Luke 9:47 (WEB)
Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,
Fathers and councils · 19
Augustine of Hippo
“Luke, again, records none of these things in the order here observed, with the exception of the incident with the little child whom He set before His disciples, for their imitation when they were thinking of their own greatness.” — editor's note: Luke ix. 46–48.
Read the whole comment“…although he did not follow Him; then he parts company with the other two at the point where he tells us how He stedfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem; and after the interposition of a number of subjects, he joins them again in giving the story of the rich man, to whom the word is addressed, “Sell all that…” — editor's note: Luke ix. 46–51.
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Tertullian
“But, behold, Christ takes infants, and teaches how all ought to be like them, if they ever wish to be greater.” — editor's note: Luke ix. 47, 48.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
The devil lays plots of various kinds for them that love the best way of life. And if indeed by carnal allurements he can gain possession of a man’s heart, He sharpens his love of pleasure; but if a man has escaped…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Now it seems that this feeling was excited by the circumstance of their not being able to cure the demoniac. And while they were disputing thereupon, one said, It was not owing to my weakness, but another’s, that he…
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Or, because they saw Peter, James, and John, taken apart to the mount, and the keys of the kingdom of heaven promised to Peter, they were angry that these three, or Peter, should have precedence over all; or because…
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But our Lord, Who knew how to save, seeing in the hearts of the disciples the thought that had risen up thereupon as it were a certain root of bitterness, plucks it up by the roots before it received growth. For when…
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Now herein He either teaches, that the poor of Christ are to be received by those who wish to be greater simply for His honour, or He persuades men that they are children in malice. Hence when He said, Whoever shall…
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For he who receives the followers of Christ, receives Christ; and he who receives the image of God, receives God; but because we cannot see the image of God, it has been made present to us by the incarnation of the…
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Now He still more plainly conveys the meaning of the preceding words, saying, For he that is least among you all, the same shall be great; in which He speaks of the modest man who from honesty thinks nothing high of…
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Because then our Lord had said, He who is least among you all, the same shall be great, John feared, lest perhaps they had done wrong in hindering a certain man by their own power. For a prohibition does not shew the…
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For John loving much, and therefore much beloved, thinks that they should be excluded from the privilege who did not practise obedience.
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But we ought to consider not so much the worker of the miracles, as the grace which was in him, who, by the power of Christ, performed miracles. But what if there should be both those which be numbered together with…
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Now John is not blamed, because he did this from love, but he is taught to know the difference between the strong and the weak. And therefore our Lord though He rewards the stronger, yet does not exclude the weak; as…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
For in the other place when He said, He that is not with me is against me, He shews the Devil and the Jews to be opposed to Him; but here He shews that he who in Christ’s name cast out devils, is partly on their side.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
As if He said, On the side of you who love Christ, are all they who wish to follow those things which conduce to His glory, being crowned with His grace.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Marvel then at the power of Christ, how His grace works by means of the unworthy and those who are not His disciples: as also men are sanctified through the priests, although the priests be not holy.
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Now why does He in this place say that they are not to be hindered, who by the imposition of hands can subdue the unclean spirits, when according to Matthew, He says to these, I never knew you? (Matt. 7:23.) But we…
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Therefore in heretics and false catholics, it becomes us to abhor, and forbid not the common sacraments in which they are with us, and not against us, but the divisions contrary to peace and truth, wherein they are…
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 9:46–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:46–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:46–50 (Catena Aurea).