Luke 13:32 (WEB)
He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
Fathers and councils · 32
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wherefore I have laboured to bring forward, and make clearly manifest, the utterly ill-conditioned carcase of this miserable little fox.” — editor's note: [Cant. ii. 15; St. Luke xiii. 32.]
Read the whole comment“Speaking of Herod, too, He says, “Go ye and tell that fox,” aiming at his wicked cunning and deceit.” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“And the Saviour to expose Herod said, ‘Tell that fox;’ but, on the other hand, charged His disciples, ‘Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.’” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Go ye,” He saith, “and tell that fox.”” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
Read the whole comment“Thus when our Lord Himself was speaking of the threatening Herod, He said, “Go ye, and tell that fox.”” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
Read the whole comment“Behold, your house shall be left unto you desolate: and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 31–35.
Read the whole comment“And a parallel to that we should then find in the words recorded by Luke, namely, “Behold I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected;” which prediction certainly was not accomplished in the letter.” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32. See above, Book ii. chap. 75, § 145.
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Jerome
“Such weeds do not grow in good ground but among briers and thorns, the favourite haunts of those foxes to whom the Lord compares the impious Herod.” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“The day of that fox stank like himself; but holy is the feast of the True Lamb.” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
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Tertullian
“He likewise excluded all the remaining verses of this chapter.” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Thus also, in reference to Herod: “Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.”” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 32.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
The preceding words of our Lord roused the Pharisees to anger. For they perceived that the people were now smitten in their hearts, and eagerly receiving His faith. For fear then of losing their office as rulers of…
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Because of his wiles and stratagems He calls Herod a fox, which is an animal full of craft, concealing itself in a ditch because of snares, having a noisome smell, never walking in straight paths, all which things…
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Or else the discourse seems to change here, and not to refer so much to the character of Herod as some think, as to the lies of the Pharisees. For He almost represents the Pharisees themselves to be standing near,…
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As if He says, What think ye of My death? Behold, a little while, and it will come to pass. But by the words, To day and to morrow, are signified many days; as we also are wont to say in common conversation, “To day…
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Or these things are understood to have been spoken mystically by Him, so as to refer to His body, which is the Church. For devils are cast out when the Gentiles having forsaken their superstition, believe in Him. And…
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But because they said unto Him, Depart from hence, for Herod seeks to kill thee, speaking in Galilee where Herod reigned, He shews that not in Galilee, but in Jerusalem it had been fore-ordained that He should…
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In calling upon Jerusalem, He addresses not the stones and buildings of the city, but the dwellers therein, and He weeps over it with the affection of a father.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
For the twice repeated word betokens compassion or very great love. For the Lord speaks, if we may say it, as a lover would to his mistress who despised him, and was therefore about to be punished.
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
But the repetition of the name also shews the rebuke to be severe. For she who knew God, how does she persecute God’s ministers?
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now that they were unmindful of the Divine blessings He proves as follows, How often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not. He led them by the…
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As many as I gathered together, it was done by my all prevailing will, yet thy unwillingness, for thou wert ever ungrateful.
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Now He who aptly had called Herod a fox, who was plotting His death, compares Himself to a bird, for foxes are ever lying in wait for birds.
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
He compared also the sons of Jerusalem to birds in the net, as if He said, Birds who are used to fly in the air are caught by the treacherous devices of the catchers, but thou shalt be as a chicken in want of…
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The city itself which He had called the nest, He now calls the house of the Jews; for when our Lord was slain, the Romans came, and plundering it as a deserted nest, took away both their place, nation, and kingdom.
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Or your house, (that is, temple,) as if He says, As long as there was virtue in you, it was my temple, but after that you made it a den of thieves, it was no more my house but yours. Or by house He meant the whole…
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There seems nothing opposed to St. Luke’s narrative, in what the multitudes said when our Lord came to Jerusalem, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, (Mat. 21:9.) for He had not as yet come thither, nor…
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For our Lord had departed from Jerusalem, as it were abandoning those who were unworthy of His presence, and afterwards returned to Jerusalem, having performed many miracles, when that crowd meets Him, saying, Osanna…
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But as Luke does not say to what place our Lord went from thence, so that He should not come except at that time, (for when this was spoken He was journeying onward until He should come to Jerusalem,) He means…
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For then also will they unwillingly confess Him to be their Lord and Saviour, when there shall be no departure hence. But in saying, Ye shall not see me until he shall come, &c. does not signify that present hour,…
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Luke must be understood then as wishing to anticipate here, before his narrative brought our Lord to Jerusalem, or to make Him when approaching the same city, give an answer to those who told Him to beware of Herod,…
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Ye shall not see, that is, unless ye have worked repentance, and confessed Me to be the Son of the Father Almighty, ye shall not see My face at the second coming.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 13:31–35 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.31.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 13:31–35 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.