Luke 21:16 (WEB)
You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
Fathers and councils · 19
Augustine of Hippo
“For they all introduce it in their narratives, and that, too, in the same order.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 3-xxv. 46; Mark xiii. 4–37; Luke xxi. 7–36.
Read the whole comment“And the three other evangelists make it sufficiently clear that He had uttered such predictions prior to the approach of the supper: which was over, according to John, when He spake, and added, “And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 9; Mark xiii. 9–13; and Luke xxi. 12–17.
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Aphrahat
“For He wrote before for us:—Your fathers and your brothers and your family will deliver you up, and all men shall hate you for My name’s sake.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 16, 17.
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Tertullian
“That persecutions from one’s nearest friends are predicted, and calumny out of hatred to His name, I need not again refer to.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 16, 17.
Read the whole comment“Marcion also erased of chap. xxi. the first eighteen verses, as well as verses 21 and 22, on account of this clause, “that all things which are written may be fulfilled;” xx. 16 was…” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Because the things which have been prophesied of arise not from the injustice of the inflictor of them, but from the deserts of the world which suffers them, the deeds or wicked men are foretold; as it is said, But…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Or He says this, because before that Jerusalem should be taken by the Romans, the disciples, having suffered persecution from the Jews, were imprisoned and brought before rulers; Paul was sent to Rome to Cæsar, and…
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Or, for a testimony, that is, against those who by persecuting you bring death upon themselves, or living do not imitate you, or themselves becoming hardened perish without excuse, from whom the elect take example…
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For because they were foolish and inexperienced, the Lord tells them this, that they might not be confounded when about to give account to the wise. And He adds the cause, For I will give you a mouth and wisdom,…
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As if the Lord said to His disciples, “Be not afraid, go forward to the battle, it is I that fight; you utter the words, I am He that speaketh.”
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Now in one place Christ speaks in His disciples, as here; in another, the Father; (Mat. 16:17) in another the Spirit of the Father speaketh. (Mat. 10:20.) These do not differ but agree together, In that one speaketh,…
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Having in what has gone before dispelled the fear of inexperience, He goes on to warn them of another very certain event, which might agitate their minds, lest falling suddenly upon them, it should dismay them; for…
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We are the more galled by the persecutions we suffer from those of whose dispositions we made sure, because together with the bodily pain, we are tormented by the bitter pangs of lost affection.
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But let us consider the state of things at that time. While all men were suspected, kinsfolk were divided against one another, each differing from the other in religion; the gentile son stood up the betrayer of his…
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To all this He adds the hatred which they shall meet with from all men.
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But because of the hard things foretold concerning the affliction of death, there immediately follows a consolation, concerning the joy of the resurrection, when it is said, But there shall not an hair of your head…
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Or else, There shall not perish a hair of the head of our Lord’s Apostles, because not only the noble deeds and words of the Saints, but even the slightest thought shall meet with its deserving reward.
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He who preserves patience in adversity, is thereby rendered proof against all affliction, and so by conquering himself, he gains the government of himself; as it follows, In your patience shall ye possess your souls.…
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By patience then we possess our souls, because when we are said to govern ourselves, we begin to possess that very thing which we are. But for this reason, the possession of the soul is laid in the virtue of…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 21:12–19 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 21:12–19 (Catena Aurea).