Mark 16:14 (WEB)
Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
Catechism · 1
“When Jesus reveals himself to the Eleven on Easter evening, "he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen."” — Catechism footnote: Mk 16:14.
Fathers and councils · 18
Jerome
“Mark xvi. 14.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“To the eleven as they sat at meat, because they should not again eat with Him upon earth, related by Mark. [Mark 16:14]” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“In like manner, when He appeared after His death to His disciples, He upbraided them with their unbelief, (Mark 16:14.) and thus having calmed the swelling waves, He made plain to all the power of His divinity.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“It is further to be observed, that Matthew has also introduced a notice to the effect that, as the women who had seen and heard all these things were going…” — editor's note: [Augustin makes no allusion to the doubtful genuineness of Mark xvi. 9–20. The passage appears in nearly all early Latin codices.—R.]
Read the whole comment“A difficulty, however, is created by the circumstance that his terms are these: “Lastly, He appeared unto those eleven as they sat at meat.”” — editor's note: Mark xvi. 14.
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Leo the Great
“On it the apostles take from the Lord’s hands the trumpet of the gospel which is to be preached to all nations, and receive the sacrament of regeneration which they are to bear to the whole world.” — editor's note: Sacramentum regenerationis: the reference in the first part of the sentence seems to be S. Mark xvi. 15, and here in the latter part to S. Matt. xxviii. 19,…
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Mark
Mark, when about to finish his Gospel, relates the last appearance of our Lord to His disciples after His Resurrection, saying, “For the last time He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat.”
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We should observe that Luke says in the Acts, “As He was eating with them [convescens] He commanded that they should not depart from Jerusalem,” [Acts 1:4] and shortly afterwards, “while they beheld He was taken up.”…
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But He appeared when all the eleven were together, that all might be witnesses, and relate to all men what they had seen and heard in common. It goes on: “And upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,…
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But how was this done “the last time?” The last occasion on which the Apostles saw the Lord upon earth happened forty days after the Resurrection; but would He then have upbraided them for not believing those who had…
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Another reason also why our Lord rebuked His disciples, when He left them as to His bodily presence, was, that the words which He spoke on leaving them might remain more deeply impressed upon the hearts of His hearers.
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But He rebukes their want of faith, that faith might take its place; He rebukes the hardness of their stony heart, that the fleshy heart, full of love, might take its place.
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After rebuking the hardness of their hearts, let us hear the words of advice which He speaks. For it goes on: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Every man must be understood by…
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Or else; to every creature, that is, whether believing or unbelieving. It goes on: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” For it is not enough to believe, for he who believeth and is not baptized, but is…
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But perhaps some one may say in himself, I have already believed, I shall be saved. He says what is true, if he keeps his faith by works; for that is a true faith, which does not contradict by its deeds what it says…
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What shall we say here about infants, who by reason of their age cannot yet believe; for as to older persons there is no question. In the Church then of our Saviour, children believe by others, as also they drew from…
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That is, they shall scatter before them serpents, whether intellectual or sensible, as it is said, Ye shall tread upon serpents and scorpions, [Luke 10:19] which is understood spiritually. But it may also mean…
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Are we then without faith because we cannot do these signs? Nay, but these things were necessary in the beginning of the Church, for the faith of believers was to be nourished by miracles, that it might increase.…
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §643.
Cited together in Catechism §643.
Cited together in Catechism §643.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §643 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea).