Matthew 24:14 (WEB)
This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Fathers and councils · 34
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.13Book II
“…back in thought to Him who then taught and said, “This Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles,” and beholds, agreeably to His words, the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached in the whole world under heaven to Greeks and Barbarians, wise and foolish alike?” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV
“And again: “This Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached among all nations.”” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxiv. 14.
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John Damascene
“First, then, it is requisite that the Gospel should be preached among all nations, as the Lord said, and then he will come to refute the impious Jews.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxiv. 14.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Mark
“Matthew adds, “And then shall the end come.” [Matt 24:14]” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Thou hast this sign also: And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And He shall send His angels with a great trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the heights of heaven, even into the farthest bounds thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 4–31.
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Augustine of Hippo
“From this place then His doctrine and the authority of the heavenly ministry setting out, is enlarged even unto the ends of the round world, when there is preached the Gospel of the kingdom in the whole world, for a testimony unto all nations: and then shall come the end.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
Read the whole comment“Again, what Matthew states in this form, “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come,” is given also in the same connection by Mark in the following manner: “And the gospel must first be published among all nations.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
Read the whole comment“Just as the Lord Himself teaches in the Gospel that the day of judgment will take place at the very time when the gospel shall have been preached among all nations: a thing which belongs to the hallowing of God’s name.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
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John Chrysostom
“He said that “when the Gospel should have been preached among all the nations, then the end shall come” ( Matt. xxiv. 14 ); lo! now ye have arrived at the end: for the greater part of the world hath been preached to, therefore the end is now at hand.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For “this Gospel of the Kingdoms,” saith He, “shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14. [“All the nations,” so R.V., and comp. what follows here.—R.]
Read the whole comment“This, we may observe, He saith elsewhere also; “This gospel shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all the nations, and then shall the end come;”to the nations, to them that obey not, to them that believe not.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
Read the whole comment“Therefore He added moreover, “And this gospel shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all nations, and then shall the end come,”of the downfall of Jerusalem.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14. [“Of the kingdom” omitted.]
Read the whole comment“For what He said above, “All these must come to pass,”and again, “the gospel shall be preached,”this He declares here also, saying, All these things shall surely come to pass, and the generation of the faithful shall remain, cut off by none of the things that have been mentioned.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 14.
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Basil the Great
“A Christian ought not to wait for an opportunity for his own amendment, because there is no certainty about the morrow; for many after many devices have not reached the morrow.” — editor's note: cf. Matt. xxiv. 14; Luke xii. 40.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
For what desert so many evils are to be brought upon Jerusalem, and the whole Jewish province the Lord shews, when He adds, “Then shall they deliver you up, &c.”
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or otherwise; The disciples when they heard these things which were spoken of Jerusalem might suppose that they should be beyond reach of harm, as though what they now heard was the sufferings of others, while they…
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
But how should the people of Christ be hated by the nations who dwelt in the uttermost parts of the earth? But one may perhaps say, that in this place all is put hyperbolically for many. But this that He says, “Then…
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Having named two sources of opposition, that from seducers, and that from enemies, He adds a third, that from false brethren; “And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one…
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
As the capture of Jerusalem approached, many rose up, calling themselves Christians, and deceived many , such Paul calls “false brethren,” John “Antichrists.”
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Such Was Nicolaus, one of the seven deacons, who led astray many by his pretences. And Simon Magus who, armed with diabolic works and words, perverted many by false miracles.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
And He adds, what is still more cruel, that such false Prophets shall have no alleviation in charity; “Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
That is, true love towards God and our neighbour, in proportion as each surrenders himself to iniquity, in that proportion will the flame of charity in his heart be extinguished.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Observe, He says, “the love of many,” not ‘of all,’ for in the Apostles, and those like them, love would continue, as Paul speaks, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” [Rom 8:35]
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Whoso shall endure unto the end,” i.e. to the end of his life; for whoso to the end of his life shall persevere in the confession of the name of Christ, and in love, he shall be saved.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Then that they should not say, How then shall we live among so many evils? He promises not only that they should live, but that they should teach every where. “And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all…
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For the Lord knew that the hearts of the disciples would be made sad by the destruction of Jerusalem, and overthrow of their nation, and He therefore comforts them with a promise that more of the Gentiles should…
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That before the taking of Jerusalem the Gospel was preached every where, hear what Paul says, “Their sound is gone out into all the earth;” [Rom 10:18] and see himself travelling from Jerusalem into Spain. And if one…
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But the whole passage might be referred to the end of the world. For then “shall many be offended,” and depart from the faith, when they see the numbers and wealth of the wicked, and the miracles of Antichrist, and…
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
And the sign of the Lord’s second coming is, that the Gospel shall be preached in all the world, so that all may be without excuse.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
And that, “Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake,” might be then applied thus; That indeed at this time all nations are conspired together against the Christians, but that when the things foretold by Christ…
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But that this preaching “the Gospel of the kingdom in all the world” was accomplished by the Apostles, we have not any certain evidence, to prove. There are numberless barbarous nations in Africa, among whom the…
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When every nation shall have heard the preaching of the Gospel, then shall come the end of the world. For at this time there are many nations, not of barbarians only, but of our own, who have not yet heard the word…
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Morally; He who shall see that glorious second coming of the word of God into his soul, must needs suffer in proportion to the measure of his proficiency assaults of opposing influences, and Christ in him must be…
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:9–13 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:9–13 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:9–13 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:9–13 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:9–13 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.13.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:9–14 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:9–14 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.13.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.