fountain, and rightly did…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Now the evil spirits who dwell in the souls of the Jews, are worse than those in former times. For then the Jews raged against the Prophets, now they lift up their hands against the Lord of the Prophets, and…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
The last state also is worse than the first, according to the words of the Apostle, It were better not to have known the way of truth, than after they have known it to turn back from it. (2 Pet. 2:21.)
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
This may also be taken to refer to certain heretics or schismatics, or even to a bad Catholic, from whom at the time of his baptism the evil spirit had gone out. And he wanders about in dry places, that is, his…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Let us receive the words which follow, as said not only to them, but also to ourselves, And the last state of that man shall be worse than the first; for if enlightened and released from our former sins we again…
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It may also be simply understood, that our Lord added these words to shew the distinction between the works of Satan and His own, that in truth He is ever hastening to cleanse what has been defiled, Satan to defile…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 11:24–26 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 11:24–26 (Catena Aurea).