Luke 16:16 (WEB)
“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
Catechism · 1
“He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother's womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being "the friend of the bridegroom", whom he points out as "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1 29; cf. Acts 1:22; Lk 1:41; 16:16; Jn 3:29.
Fathers and councils · 24
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Christ had come to fulfil it: wherefore “the law and the prophets were” with them “until John.”” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16.
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Tertullian
“And justly does the evangelist write, “The law and the prophets (were) until John” the Baptist.” — editor's note: Or rather, our Lord Himself. See Matt. xi. 13; Luke xvi. 16.
Read the whole comment“…prophetical antiquities having been abolished: for wherever it suits their wishes, they recognise what is the meaning of “the Law and the prophets until John.”” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16; Matt. xi. 13.
Read the whole comment“…according to Jeremiah; and “forgetful of former things, we are reaching forward,” according to the apostle; and “the law and the prophets (were) until John,” according to the Lord.” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. xi. 13; Luke xvi. 16.
Read the whole comment“He continued his pupillage up to the time of John, and then proceeded forthwith to announce the kingdom of God, saying: “The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed.”” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16.
Read the whole comment“…by a new course of things which should arise, whilst Christ marks the period of the separation when He says, “The law and the prophets were until John”—thus making the Baptist the limit between the two dispensations of the old things then terminating—and the new things then beginning, the apostle cannot of…” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16.
Read the whole comment“From Judah were taken away “the wise man, and the cunning artificer, and the counsellor, and the prophet;” that so it might prove true that “the law and the prophets were until John.”” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16.
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Jerome
“You have fallen and refuse to rise; you do not so much as lift your eyes to heaven; having wasted your father’s substance you take pleasure in the husks that the swine eat; and climbing the precipice of pride you fall headlong into the deep.” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 13, 16.
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Clement of Alexandria
“This, then, is the type of “the law and the prophets which were until John;” while he, though speaking more perspicuously as no longer prophesying, but pointing out as now present, Him, who was proclaimed symbolically from the beginning, nevertheless said, “I am not worthy to loose the latchet of the Lord’s shoe.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13; Luke xvi. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And the Lord called all the Scriptures generally, the law: although elsewhere He speaks more definitely of the law, distinguishing it from the prophets; as it is said, “The law and the prophets were until John;” and “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Christ had told the Pharisees not to boast of their own righteousness, but to receive penitent sinners, and to redeem their sins by almsgiving. But they derided the Preacher of mercy, humility, and frugality; as it…
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But the Lord detecting in them a hidden malice, proves that they make a pretence of righteousness. Therefore it is added, And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men.
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They justify themselves before men who despise sinners as in a weak and hopeless condition, but fancy themselves to be perfect and not to need the remedy of almsgiving; but how justly the depth of deadly pride is to…
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And therefore ye are an abomination to Him because of your arrogance, and love of seeking after the praise of men; as He adds, For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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Now the Pharisees derided our Saviour disputing against covetousness, as if He taught things contrary to the Law and the Prophets, in which many very rich men are said to have pleased God; but Moses also himself…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Not that the Law failed, but that the preaching of the Gospel began; for that which is inferior seems to be completed when a better succeeds.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
He hereby disposes them readily to believe on Him, because if as far as John’s time all things were complete, I am He who am come. For the Prophets had not ceased unless I had come; but you will say, “how” were the…
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now the ancient prophets knew the preaching of the kingdom of heaven, but none of them had expressly announced it to the Jewish people, because the Jews having a childish understanding were unequal to the preaching…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
For the Law delivered many things according to nature, as being more indulgent to our natural desires, that it might call us to the pursuit of righteousness. Christ breaks through nature as cutting off even our…
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
A great struggle befals men in their ascent to heaven. For that men clothed with mortal flesh should be able to subdue pleasure and every unlawful appetite, desiring to imitate the life of angels, must be compassed…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
They also do violence to the kingdom of heaven, in that they not only despise all temporal things, but also the tongues of those who desire their doing so. This the Evangelist added, when he said that Jesus was…
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But lest they should suppose that in His words, the Law and the Prophets were until John, He preached the destruction of the Law or the Prophets, He obviates such a notion, adding, And it is easier for heaven and…
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For that to the imperfect the Law spoke imperfectly is plain from what he says to the hard hearts of the Jews, “If a man hate his wife, let him put her away,” (Deut. 24:1.) because since they were murderers and…
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But we must first speak, I think, of the law of marriage, that we may afterwards discuss the forbidding of divorce. Some think that all marriage is sanctioned by God, because it is written, Whom God hath joined, let…
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 16:14–18 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 16:14–18 (3) (Catena Aurea).