Mark 6:2 (WEB)
When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?
Fathers and councils · 13
Tertullian
“…not of one only, as in the case of Socrates’ own demon; but of seven spirits as in the case of the Magdalene; and of a legion in number, as in the Gadarene.” — editor's note: Mark vi. 1–9.
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.16Book VI
“…and who had not studied literature—not merely that of the Greeks, but not even that of the Hebrews—as the truth-loving Scriptures testify regarding Him, had read Plato, and being pleased with the opinion he expressed regarding rich men, to the effect that “it was impossible to be distinguished for goodness and…” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xiii. 54, Mark vi. 2, and John vii. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Now Mark, indeed, gives this passage in terms almost precisely identical with those which meet us in Matthew; with the one exception, that what he says the Lord was called by His fellow-townsmen is, “the carpenter, and the son of Mary,” and not, as Matthew tells us, the “carpenter’s son.”” — editor's note: Mark vi. 1–6.
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Jerome
“Mark also and Matthew, “And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogues, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and mighty works?” — editor's note: S. Matt. xiii. 54, 55. S. Mark vi. 1–3.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
After the miracles which have been related, the Lord returns into His own country, not that He was ignorant that they would despise Him, but that they might have no reason to say, If Thou hadst come, we had believed…
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He means by His country, Nazareth, in which He was brought up. But how great the blindness of the Nazarenes! they despise Him, Who by His words and deeds they might know to be the Christ, solely on account of His…
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Matthew indeed says that He was called the son of a carpenter; nor are we to wonder, since both might have been said, for they believed Him to be a carpenter, because He was the son of a carpenter.
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Jesus is called the son of a workman, of that one, however, whose work was the morning and the sun, that is, the first and second Church, as a figure of which the woman and the damsel are healed.
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For although human things are not to be compared with divine, still the type is complete, because the Father of Christ works by fire and spirit. It goes on: “The brother of James, and Joses, of Jude, and of Simon.…
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Oftentimes also the origin of a man brings him contempt, as it is written, “Who is the son of Jesse?” [1 Sam 25:10] for the Lord “hath respect unto the lowly; as to the proud, He beholdeth them afar off.”
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Or again, if the prophet has noble relations, his countrymen hate them, and on that account do not honour the prophet. There follows, “And He could there do no mighty work, &c.” What, however, is here expressed by He…
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Not as if He Who knows all things before they are done, wonders at what He did not expect or look forward to, but knowing the hidden things of the heart, and wishing to intimate to men that it was wonderful, He…
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 25.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.16.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 6:1–6 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 6:1–6 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.16.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.16.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.16.