Matthew 8:11 (WEB)
I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
Catechism · 1
“First announced to the children of Israel, this messianic kingdom is intended to accept men of all nations.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 8:11 10:5-7; 28:19.
Fathers and councils · 57
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…shall come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;” and then again by saying to the Jews, “When ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of heaven, but you yourselves cast…” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“But the children of the kingdom shall go into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11, 12.
Read the whole comment“…promised inheritance, in which kingdom the Lord declared, that “many coming from the east and from the west should sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
“Now our Lord in no wise contradicts Himself when He says, that there are few who enter in at the strait gate, and elsewhere, Many shall come from the east and the west; (Matt. 8:11.) for there are few in comparison with those who are lost, many when united with the angels.” — the author cites it
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Justin Martyr
“…west], and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness.’” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“‘For they shall come,’ He said, ‘from the west and from the east, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness.’” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11 f.
Read the whole comment“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness.’” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11 f.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore have many “come from the East and the West,” and have attained “to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of Heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“…the whole round world repeopled by the three sons of Noe: for from East and West and North and South shall come they that shall sit down with the Patriarchs, while those shall have been driven without, that have been born of their flesh and have not imitated their faith.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“These are the very three patriarchs, whose God He calleth Himself in a special sense, whom the Lord also doth name in the New Testament, where He saith, “Many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“…at home sick of the palsy, and he is grievously tormented;” and so forth, on to the place where it is said, “And his servant was healed in the self-same hour.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 5–13.
Read the whole comment“…from another, according to their deserts, there is this great gift bestowed in common, to sit down in the kingdom of God with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, who not for the sake of this world, but for the sake of Christ, were husbands, for the sake of Christ were fathers.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11
Read the whole comment“Therefore, said He, on occasion of the commendation of the Centurion’s faith, as in the flesh an alien, but of the household in heart, “Therefore I say unto you, Many shall come from the east and west.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment““Therefore,”—that is, because “I have not found so great faith in Israel,” that is, so great humility with faith,—“Therefore I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“…and as the sand of the sea;” is that also written, “Many shall come from the East and West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, in the kingdom of God.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“But speaking of another feast, He subjoined, “and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“In that heavenly Banquet, of which he saith, “Verily I say unto you, Many shall come from the East and West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“For the Lord Christ would not contradict Himself, who hath said, “Many there are who enter in by the narrow gate, many who go to ruin through the wide gate;” contradict Himself, who hath in another place said, “Many shall come from the East and West.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“Show us that they shall be cut off: “But the children of the kingdom shall go into outer darkness.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 5–12.
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John Chrysostom
“Yea, for “many shall come,” saith He, “from east and west, and shall lie down in the bosoms of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment““Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down in the bosoms of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11, 12. [For “with” Chrysostom substitutes “in the bosom of” (ε το κλπου), commenting upon the term below (sec. 5). There is no authority for this…
Read the whole comment“And that “men shall come from the east and from the west, and shall recline in the bosoms of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“…He had said, “Many shall come from east and west and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11, 12.
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Jerome
“In you the Lord’s words are now truly fulfilled: “many shall come from the east and west and shall sit down with Abraham.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
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Ambrose of Milan
“We see, then, that heaven is open to virtue, and that this is the privilege not only of a few: “For many shall come from the east and from the west, and the north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God,” giving expression to the enjoyment of perpetual rest since the motions of their souls are stilled.” — editor's note: S. Matt. viii. 11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“In the Gospel the Lord says: “Many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall lie down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; but the children of the kingdom shall go out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 11, 12.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.20On Virginity
“…his own zeal and labours; a distinction which only those can boast of who are “sons of the light” and children of God, and are styled “nobles from the sunrise” because of their splendid deeds.” — editor's note: See S. Matt. viii. 11; S. Luke xiii. 29. The same expression (εὐγενὴς τῶν ἀφ᾽ ἡλίου ἀνατολῶν) is used of Meletius, in Gregory’s funeral oration on him.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…is like unto ten virgins.” [Matt 25:1] Of the abode above, as, “Many shall come from the East and the West, and shall sit down in the Kingdom of Heaven.” [Matt 8:11] And all these significations may be here understood.” — the author cites it
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As what the leper had affirmed concerning Christ’s power, “If thou will, thou canst cleanse me,” was confirmed by the mouth of Christ, saying, “I will, be thou clean;” so here He did not blame the centurion for…
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Observe how great and what that is at which God the Only-begotten marvels. Gold, riches, principalities, are in His sight as the shadow or the flower that fadeth; in the sight of God none of these things is…
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But who was He that had created this faith in him, but only He who now marvelled at it? But even had it come from any other, how should He marvel who know all things future? When the Lords marvels, it is only to…
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Wherefore He is said to have thus wondered in the presence of all the people, giving them an example that they also should wonder at Him; for it follows, “And he said to them that followed, I have not found so great…
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He praises his faith, but gives no command to quit his profession of a soldier.
