Catena Aurea on Matthew 11:20–24: Rabanus Maurus

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentRabanus MaurusPublic domainMatthew 11:20–24

Tyre and Sidon are cities of Phoenicia. Tyre is interpreted ‘narrowness,’ and Sidon ‘hunting,” and denote the Gentiles whom the Devil as a hunter drives into the straits of sin; but Jesus the Saviour sets them free by the Gospel.

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