Luke 4:38 (WEB)
He rose up from the synagogue and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him to help her.
Fathers and councils · 15
Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“But in the Gospel of Luke it is written that “they besought Him for her.” [Luke 4:38] For the Saviour sometimes after being asked, sometimes of His own accord, heals the sick, shewing that He always assents to the prayers of the…” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
““She was taken,” it is said, “with a great fever, and they besought him for her.”” — editor's note: S. Luke iv. 38.
Read the whole comment““And He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”” — editor's note: S. Luke iv. 38.
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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 thus, too, Luke inserts this story of Peter’s mother-in-law after an occurrence which it follows likewise in Mark’s version, but also before that lengthened discourse, which has been reproduced by him, and which may appear to be one with the sermon which Matthew states to have been delivered on the mount.” — editor's note: Luke iv. 38, 39.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Luke having first introduced a man delivered from an evil spirit, goes on to relate the healing of a woman. For our Lord had come to heal each sex, and he ought first to be healed who was first created. Hence it is…
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For He honoured His disciples by dwelling among them, and so making them the more zealous.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now see how Christ abides in the house of a poor man, suffering poverty of His own will for our sakes, that we might learn to visit the poor, and despise not the destitute and needy. It follows: And Simon’s wife’s…
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At one time at the request of others, at another of his own accord, our Saviour cures the sick, shewing that He is far aloof from the passions of sinners, and ever grants the prayer of the faithful, and what they in…
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Because Matthew is silent on the point of asking Him, he does not differ from Luke, or it matters not, for one Gospel had brevity in view, the other accurate research. It follows: And he stood over her, &c.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
Here Luke speaks figuratively, as of a command given to a sensible being, saying, that the fever was commanded, and neglected not the work of Him who commanded it. Hence it follows: And she arose, and ministered unto…
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For since the disease was curable, He shewed His power by the manner of the cure, doing what art could never do. For after the allaying of the fever, the patient needs much time ere he be restored to his former…
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But if we weigh these things with deeper thoughts, we shall consider the health of the mind as well as the body; that the mind which was assailed by the wiles of the devil may be released first. Eve was not a…
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For if we say that a man released from the devil represents morally the mind cleansed from unclean thoughts, consequently a woman vexed by fever, but cured at our Lord’s command, represents the flesh controlled by…
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Let us therefore receive Jesus. For when He has visited us, we carry Him in our heart and mind; He will then extinguish the flames of our unlicensed pleasures, and will make us whole, so that we minister unto Him,…
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Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 9.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:29–31 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:29–31 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:29–31 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.