Matthew 8:15 (WEB)
He touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served him.
Fathers and councils · 14
Tertullian
“…lightning fall from heaven;” that He did not really hear the Father’s voice testifying of Himself; or that He was deceived in touching Peter’s wife’s mother; or that the fragrance of the ointment which He afterwards smelled was different from that which He accepted for His burial; and that the taste of the wine was…” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The story of Peter’s mother-in-law, however, he has not omitted, only he brings it in at a later stage.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 14, 15.
Read the whole comment“And He touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 14, 15.
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John Chrysostom
““And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother laid and sick of a fever:and He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered unto Him.”” — editor's note: A.V., “unto them.” [The Oxford edition has “rec. vers.” here. But the word “received” is now applied, in matters of text, only to the editions of Stephens and…
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Anselm of LaonCatena Aurea on Matthew
Matthew having in the leper shewn the healing of the whole human race, and in the centurion’s servant that of the Gentiles, now figures the healing of the synagogue in Peter’s mother-in-law. He relates the case of…
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Why did He enter into Peter’s house? I think to take food; for it follows, “And she arose, and ministered to them.” For He abode with His disciples to do them honour, and to make them more zealous. Observe Peter’s…
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For naturally the greatest weakness follows fever, and the evils of sickness begin to be felt as the patient begins to recover; but that health which is given by the Lord’s power is complete at once.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
And it is not enough that she is cured, but strength is given her besides, for “she arose and ministered unto them.”
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This, “she arose and ministered unto them,” shews at once the Lord’s power, and the woman’s feeling towards Christ.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Figuratively, Peter’s house is the Law, or the circumcision, his mother-in-law the synagogue, which is at it were the mother of the Church committed to Peter. She is in a fever, that is, she is sick of zealous hate,…
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or by Peter’s mother-in-law may be understood the Law, which according to the Apostle was made weak through the flesh, i.e. the carnal understanding. But when the Lord through the mystery of the Incarnation appeared…
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Or, every soul that struggles with fleshly lusts is sick of a fever, but touched with the hand of Divine mercy, it recovers health, and restrains the concupiscence of the flesh by the bridle of continence, and with…
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Or; In Peter’s wife’s mother is shewn the sickly condition of infidelity, to which freedom of will is near akin, being united by the bonds as it were of wedlock. By the Lord’s entrance into Peter’s house, that is…
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When this miracle was done, that is, after what, or before what, Matthew has not said. For we need not understand that it took place just after that which it follows in the relation; he may be returning here to what…
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.22.