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This He speaks of the present generation, not of all the Patriarchs and Prophets of past ages.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Andrew believed, but it was after John had said, “Behold the Lamb of God;” [John 1:36] Peter believed, but it was by reading the Scriptures; and Nathanael first received a proof of His Divinity, and then spoke forth…
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Jairus, a prince in Israel, making request for his daughter, said not, ‘Speak the word,’ but, ‘Come quickly.’ Nicodemus, hearing of the sacrament of faith, asks, “How can these things be?” [John 3:9] Mary and Martha…
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Or, if we would suppose [ed. note: The text of Pseudo-Chrys has ’si non sumus ausi putare.’] that his faith was greater than even that of the Apostles, Christ’s testimony to it must be understood as though every good…
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For it is a different thing for a Jew to believe and for a Gentile.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or perhaps in the person of the centurion the faith of the Gentiles is preferred to that of Israel; whence He proceeds, “But I say unto you, Many shall come from the east and from the west.”
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He says, not ‘all,’ but many; yet these from the east and west; for by these two quarters the whole world is intended.
Read the whole comment - Haymo of HalberstadtCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or; From the east shall come they, who pass into the kingdom as soon as they are enlightened; from the west they who have suffered persecution for the faith even unto death. Or, he comes from the east who has served…
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How then does He say in another place, that “the chosen are few?” Because in each generation there are few that are chosen, but when all are gathered together in the day of visitation they shall be found many. “They…
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Because the God of Abraham, the Maker of heaven, is the Father of Christ, therefore also is Abraham in the kingdom of heaven, and with him will sit down the nations who have believed in Christ the Son of the Creator.
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As we see Christians called to the heavenly feast, where is the bread of righteousness, the drink of wisdom; so we see the Jews in reprobation. “The children of the kingdom shall be cast into outer darkness,” that…
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Or the Jews may be called “the children of the kingdom,” because God reigned among them heretofore.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or, He calls them “the children of the kingdom,” because the kingdom was prepared for them, which was the greater grief to them.
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Moses set before the people of Israel no other God than the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Christ sets forth the very same God. So that so far was He from seeking to turn that people away from their own God,…
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It is called, “outer darkness,” because he whom the Lord casts out leaves the light.
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What they should suffer there, He shews when He adds, “There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Thus in metaphor He describes the sufferings of the tormented limbs; the eyes shed tears when filled with smoke,…
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Weeping and gnashing of teeth are a proof of bones and body; truly then is there a resurrection of the same limbs, that sank into the grave.
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or; The gnashing of teeth expresses the passion of remorse; repentance coming too late and self-accusation that he had sinned with such obstinate wickedness.
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Otherwise; By “other darkness,” He means foreign nations; for these words of the Lord are a historical prediction of the destruction of the Jews, that they were to be led into captivity for their unbelief, and to be…
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But that none might suppose that these were nothing more than fair words, He makes them credible by the miracles following, “And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and be it done to thee as thou hast believed.”
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As though He had said, According to the measure of thy faith, so be thy grace. For the merit of the Lord may be communicated even to servants not only through the merit of their faith, but through their obedience to…
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Wherein admire the speediness, shewing Christ’s power, not only to heal, but to do it in a moment of time.
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As the Lord did not enter the centurion’s house with His body, but healed the servant, present in majesty, but absent in body; so He went among the Jews only in the body, but among other nations He was neither born…
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