Mark 15:31 (WEB)
Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.
Fathers and councils · 8
Augustine of Hippo
“Mark and Luke, although they report the words differently, nevertheless agree in conveying the same meaning, although the one passes without notice something which the other mentions.” — editor's note: Mark xv. 29–32; Luke xxiii. 35–37.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
The foal of Judah has been tied to the vine, and his clothes dyed in the blood of the grape, [Gen 49:11] and the kids tear the vine, blaspheming Christ, and wagging their heads. Wherefore it is said: “And they that…
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For the passers by blasphemed Christ, reproaching Him as a seducer. But the devil moved them to bid Him come down from the Cross; for he knew that salvation was being won by the Cross, therefore he again proceeded to…
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Thus also they confess, though against their will, that He saved many. Therefore your words condemn you, for He who saved others could have saved Himself. It goes on: “Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from…
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Afterwards they saw Him arise from the grave, though they would not believe that He could come down from the tree of the Cross. Where, O Jews, is your lack of faith? Your own selves I appeal to; your own selves I…
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How can this be, when according to Luke one only reviled Him, but was rebuked by the other who believed on God; unless we understand that Matthew and Mark, who touched but slightly on this place, put the plural for…
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Or else, both at first reviled Him, then one recognizing Him as innocent, rebukes the other for blaspheming Him.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:29–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 15:29–32 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.