Matthew 11:13 (WEB)
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Catechism · 2
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“"Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last.” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:76; cf. 7:26; Mt 11:13.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 11:13-14.
Fathers and councils · 27
Jerome
“And whereas our Lord said in the Gospel: “The law and the prophets were until John,” they because they were virgins are related to have prophesied even after John.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13.
Read the whole comment“I delayed for a little while the production of proofs from the Old Testament, because, wherever the Old Testament is against them they are accustomed to cry out that the Law and the Prophets were until John.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13.
Read the whole comment“As such he prophesied while still in his mother’s womb, and before the day of judgment won the commendation of the Judge.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 7–14. Jerome here borrows a phrase from Cyprian, de Op. et El. xv.
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Tertullian
“And justly does the evangelist write, “The law and the prophets (were) until John” the Baptist.” — editor's note: Or rather, our Lord Himself. See Matt. xi. 13; Luke xvi. 16.
Read the whole comment“…prophetical antiquities having been abolished: for wherever it suits their wishes, they recognise what is the meaning of “the Law and the prophets until John.”” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 16; Matt. xi. 13.
Read the whole comment“…according to Jeremiah; and “forgetful of former things, we are reaching forward,” according to the apostle; and “the law and the prophets (were) until John,” according to the Lord.” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. xi. 13; Luke xvi. 16.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“The end he was of the Prophets: for all the Prophets and the law were until John: but of the Gospel history he was the first-fruit.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13.
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Justin Martyr
“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.’” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 12–15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This whole section relating to John the Baptist, touching the message which he sent to Jesus, and the tenor of the reply which those whom he despatched received, and the terms in which the Lord spoke of John after the departure of these persons, is introduced also by Luke.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 1–19.
Read the whole comment“And sometimes that which was given by Moses is specially called the Law: as it is said, “The Law and the Prophets were until John;” and, “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13
Read the whole comment“…was to come, but by prophetic knowledge pointed Him out though unknown; for which reason the Lord Himself says, “The law and the prophets were until John.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13.
Read the whole comment“…the Physician replied to the madmen, “They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 11–13.
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John Chrysostom
““For all the prophets,” saith He, “and the law prophesied until John.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“What is written below that “the Law and the Prophets were until John,” [Matt 11:13] is said, because there should be no prophecy concerning Christ after He was come.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
That what He had last said should not lead any to suppose that John was an alien from the kingdom of heaven, He corrects this by adding, “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
By the kingdom of heaven is meant the heavenly throne, wither when sinners defiled with any evil deed return in penitence, and amend themselves, they enter as sinners into the place of another, and take by violence…
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because John the Baptist was the first who preached repentance to the people, saying, “Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand;” rightly therefore from that day forth it may be said, that “the kingdom of…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Otherwise; The Lord bade His Apostles go “to the lost sheep of Israel,” but all their preaching conveyed profit to the publicans and sinners. Therefore “the kingdom suffers violence, and the violent take it by…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or; All who come thereto with haste take by force the kingdom of God through the faith of Christ; whence He says, “from the days of John until now,” and thus He brings them in haste to His faith, and at the same time…
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Not that He cuts off all Prophets after John; for we read in the Acts of the Apostles that Agabus prophesied, and also four virgins daughters of Philip; but He means that the Law and the Prophets whom we have…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Then He adds another token of him, saying, “And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come.” The Lord speaks in Malachias, “I will send you Elias the Tishbite;” [Mal 4:5] and of the same again, “Behold, I…
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John then is said to be Elias, not according to the foolish philosophers, and certain heretics who bring forward their metempsychosis, or passing of the soul from one body to another; but because (as it is in another…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“If ye will receive it,” shewing their freedom, and requiring of them a willing mind. John the Baptist is Elias, and Elias is John, because both were forerunners of Christ.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
That He says, “This is Elias,” is figurative, and needs to be explained, as what follows, shews; “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
As much as to say, whoso has ears of the heart to hear, that is, to understand, let him understand; for He did not say that John was Elias in person, but in the Spirit.
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Clement of Alexandria
“This, then, is the type of “the law and the prophets which were until John;” while he, though speaking more perspicuously as no longer prophesying, but pointing out as now present, Him, who was proclaimed symbolically from the beginning, nevertheless said, “I am not worthy to loose the latchet of the Lord’s shoe.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13; Luke xvi. 16.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In the Gospel also: “All the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 13.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:15–20 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.8.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.10.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.10.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:15–20 (2) (Catena Aurea).