Matthew 10:23 (WEB)
But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.
Fathers and councils · 34
Origen
“…rashness, gave them the precept, “If they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another; and if they persecute you in the other, flee again into a third,” to which teaching He added the example of a consistent life, acting so as not to expose Himself to danger rashly, or unseasonably, or without good grounds;…” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. x. 23.
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Jerome
“Matt. x. 22–34.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““The rocks” then “are a refuge for the conies” who when they are persecuted in one city flee into another and have no fear that the prophetic words “refuge failed me” will be fulfilled in their case.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
Read the whole comment“Certainly you are hale and strong; and like a new apostle of Antichrist, when you are found out in one city, you pass to another.” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. x. 23.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Mat.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For this cause we must hide ourselves and flee; for perhaps we shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man be come.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.3Conference VIII
“…flee to another;” and: “if thou wilt be perfect, go, sell all that thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come follow Me.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 39; x. 23; xix. 21.
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Tertullian
““When they begin,” He says, “to persecute you, flee from city to city.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
Read the whole comment“Why, even in persecutions it is better to take advantage of the permission granted, and “flee from town to town,” than, when apprehended and racked, to deny (the faith).” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23; perhaps confused with xxiii. 34.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“At first, according to the precept of the Gospel, Marcus endeavoured to make his escape; but when he became aware that some of his own people were apprehended in his stead, he returned and gave himself up to the men of blood.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23
Read the whole comment“…doeth God service,” and “Straight is the gate and narrow the way which leadeth unto life,” and “When they persecute you in this city flee you into another,” and I might quote all similar passages.” — editor's note: Matth. x. 23
Read the whole comment“Our Lord gave us this lesson when He bade those that are persecuted in one city flee to another and again commanded them to quit even this and depart to another.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23
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Sozomen
“Demophilus assembled the people, acquainted them with the imperial edict, and informed them that it was his intention to hold a church the next day without the walls of the city, in accordance, he said, with the Divine law, which commands us when we are persecuted in one city to “flee unto another.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
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Augustine of Hippo
“They to whom was said, If they shall have persecuted you in one city, flee ye into another; had this said to them, that neither in flesh they should stick, nor in spirit.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
Read the whole comment“For in body it is lawful to flee; it is allowed, it is permitted; for the Lord saith, “When they persecute you in one city, flee to another.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
Read the whole commentChapter XXX.—Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes, He Sent His Disciples, Giving Them Power to Work Cures, and Charged Them with Many Instructions, Directing Them…
Read the whole comment“Or for this reason ought not the Lord either to have said this, “If they shall persecute you in one city, flee ye to another,” namely, because He hath said, “If ye shall ask of the Father any thing in My name, He will give it you.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23
Read the whole comment“As He was going to say to His disciples, “When they have persecuted you in this city, flee ye into another;” He gave them Himself this example.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
Read the whole comment“For all had heard from the Shepherd Himself, “If they persecute you in one city, flee ye into another.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
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John Chrysostom
“Matt. X. 23.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Wherefore the Lord, to use His own word, wills us to flee in the time of persecution from one city to another; so that no one, whilst longing for the crown of martyrdom, may put himself in the way of dangers which possibly the weak flesh or a mind indulged could not bear and endure.” — editor's note: S. Matt. x. 23.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“During the evil days he lived in retirement, obedient herein to our Christian law, which bids us, when occasion offers, to make ventures on behalf of the truth, and not be traitors to our religion from cowardice; yet refrain, as long as may…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But forasmuch as it was said above, When they persecute you in one city, flee ye to another,” [Matt 10:23] it belongs to the wise in Christ to judge when the season requires that he shun, and when that he go to meet dangers.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Having foretold the fearful things which should come upon them after His Cross, resurrection, and ascension, He leads them to gentler prospects; He does not bid them presumptuously to offer themselves for…
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This must be referred to the time when the Apostles were sent to preach, when it was said to them, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles;” they should not fear, but may shun persecution. This we see the believers did…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
Not that the Saviour was unable to protect His disciples, does He here bid them fly, and Himself give them an example of it, but He instructed man’s weakness, that he should not presume to tempt God, when he has…
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He might have suffered them to lay violent hands upon themselves, that they might not fall into the hands of their persecutors. Therefore if He neither commanded nor allowed this mode of departure from this world to…
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But that they should not say, What then if we fly from persecution, and again they cast us out thence whither we have fled? To remove this fear, He says, “Verily, I say unto you, ye shall not have completed, &c.”…
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Or; He foretels that they shall not have brought all the cities of Israel to the faith by their preaching, before the Lord’s resurrection be accomplished, and a commission given them to preach the Gospel throughout…
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Otherwise; He exhorts to fly from place to place; for His preaching driven from Judaea, first passing into Greece; then, wearied with divers sufferings of the Apostles up and down the cities of Greece, it takes an…
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Let the servants of Christ then do as He commanded, or permitted them; as He fled into Egypt, let them fly from city to city, whenever any one of them is marked out for persecution; that the Church be not deserted,…
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Be it known moreover, that as this precept respecting endurance under persecution specially belongs to the Apostles and their successors, men of fortitude, so the permission to fly is sufficiently proper for the weak…
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Spiritually, we may say; When they shall persecute you in one book or one passage of Scripture, let us flee to other volumes, for however contentious the adversary may be, protection will come from the Saviour before…
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Clement of Alexandria
“When, again, He says, “When they persecute you in this city, flee ye to the other,” He does not advise flight, as if persecution were an evil thing; nor does He enjoin them by flight to avoid death, as if in dread of it, but wishes us neither…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 23.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 20:17–19 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 20:17–19 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 20:17–19 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.3.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 35.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 35.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 35.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 35.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.9.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 35.