Matthew 13:49 (WEB)
So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
Fathers and councils · 13
Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“And he shews that His officers are the angels, of whom he says, The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; (Matt. 13:49.) but it is added, I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence till thou hast paid the very last mite.” — the author cites it
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“(Matt. 13:49.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Whoso hath ears to hear, let him hear:” and whilst the net which is cast into the sea, and gathers together all kinds of fishes, as saith the holy Gospel, is being drawn unto the shore, that is, unto the end of the world, let him separate himself…” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 47–50
Read the whole comment“The Lord saith, “The kingdom of Heaven is like to a sein cast into the sea, which gathereth of every kind, which, when it had been filled, drawing out, and sitting on the shore, they gathered the good into vessels, but the evil they cast out: so it shall be,” He saith, “in the consummation of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 47–49.
Read the whole comment“…she soberly rejoices, rejoicing only in hope, there are many reprobate mingled with the good, and both are gathered together by the gospel as in a drag net; and in this world, as in a sea, both swim enclosed without distinction in the net, until it is brought ashore, when the wicked must be separated from the…” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 47–50.
Read the whole comment“And in explanation of what that shore was, He added, “So will it be in the end of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 48, 49.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
In the foregoing parables He has commended the Gospel preaching; now, that we may not trust in preaching only, nor think that faith alone is sufficient for our salvation, He adds another fearful parable, saying,…
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In fulfilment of that prophecy of Hieremias, who said, “I will send unto you many fishers,” [Jer 16:16] when Peter and Andrew, James and John, heard the words, “Follow me, I will make you fishers of men,” they put…
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Or otherwise; The Holy Church is likened to a net, because it is given into the hands of fishers, and by it each man is drawn into the heavenly kingdom out of the waves of this present world, that he should not be…
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For when the net shall be drawn to the shore, then shall be shewn the true test for separating the fishes.
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Wherein does this parable differ from the parable of the tares? There, as here, some perish and some are saved; but there, because of their heresy of evil dogmas; in the first parable of the sower, because of their…
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To fear becomes us here, rather than to expound; for the torments of sinners are pronounced in plain terms, that none might plead his ignorance, should eternal punishment be threatened in obscure sayings.
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For when the end of the world shall be come, then shall be shewn the true test of separating the fishes, and as in a sheltered harbour the good shall be sent into the vessels of heavenly abodes, but the flame of hell…
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 12:58–59 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.49.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 12:58–59 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 12:58–59 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 17:26–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 17:26–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 17:26–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 17:26–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 17:26–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.49.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 11.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 13:47–50 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.49.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.49.