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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Mark 11:19–26: Augustine of Hippo

Sandro Botticelli, Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), c. 1480 · Ognissanti, Florence · Public domainSandro Botticelli, Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), c. 1480, Ognissanti, Florence

CommentAugustine of HippoPublic domainMark 11:19–26

The meaning is not that it dried up at the time, when they saw it, but immediately after the word of the Lord; for they saw it, not beginning to dry up, but completely dried up; and they thus understood that it had withered immediately after our Lord spoke.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

Also cites: de Con. Evan, ii, 68

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