Luke 19:35 (WEB)
Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them.
Fathers and councils · 25
Augustine of Hippo
“After instancing these things, however, this evangelist again joins company with the others in the narrative relating to the ass on which Jesus sat.” — editor's note: Luke xix. 1–38.
Read the whole comment“Here the account is briefly given: for how it all happened may be found at full length in the other evangelists.” — editor's note: Matt. xxi. 1–16; Mark xi. 1–11; Luke xix. 29–48.
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Ambrose of Milan
“You heard what was read to-day: The Saviour ordered that the foal of an ass should be brought to Him by the apostles, and bade them say, if any one withstood them: “The Lord hath need of him.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xix. 35.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He rode upon a colt, almost, blame me not for folly, as my Jesus did upon that other colt, whether it were the people of the Gentiles, whom He mounts in kindness, by setting it free from the bonds of ignorance, or something else, which the Scripture sets forth.” — editor's note: S. Luke xix. 35.
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Tertullian
“He expunged nineteen verses out of chap. xix., from the end of ver. 27 to the beginning of ver. 47.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
Because the Lord had said, The kingdom of heaven is at hand, they that saw Him going up to Jerusalem thought that He was going then to commence the kingdom of God. When then the parable was finished in which He…
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Proving at the same time that the parable had been pronounced concerning the end of that city which was about both to slay Him, and to perish itself by the scourge of the enemy. It follows, And it came to pass, when…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
At the beginning of His ministry our Lord shewed Himself indifferent to the Jews, but when He had given sufficient token of His power, He transacts every thing with the highest authority. Many are the miracles which…
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
Here it was evident that there would be a divine summons. For no one can resist God calling for what is His own. But the disciples when ordered to fetch the colt refused not the office as a slight one, but went to…
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
So likewise should we set about even the lowest works with the greatest zeal and affection, knowing that whatever is done with God before our eyes is not slight, but meet for the kingdom of heaven.
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
They who had tied the ass are struck dumb, because of the greatness of His mighty power, and are unable to resist the words of the Saviour; for “the Lord” is a name of majesty, and as a King was He about to come in…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Nor matters it that Matthew speaks of an ass and its foal, while the others say nothing of the ass; for when both may be conceived, there is no variance even though one relate one thing, and another another, much…
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Luke
The disciples waited upon Christ not only in bringing the colt of another, but also with their own garments, some of which they placed upon the ass, others they strewed in the way.
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According to the other Evangelists, not the disciples only, but very many also out of the crowds scattered their garments in the way.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Mystically, our Lord came to Mount Olivet, that he might plant new olive trees on the heights of virtue. And perhaps the mountain itself is Christ, for who else could bear such fruit of olives abounding in the…
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Rightly are the towns described as placed on Mount Olivet, that is, on the Lord Himself, who rekindles the unction of spiritual graces with the light of knowledge and piety.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
Bethany is interpreted, the house of obedience, but Bethphage the house of cheek bones, being a place belonging to the priests, for cheek bones in the sacrifices were the right of the priests, as it is commanded in…
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For they were in the village, and the colt was tied with its mother, nor could it be loosed except by the command of the Lord. The apostle’s hand looses it. Such was the act, such the life, such the grace. Be such,…
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There were then many masters of this colt, before that the Saviour had need of him. But as soon as He began to be the master, there ceased to be any other. For no one can serve God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24.) When we…
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Now I think this place is not without reason said to be a small village. For as if it were a village without any further name, in comparison of the whole earth the whole heavenly country is despised.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Nor is it for nothing that two disciples are directed thither; Peter to Cornelius, Paul to the rest. And therefore He did not mark out the persons, but determined the number. Still should any one require the persons,…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Or the two sent imply this, that the Prophets and Apostles make up the two steps to the bringing in of the Gentiles, and their subjection to Christ. But they bring the colt from a certain village, that it may be…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Those men who were directed, when they were loosing the colt, did not use their own words, but spoke as Jesus had told them, that you may know that not by their own words, but the word of God, not in their own name…
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The disciples next place their garments upon the ass, and cause the Saviour to sit thereon, inasmuch as they take upon themselves the word of God, and make it to rest upon the souls of their hearers. They divest…
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For it pleased not the Lord of the world to be borne upon the ass’s back, save that in a hidden mystery by a more inward sitting, the mystical Ruler might take His seat in the secret depths of men’s souls, guiding…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 19:28–36 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Luke 19:28–36 (2) (Catena Aurea).