Luke 18:37 (WEB)
They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
Fathers and councils · 18
Augustine of Hippo
“For those two blind men, whose story is given also by the others, are not the two before us here.” — editor's note: Mark x. 46–52; Luke xviii. 35–43.
Read the whole comment“For he states that it was performed when He was coming nigh unto Jericho; while the others say that it took place when He was departing from Jericho.” — editor's note: Luke xviii. 35–43.
Read the whole comment“Among this people, then, to whom the Lord was speaking, were those who should yet die in their sin: there were those also who should yet believe on Him who spake, and find deliverance from all their sin.” — editor's note: Luke xviii. 34–43.
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Jerome
“For when they learned that it was the Lord who was passing by they began to cry out saying: “Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.”” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 27; cf. Luke xviii. 35–38.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Because the disciples being yet carnal were unable to receive the words of mystery, they are brought to a miracle. Before their eyes a blind man receives his sight, that by a divine work their faith might be…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
And to shew that our Lord did not even walk without doing good, He performed a miracle on the way, giving His disciples this example, that we should be profitable in all things, and that nothing in us should be in vain.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
We might understand the expression of being nigh to Jericho, as if they had already gone out of it, but were still near. It might, though less common in this sense, be so taken here, since Matthew relates, that as…
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
There was a great multitude gathered round Christ, and the blind man indeed knew Him not, but felt a drawing towards Him, and grasped with his heart what his sight embraced not. As it follows, And when he heard the…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Having been brought up a Jew, he was not ignorant that of the seed of David should God be born according to the flesh, and therefore he addresses Him as God, saying, Have mercy upon me. Would that those might imitate…
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Or because the Jews perverting the truth might say, as in the case of him who was born blind, This is not he, but one like unto to him, (John 9:8.) He wished the blind first to make manifest the infirmity of his…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
From which it is clear, that he was released from a double blindness, both bodily and intellectual. For he would not have glorified Him as God, had he not truly seen Him as He is. But he also gave occasion to others…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Not only for the gift of light obtained, but for the merit of the faith which obtained it.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
We may here well inquire, why Christ forbids the healed demoniac who wished to follow Him, but permits the blind man who had received his sight. There seems to be a good reason for both the one case and the other. He…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
In the blind man we have a type of the Gentile people, who have received by the Sacrament of our Lord the brightness of the light which they had lost. And it matters not whether the cure is conveyed in the case of…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, blindness is a symbol of the human race, which in our first parent knowing not the brightness of heavenly light, now suffers the darkness of his condemnation. Jericho is interpreted ‘the moon,’ whose monthly…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, He asked the blind man to the end that we might believe, that without confession no man can be saved.
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
The blind man seeks from the Lord not gold, but light. Let us then seek not for false riches, but for that light which together with the Angels alone we may see, the way whereunto is faith. Well then was it said to…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
If we interpret Jericho to mean the moon, and therefore death, our Lord when approaching His death commanded the light of the Gospel to be preached to the Jews only, who are signified by that one blind man whom Luke…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Luke 18:35–43 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Luke 18:35–43 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Luke 18:35–43 (Catena Aurea).