Matthew 11:14 (WEB)
If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
Catechism · 1
“John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 11:13-14.
Fathers and councils · 20
Tertullian
“…when He said, “Elias is come already, and they knew him not;” and again, in another passage, “And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 14.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.4Conference VIII
“…view need not interfere with the former, if neither of them is found to be opposed to the faith: as in this case: where Elias came in the person of John, and is again to be the precursor of the Lord’s Advent: and in the matter of the “Abomination of desolation” which “stood in the holy place,” by means of that…” — editor's note: Cf. S. Matt. xi. 14.
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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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Catena Aurea on John
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
“(Mat.” — the author cites it
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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 the Lord said, “Elias is already come, and they have done unto him what they listed;” and, if you wish to know, John the Baptist is he.” — editor's note: Matt. xvii. 10–13; Matt. xi. 14, Vulg.
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John Chrysostom
“He had already told them, “He is Elias, which was for to come;”but here, that he hath come; and again, that “Elias cometh and will restore all things.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 14.
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Jerome
“She was filled with admiration for the manner of life followed by Elijah and by John the Baptist; both of whom confined and mortified their loins with girdles of skin, while the second of them is said to have come in the spirit and power of Elijah as the forerunner of the Lord.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 14; Luke i. 17.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 14, 15.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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.
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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.”
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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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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.4.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.3.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.3.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.3.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.3.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.3.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.4.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 11:12–15 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.