Luke 18:31 (WEB)
He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
Fathers and councils · 11
Augustine of Hippo
“Moreover, as to what Matthew and Mark have stated with respect to the princes of the Gentiles exercising dominion over those who are subject to them,—namely,…” — editor's note: Luke xviii. 31–35.
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John Chrysostom
“But another evangelist saith, that He brought in the prophets also as witnesses;and another again saith, that even they themselves understood not His words, but the saying was hid from them, and that they were amazed as they followed Him.” — editor's note: Luke xviii. 31.
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Tertullian
“He entirely omitted verses 31–33, in which our blessed Saviour declares that the things foretold by the prophets concerning His sufferings, and death, and resurrection, should all be fulfilled.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
The Saviour foreseeing that the hearts of His disciples would be troubled at His Passion, tells them long beforehand both the suffering of His Passion and the glory of His Resurrection.
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And knowing that there would arise certain heretics, saying, that Christ taught things contrary to the Law and the Prophets, He shews already that the voices of the Prophets had proclaimed the accomplishment of His…
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He speaks with His disciples apart, concerning His Passion. For it was not fitting to publish this word to the multitudes, lest they should be troubled, but to His disciples He foretold it, that being habituated by…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
And to convince them that He foreknew His Passion, and of His own accord came to it, that they might not say, “How has He fallen into the hands of the enemy, who promised us salvation?” He relates in order the…
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Esaias prophesied of this when he said, I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isa. 50:5.) The Prophet also foretold the…
Read the whole comment - Isidore of SevilleCatena Aurea on Luke
I marvel at the folly of those who ask how Christ rose again before the three days. If indeed He rose later than he had foretold, it were a mark of weakness, but if sooner, a token of the highest power. For when we…
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The disciples did not as yet know exactly what the Prophets had foretold, but after He rose again, He opened their understanding that they should understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:25.)
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For because they desired His life above all things, they could not hear of His death, and as they knew him to be not only a spotless man, but also very God, they thought He could in no wise die. And whenever in the…
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together with
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 18:31–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 18:31–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 18:31–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 18:31–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Parallel passages
Matthew 20:18 and Luke 18:31 share the same wording (13 words).
Mark 10:33 and Luke 18:31 share the same wording (12 words).
