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Matthew 14

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Matthew 14:2–5

  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 14:2–5 — The Evangelist had above shewn the Pharisees speaking falsely against Christ’s miracles, and just now His fellow-citizens wondering, yet despising Him; he now relates what opinion Herod had formed concerning Christ…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:2–5 — It is not without reason that the Evangelist here specifies the time, but that you may understand the pride and carelessness of the tyrant; inasmuch as he had not at the first made himself acquainted with the things…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:2–5 — Matthew says, “At that time,” not, On that day, or, In that same hour; for Mark relates the same circumstances, but not in the same order. He places this after the mission of the disciples to preach, though not…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:2–5 (2) — Observe how great a thing is virtue; Herod fears John even after he is dead, and philosophizes concerning the resurrection; as it followers; “And he saith to his servants, This is John the baptist, he is risen from…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:2–5 — From this place we may learn how great the jealousy of the Jews was; that John could have risen from the dead, Herod, an alien-born, here declares, without any witness that he had risen: concerning Christ, whom the…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:2–5 — One of the Ecclesiastical interpreters asks what caused Herod to think that John was risen from the dead; as though we had to account for the errors of an alien, or as though the heresy of metempsychosis was at all…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:2–5 (2) — All men have well thought concerning the power of the resurrection, that the saints shall have greater power after they have risen from the dead, than they had while they were yet weighed down with the infirmity of…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:2–5 (2) — Luke’s words are, “John have I beheaded: who is he of whom I hear such things? [Luke 9:9] As Luke has thus represented Herod as in doubt, we must understand rather that he was afterwards convinced of that which was…vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:2–5 — Perhaps some one may ask how it can be here said, “At that time Herod heard,” seeing that we have long before read that Herod was dead, and that on that the Lord returned out of Egypt. This question is answered, if…vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 14:2–5 (2) — Having mentioned this supposition of John’s resurrection, because he had never yet spoken of his death, he now returns, and narrates how it came to pass.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:2–5 (3) — And this relation is not set before us as a principal matter, because the Evangelist’s only object was to tell us concerning Christ, and nothing beyond, unless so far as it furthered this object. He says then, “For…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:2–5 (3) — Luke does not give this in the same order, but where he is speaking of the Lord’s baptism, so that he took beforehand an event which happened long afterwards. For after that saying of John’s concerning the Lord, that…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:2–5 (2) — The old history tells us that Philip the son of Herod the greater, the brother of this Herod, had taken to wife Herodias daughter of Aretas, king of the Arabs; and that he, the father-in-law, having afterwards cause…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:2–5 (4) — Yet he speaks not to the woman but to the husband, as he was the chief person.vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 14:2–5 (3) — And perhaps he observed the Jewish Law, according to which John forbade him this adultery. “And desiring to kill him, he feared the people.”vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:2–5 (3) — He feared a disturbance among the people for John’s sake, for he knew that multitudes had been baptized by him in Jordan; but he was overcome by love of his wife, which had already made him neglect the commands of God.vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 14:2–5 (4) — The fear of God amends us, the fear of man torments us, but alters not our will; it rather renders us more impatient to sin as it has held us back for a time from our indulgence.vatican.va

