Matthew 28:12 (WEB)
When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
Catechism · 1
“In itself it is not a direct proof of Resurrection; the absence of Christ's body from the tomb could be explained otherwise.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 20:13; Mt 28:11-15.
Fathers and councils · 16
Augustine of Hippo
“We give you, they say, money; and say ye, while yourselves were sleeping there came His disciples, and took Him away.…Sleeping witnesses ye adduce: truly thou thyself hast fallen asleep, that in searching such devices hast failed.” — editor's note: Matt. xxviii. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“Give them also those guards at the Tomb, let them recount what they have seen, let them take money and lie too.…They too were added to the lie of the enemies: increased was the number of liars, that increased might be the reward of believers.” — editor's note: Matt. xxviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“Finally, he adds that they took the money, and did as they had been taught, and that this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.” — editor's note: Matt. xxviii. 11–15.
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John Chrysostom
“Matt. XXVIII. 11-14.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Of the signs which were shewn around Christ, some were common to the whole world, as the darkness; some peculiar to the watch, as the wonderful apparition of Angels, and the earthquake, which were wrought for the…
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
Simple minds, and unlearned country-folk, often make manifest without guile the truth of a matter, as the thing is; but on the other hand, a crafty wickedness studies how to recommend falsehood by glosing words.
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Thus the Chief Priests, who ought to have been by this turned to penitence, and to seek Jesus risen, persevere in their wickedness, and convert the money which was given for the use of the Temple to the purchase of a…
Read the whole comment - Peter ChrysologusCatena Aurea on Matthew
Not content to have put the Master to death, they plot how they may destroy the disciples, and make the Master’s power matter of charge against His disciples. The soldiers indeed lost Him, the Jews missed Him, but…
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How should the disciples carry Him away by stealth, men poor, and of no station, and who scarcely dared to shew themselves? They fled when afterwards they saw Christ alive, how, when He was dead, would they not have…
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
But if the guards slept, how saw they the theft? And if they saw it not, how could they witness thereto? So that what they desire to shew, they cannot shew.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
That the fear of the Governor might not restrain them from this lie, they promise them impunity.
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See how all are corrupted; Pilate persuaded; the people stirred up; the soldiers bribed; as it follows, “And they took the money, and did as they were instructed.” If money prevailed with a disciple. so far as to…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
The concealment of the Resurrection, and the false allegation of theft, is purchased by money; because by the honour of this world, which consists in money and desire, Christ’s glory is denied.
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But as the guilt of His blood, which they imprecated upon themselves and their children, presses them down with a heavy weight of sin, so the purchase of the lie, by which they deny the truth of the Resurrection,…
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“Among the Jews,” not among the Christians; what in Judaea the Jew concealed by his gold, is by faith blazed abroad throughout the world.
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All who abuse to other purposes the money of the Temple, and the contributions for the use of the Church, purchasing with them their own pleasure, are like the Scribes and Priests who bought this lie, and the blood…
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