Luke 17:21 (WEB)
neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”
Fathers and councils · 26
Athanasius of Alexandria
“For because of our relationship to His Body we too have become God’s temple, and in consequence are made God’s sons, so that even in us the Lord is now worshipped, and beholders report, as the Apostle says, that God is in them of a truth.” — editor's note: ὄντως ἐν ὑμῖν ὁ θεός. 1 Cor. xiv. 25. Athan. interprets ἐν in not among; as also in 1 John iii. 24, just afterwards. Vid. ἐν ἐμοί. Gal. i. 24. ἐντὸς ὑμῶν, Luke…
Read the whole comment“For the Lord aforetime hath said, “The kingdom of heaven is within you .”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21 (from memory).
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Luke 17:21.)” — the author cites it
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“(Luke 17:21.)” — the author cites it
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“(Luke 17:21.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Because our Saviour, in His discourses which He addressed to others, spake often of the kingdom of God, the Pharisees derided Him; hence it is said, And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God…
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Now it is only for the benefit of each individual that He says that which follows, For behold the kingdom of God is within you; that is, it rests with you and your own hearts to receive it. For every man who is…
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Or, perhaps, the kingdom of God being within us, means that joy that is implanted in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. For that is, as it were, the image and pledge of the everlasting joy with which in the world to come…
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Or the kingdom of God means that He Himself is placed in the midst of them, that is, reigning in their hearts by faith.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.13Conference I
“…says “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation, nor shall men say Lo here, or lo there: for verily I say unto you that the kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xvii. 20, 21.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16Conference XVIII
“For unless our mind is strengthened by the power of His protection Who says in the gospel “the kingdom of God is within you,” in vain do we fancy that we can defeat the plots of our airy foe by the aid of men who are living with us, or that we can avoid them by distance of place, or…” — editor's note: S. Luke xvii. 21.
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Origen
“Moreover, that all men are not without communion with God, is taught in the Gospel thus, by the Saviour’s words: “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation; neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! but the kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 20, 21.
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Ambrose of Milan
“We are the kingdom, for it was said to us: “The kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xvii. 21.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For the kingdom of God denotes Himself, of whom it is written in another place, “The kingdom of God is among you; [Luke 17:21] and, “There standeth one in the midst of you whom ye know not.” [John 1:26].” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“It is said, of Christ, as “The Kingdom of God is within you.” [Luke 17:21] Of Holy Scripture, as, “The Kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.” [Matt 21:43]…” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“In speaking thus we do not mean to deny that the kingdom of God is within us, or to say that there are no holy men elsewhere; we merely assert in the strongest manner that those who stand first throughout the world are here gathered side by side.” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21.
Read the whole comment“Access to the courts of heaven is as easy from Britain as it is from Jerusalem; for “the kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21.
Read the whole comment“It is not surprising that this should be promised us in the resurrection: for as many of us as living in the flesh do not live after the flesh, have our citizenship in heaven, and while we are still here on earth we are told that “the kingdom of heaven is within us.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21.
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Basil the Great
“For “the kingdom of heaven is within you.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21, ἐντὸς ὑμῶν. Many modern commentators interpret “in your midst,” “among you.” So Alford, who quotes Xen., Anab. I. x. 3 for the Greek, Bp.…
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Hilary of Poitiers
“He Himself witnesses to the Apostles what manner of Kingdom this is: The Kingdom of God is within you.” — editor's note: St. Luke xvii. 21.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.12On Virginity
“This truth is, I think, taught in the Gospel, when our Lord says, to those who can hear what Wisdom speaks beneath a mystery, that “the Kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xvii. 21.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And again He saith, “The kingdom of heaven is within you.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21.
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Tertullian
““The kingdom of God,” He says, “cometh not with observation; neither do they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 20, 21.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…been, and are coming into existence, and moreover will be,—(a happy nature) which, (the Naassene) says, is the kingdom of heaven to be sought for within a man.” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21.
Read the whole comment“This, says he, is the kingdom of heaven that reposes within us as a treasure, as leaven hid in the three measures of meal.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 33, 34; Luke xvii. 21.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the Gospel according to Luke: “The kingdom of God is within you.”” — editor's note: Luke xvii. 21.
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Cross-references · 33
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:14–18 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:14–18 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 22:14–18 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 12:27–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.53.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 3:1–3 (5) (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 12:27–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 3:1–3 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 12:27–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 3:1–3 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 3:1–3 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:1–4 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 59.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.12.