Matthew 14:6–12

  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 14:6–12 — The Evangelist having related John’s imprisonment, proceeds to his putting to death, saying, “But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 — We find no others keeping their birthday besides Herod and Pharaoh, that they who were alike in their wickedness might be alike in their festivities.vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:6–12 — It should be known that it is customary not for rich only but for poor mothers also, to educate their daughters so chastely, that they are scarce so much as seen by strangers. But this unchaste woman had so brought…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 (2) — I do not excuse Herod that he committed this murder against his will by reason of his oath, for perhaps he took the oath for the very purpose of bringing about the murder. But if he says that he did it for his oath’s…vatican.va
  • Isidore of Seville on Matthew 14:6–12 — In evil promises then break faith. That promise is impious which must be kept by crime; that oath is not to be observed by which we have unwittingly pledged ourselves to evil. It follows, “And she being before…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 (3) — For Herodias, fearing that Herod might some time recover his senses, and be reconciled to his brother, and dissolve their unlawful union by a divorce, instructs her daughter to ask at once at the banquet the head of…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:6–12 — Here is a twofold accusation against the damsel, that she danced, and that she chose to ask an execution as her reward. Observe how Herod is at once cruel and yielding; he obliges himself by an oath, and leaves her…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 (4) — Otherwise; It is the manner of Scripture to speak of events as they were commonly viewed at the time by all. So Joseph is called by Mary herself the father of Jesus; so here Herod is said to be “sorry,” because the…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:6–12 (2) — If he was afraid to have so many witnesses of his perjury, how much more ought he to have feared so many witnesses of a murder?vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:6–12 (2) — Here is a less sin done for the sake of another greater; he would not extinguish his lustful desires, and therefore he betakes him to luxurious living; he would not put any restraint on his luxury, and thus he passes…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 (5) — We read in Roman history, that Flaminius, a Roman general, sitting at supper with his mistress, on her saying that she had never seen a man beheaded, gave permission that a man under sentence for a capital crime…vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on Matthew 14:6–12 — But not without most deep wonder do I consider, that he who in his mother’s womb was filled with the spirit of prophecy, than whom there arose not a greater among them that are born of women, is cast into prison by…vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on Matthew 14:6–12 (2) — And John is not sought out to suffer concerning the confession of Christ, but for the truth of righteousness. But because Christ is truth, he goes to death for Christ in going for truth. It follows, “And his…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 (6) — By which we may understand both the disciples of John himself, and of the Saviour.vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:6–12 — Josephus relates, that John was sent bound to the castle of Mecheron, and there beheaded; but ecclesiastical history relates that he was buried in Sebastia, a town of Palestine, which was formerly called Samaria.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:6–12 (3) — Observe how John’s disciples are henceforth more attached to Jesus; they it is who told Him what was done concerning John; “And they came and told Jesus.” For leaving all they take refuge with Him, and so by degrees…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:6–12 — Mystically, John represents the Law; for the Law preached Christ, and John came of the Law, preaching Christ out of the Law. Herod is the Prince of the people, and the Prince of the people bears the name and the…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:6–12 (2) — Otherwise; Even at this day we see that in the head of the Prophet John the Jews have lost Christ, who is the head of the Prophets.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:6–12 (7) — And the Prophet has lost among them both tongue and voice.vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:6–12 (3) — Otherwise; The beheading of John marks the increase of that fame which Christ has among the people, as the exaltation of the Lord upon the cross marks the progress of the faith; whence John had said, “He must…vatican.va

Matthew 14:13–14

  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 14:13–14 — The Saviour having heard the death of His baptist, retired into the desert; as it follows, “which when Jesus had heard, he departed thence by ship into a desert place.”vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:13–14 — This the Evangelist relates to have been done immediately after the passion of John, therefore after this were those things done that were spoken of above, and moved Herod to say, “This is John.” For we must suppose…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:13–14 — He did not retire into the desert through fear of death, as some suppose, but in mercy to His enemies, that they might not add murder to murder; putting off His death till the day of His passion; on which day the…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:13–14 — Or; He did this because He desired to prolong the economy of His humanity, the time not being yet come for openly manifesting His deity; wherefore also He charged His disciples that they should tell no man that He…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:13–14 (2) — They followed on foot, not riding, or in carriages, but with the toil of their own legs, to shew the ardour of their mind.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:13–14 (2) — And they immediately reap the reward of this; for it follows, “And he went out and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion upon them, and healed their sick.” For though great was the affection of those who had…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:13–14 — Mystically; The Word of God, on the close of the Law, entered the ship, that is, the Church; and departed into the desert, that is, leaving to walk with Israel, He passes into breasts void of Divine knowledge. The…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:13–14 (3) — It is to be observed moreover, that when the Lord came into the desert, great crowds followed Him; for before He went into the wilderness of the Gentiles, He was worshipped by only one people. They leave their…vatican.va

