Luke 4:31 (WEB)
He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
Fathers and councils · 21
Augustine of Hippo
“In these things, moreover, Luke is in accord with him.” — editor's note: Matt. iv. 13, vii. 29; Mark i. 16–31; Luke iv. 31–39.
Read the whole comment“…and, without any express indication of the omissions they are making, proceeding precisely as if what they subjoin, followed actually in literal succession.” — editor's note: [The true solution of the difficulty is simple. Our Lord had already left Nazareth and made Capernaum His headquarters (comp. Luke iv. 30, 31). But Augustin…
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Tertullian
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius (for such is Marcion’s proposition) he “came down to the Galilean city of Capernaum,” of course meaning from the heaven of the Creator, to which he had previously descended from his own.” — editor's note: Luke iii. 1 and iv. 31.
Read the whole comment“1, 2—he chose to retain, with chap. iv. 31, at a leap.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Neither indignation at their treatment, nor displeasure at their wickedness, caused our Lord to abandon Judæa, but unmindful of His injuries, and remembering mercy, at one time by teaching, at another by healing, He…
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For although He knew that they were disobedient and hard of heart, He nevertheless visits them, as a good Physician tries to heal those who are suffering from a mortal disease. But He taught them boldly in the…
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The word of the teacher is with power, when he performs that which he teaches. But he who by his actions belies what he preaches is despised.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But He generally intermingles with His teaching the performance of mighty works. For those whose reason does not incline to knowledge, are roused by the manifestation of miracles. Hence it follows, And there was in…
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The work of divine healing commenced on the sabbath, signifying thereby that he began anew where the old creation ceased, in order that He might declare at the very beginning that the Son of God was not under the…
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But the Jews spoke falsely of the glory of Christ, saying, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. To remove this charge, when the devils came beneath His invincible power, and endured not the…
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As if he said, Abstain a while from troubling me, thou who hast no fellowship with our designs.
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It ought not to shock any one that the devil is mentioned in this book as the first to have spoken the name of Jesus of Nazareth. For Christ received not from him that name which an Angel brought down from heaven to…
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He spoke of Him not as a Holy One of God, as if He were like to the other saints, but as being in a remarkable manner the Holy One, with the addition of the article. For He is by nature holy by partaking of whom all…
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For the devils thought by praises of this sort to make Him a lover of vainglory, that He might be induced to abstain from opposing or destroying them by way of grateful return.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
The devil wished also to disturb the order of things, and to deprive the Apostles of their dignity, and to incline the many to obey Him.
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Although he confessed the truth he controlled his tongue, lest with the truth he should also publish his own disgrace, which should teach us not to care for such, although they speak the truth, for we who know the…
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But by the permission of God, the man who was to be delivered from the devil is thrown into the midst, that the power of the Saviour being manifested might bring over many to the way of salvation. As it follows: And…
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As if they said, What is this word by which he commands, Go out, and he went out?
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Holy men were able by the word of God to cast out devils, but the Word Himself does mighty works by His own power.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
In a mystery, the man in the synagogue with the unclean spirit is the Jewish people, which being fast bound in the wiles of the devil, defiled its vaunted cleanliness of body by the pollution of the heart. And truly…
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We must know also that many now have devils, namely, such as fulfil the desires of devils, as the furious have the dæmon of anger; and so of the rest. But the Lord came into the synagogue when the thoughts of the man…
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 4:31–37 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.7.