Matthew 17:22

“And they were exceeding sorry.”” — editor's note: Matt. xvii. 21, 22.

“And after a little while again, when He had cast out the devil, which His disciples were not able to cast out; for then too, “As they abode in Galilee,” so it saith, “Jesus said unto them, The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinfulmen, and they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall rise again.”” — editor's note: [“Sinful” (ἁμαρτωλν) is omitted in some mss. of the Homily. It does not occur in Matt. xvii. 22, but is taken from Luke xxiv. 7. Comp. Homily LVIII. at the…

The Lord often foretold to His disciples the mysteries of His passion, in order that when they come to pass, they might be the lighter to them from having been known beforehand.

This seems to be so like a warning He had given above, that a man might easily say that the Lord now repeated what He had said before; yet is it not so; He had not before said that He must be betrayed, but we hear…

Thus does He ever mix the joyful and the grievous; if it grieves them that He is to be put to death, they ought to be gladdened when they hear, “And shall rise again, the third day.”

For this is no long time that He speaks of continuing in death, when He says that He shall rise again on the third day.

By this announcement of the Lord the disciples were made very sorrowful, not attending to that He said, “And shall rise again the third day,” nor considering what He must be to whom the space of three days was enough…

That they were thus made exceeding sorrowful, came not of their lack of faith; but out of their love of their Master they could not endure to hear of any hurt or indignity for Him.

Matthew 17:22 and Mark 9:31 share the same wording (11 words).

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 17:22–23 (Catena Aurea).