Matthew 14:15–21

  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 — It is a proof of the faith of these multitudes that they endured hunger in waiting for the Lord even till evening; to which purpose it follows, “And when it was evening, his disciples came unto him, saying, This is a…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 — Wherein He calls the Apostles to breaking of bread, that the greatness of the miracle might be more evident by their testimony that they had none.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:15–21 — It may perplex some how, if the Lord, according to the relation of John, asked Philip whence bread was to be found for them, that can be true which Matthew here relates, that the disciples first prayed the Lord to…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) — Yet not even by these words were the disciples set right, but speak yet to Him as to man; “They answered unto Him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.” From this we learn the philosophy of the disciples, how…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) — While the Lord breaks there is a sowing of food; for had the loaves been whole and not broken into fragments, and thus divided into a manifold harvest, they could not have fed so great a multitude. The multitude…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (3) — In doing which He not only honoured them, but would that upon this miracle they should not be unbelieving, nor forget it when it was past, seeing their own hands had borne witness to it. Therefore also He suffers the…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 (3) — Each of the Apostles fills his basket of the fragments left by his Saviour, that these fragments might witness that they were true loaves that were multiplied.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (4) — For this reason also He caused twelve baskets to remain over and above, that Judas might bear his basket. He took up the fragments, and gave them to the disciples and not to the multitudes, who were yet more…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 (4) — To the number of loaves, five, the number of the men that ate is apportioned, five thousand; “And the number of them that had eaten was about five thousand men, besides women and children.”vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (5) — This was to the very great credit of the people, that the women and the men stood up when these remnants still remained.vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:15–21 — The five loaves are not multiplied into more, but fragments succeed to fragments; the substance growing whether upon the tables, or in the hands that took them up, I know not.vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:15–21 — When John is to describe this miracle, he first tells us that the passover is at hand; Matthew and Mark place it immediately after the execution of John. Hence we may gather, that he was beheaded when the paschal…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 (5) — But all these things are full of mysteries; the Lord does these things not in the morning, nor at noon, but in the evening, when the Sun of righteousness was set.vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:15–21 — By the evening the Lord’s death is denoted; and after He, the true Sun, was set on the altar of the cross, He filled the hungry. Or by evening is denoted the last age of this world, in which the Son of God came and…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) — When the disciples ask the Lord to send away the multitudes that they might buy food in the towns, it signifies the pride of the Jews towards the multitudes of the Gentiles, whom they judged rather fit to seek for…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) — But the Lord answered, “They have no need to go,” shewing that those whom He heals have no need of the food of mercenary doctrine, and have no necessity to return to Judaea to buy food; and He commands the Apostles…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:15–21 (3) — Or, by the two fishes we may understand the Prophets, and the Psalms, for the whole of the Old Testament was comprehended in these three, the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms.vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:15–21 (3) — These therefore the Apostles first set forth, because they were yet in these things; and from these things the preaching of the Gospel grows to its more abundant strength and virtue. Then the people is commanded to…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 (6) — Or, they are bid to lie down on the grass, and that, according to another Evangelist, by fifties and by hundreds, that after they have trampled upon their flesh, and have subjugated the pleasures of the world as…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:15–21 (4) — Then the loaves are given to the Apostles, because through them the gifts of divine grace were to be rendered. And the number of them that did eat is found to be the same as that of those who should believe; for we…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:15–21 (7) — There partook five thousand who had reached maturity; for women and children, the weaker sex, and the tender age, were unworthy of number; thus in the book of Numbers, slaves, women, children, and an undistinguished…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:15–21 (4) — The multitude being hungry, He creates no new viands, but having taken what the disciples had, He gave thanks. In like manner when He came in the flesh, He preached no other things than what had been foretold, but…vatican.va

