Matthew 15:31 (WEB)
so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
Catechism · 1
“This zeal, were it not to lapse into "hypocritical" casuistry,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 15:31; Lk 11:39-54.
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“Then Jesus called His disciples unto Him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat,” and so on, down to the words, “And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.”” — editor's note: Matt. xv. 29–38.
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John Chrysostom
“And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them those that were lame, blind, maimed, dumb; and cast themat His feet; and He healed them, insomuch that the multitudes wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see, and they glorified the God of Israel.”” — editor's note: Matt. xv. 29–31. [Comp. the more exact rendering of the R.V., “the dumb speaking,” etc.]
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Having healed the daughter of this Chananaean, the Lord returns into Judaea, as it follows, “And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee.”
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This sea is called by various names; the sea at Galilee, because of its neighbourhood to Galilee; the sea of Tiberias, from the town of Tiberias. “And going up into a mountain, he sat down there.”
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It should be considered that sometimes the Lord goes about to heal the sick, sometimes He sits and waits for them to come; and accordingly here it is added, “And there came great multitudes unto him, having with them…
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What the Latin translator calls ‘debiles’ (maimed), is in the Greek χυλλοὺς, which is not a general term for a maimed person, but a peculiar species, as he that is lame in one foot is called ‘claudus,’ so he that is…
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These shewed their faith in two points especially, in that they went up the mountain, and in that they believed that they had need of nothing beyond but to cast themselves at Jesus’ feet; for they do not now touch…
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He said nothing concerning the maimed, because there was no one word which was the opposite of this.” [ed. note: The Vulgate and old Italic have no clause to χυλλοὺς ὑγιεῖς, (the maimed to be whole) of the Greek,…
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Mystically; Having in the daughter of this Chananaean prefigured the salvation of the Gentiles, Ho came into Judaea; because, “when the fulness of the Gentiles shall have entered in, then shall all Israel be saved.”…
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The sea near to which Jesus came signifies the turbid swellings of this world; it is the sea of Galilee when men pass from virtue to vice.
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He goes up into the mountain, that as a bird He may entice the tender nestlings to fly.
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Thus raising his hearers to meditate on heavenly things. He sat down there to shew that rest is not to be sought but in heavenly things. And as He sits on the mountain, that is, in the heavenly height, there come…
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The dumb are they that do not praise God; the blind, they who do not understand the paths of life; the deaf, they that obey not; the lame, they that walk not firmly through the difficult ways of good works; the…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 15:29–31 (Catena Aurea).