Matthew 14:22–33

  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 — Desiring to occasion a diligent examination of the things that had been done, He commanded those who had beheld the foregoing sign to be separated from Him; for even if He had continued present it would have been…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 — These words shew that they left the Lord unwillingly, not desiring through their love for their teacher to be separated from Him even for a momentvatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (2) — It should be observed, that when the Lord works a great miracle, He sends the multitudes away, teaching us thereby never to pursue the praise of the multitude, nor to attract them to us. Further, He teaches us that…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (2) — That He withdraws to pray alone, you should refer not to Him who fed five thousand on five loaves, but to Him who on hearing of the death of John withdrew into the desert; not that we would separate the Lord’s person…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 — This may seem contrary to that Matthew says, that having sent the multitudes away, He went up into a mountain that He might pray alone; and John again says, that it was on a mountain that He fed this same multitude.…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (3) — Rightly had the Apostles departed from the Lord as unwilling, and slow to leave Him, lest they should suffer shipwreck whilst He was not with them. For it follows, “Now when it was evening he was there alone;” that…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (3) — Again, the disciples suffer shipwreck, as they had done before; but then they had Him in the boat, but now they are alone. Thus gradually He leads them to higher things, and instructs them to endure all manfully.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (4) — While the Lord tarries in the top of the mountain, straightway a wind arises contrary to them, and stirs up the sea, and the disciples are in imminent peril of shipwreck, which continues till Jesus comes.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (4) — But He suffers them to be tossed the whole night, exciting their hearts by fear, and inspiring them with greater desire and more lasting recollection of Him; for this reason He did not stand by them immediately, but…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (5) — The military guards and watches are divided into portions of three hours each. When then he says that the Lord came to them in the fourth watch, this shews that they had been in danger the whole night.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (5) — Teaching them not to seek a speedy riddance of coming evil, but to bear manfully such things as befal them. But when they thought that they were delivered, then was their fear increased, whence it follows, “And…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (6) — A confused noise and uncertain sound is the mark of great fear. But if, according to Marcion and Manichaeus, our Lord was not born of a virgin, but was seen in a phantasm, how is it that the Apostles now fear that…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (6) — Christ then did not reveal Himself to His disciples until they cried out; for the more intense their fear, the more did they rejoice in His presence; whence it follows, “And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying,…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (7) — Whereas He says, “It is I,” without saying who, either they might be able to understand Him speaking through the darkness of night; or they might know that it was He who had spoken to Moses, “Say unto the children of…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (2) — This I am not able by myself, but in Thee I am able. Peter confessed what he was in himself, and what he should receive from Him by whose will he believed he should be enabled to do that which no human infirmity was…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (7) — See how great his warmth, how great his faith. He said not, Pray and entreat for me; but “Bid me;” he believes not only that Christ can Himself walk on the sea, but that He can lead others also thereon; also he…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (8) — Let those who think that the Lords body was not real, because He walked upon the yielding waters as a light ethereal substance, answer here how Peter walked, whom they by no means deny to be man.vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:22–33 — Lastly, Theodorus wrote that the Lord had not bodily weight in respect of His flesh, but without weight walked on the sea. But the catholic faith preaches the contrary; for Dionysius says that He walked on the wave,…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (8) — Peter overcame that which was greater, the waves, namely, of the sea, but is troubled by the lesser, the blowing wind, for it follows, “But seeing the wind boisterous, he was afraid.” Such is human nature, in great…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) — Moreover he is left to temptation for a short season, that his faith may be increased, and that he may understand that he is saved not by his ability to ask, but by the power of the Lord. For faith burned at his…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (3) — Peter then presumed on the Lord, he tottered as man, but returned to the Lord, as it follows, “And when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.” Does the Lord then desert him in his peril of failure…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) — He bade not the winds to cease, but stretched forth His hand and caught him, because his faith was required. For when our own means fail, then those which are of God stand. Then to shew that not the strength of the…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:22–33 (2) — This may be understood either of the sailors, or of the Apostles.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:22–33 (10) — Observe how He leads all gradually to that which is above them; He had before rebuked the sea, now He shews forth His power yet more by walking upon the sea, by bidding another to do the same, and by saving him in…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (10) — If then upon this single miracle of stilling the sea, a thing which often happens by accident after even great tempests, the sailors and pilots confessed them to be truly the Son of God, how does Arrius preach in the…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (4) — Mystically; The mountain is loftiness. But what is higher than the heavens in the world? And Who it was that ascended into heaven, that our faith knows. Why did He ascend alone into heaven? Because no man has…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 — Or, that He is alone in the evening, signifies His sorrow at the time of His passion, when the rest were scattered from Him in fear.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:22–33 (11) — Also He ascends into the mountain alone because the multitude cannot follow Him aloft, until He has instructed it by the shore of the sea.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (5) — But while Christ prays on high, the boat is tossed with great waves in the deep; and forasmuch as the waves rise, that boat can be tossed; but because Christ prays, it cannot be sunk. Think of that boat as the…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 (2) — That He commands His disciples to enter the ship and to go across the sea, while He sends the multitudes away, and after that He goes up into the mountain to pray; He therein bids us to be within the Church, and to…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (6) — For when any of a wicked will and of great power, proclaims a persecution of the Church, then it is that a mighty wave rises against the boat of Christ.vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:22–33 (3) — Whence it is well said here, that the ship was in the middle of the sea, and He alone on the land, because the Church is sometimes oppressed with such persecution that her Lord may seem to have forsaken her for a season.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (7) — The Lord came to visit His disciples who are tossed on the sea in the fourth watch of the night — that is, at its close; for each watch consisting of three hours, the night has thus four watches.vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 (3) — The first watch was therefore of the Law, the second of the Prophets, the third His coming in the flesh, the fourth His return in glory.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (8) — Therefore in the fourth watch of the night, that is when the night is nearly ended, He shall come, in the end of the world, when the night of iniquity is past, to judge the quick and the dead. But His coming was with…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 (4) — But Christ coming in the end shall find His Church wearied, and tossed by the spirit of Anti-Christ, and by the troubles of the world. And because by their long experience of Anti-Christ they will be troubled at…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) — Or; That the disciples here say, It is a phantasm, figures those who yielding to the Devil shall doubt of the coming of Christ. That Peter cries to the Lord for help that he should not be drowned, signifies that He…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 (5) — Or; That Peter alone out of all the number of those that were in the vessel has courage to answer, and to pray that the Lord would bid him come to Him upon the waters, figures the frowardness of his will in the…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:22–33 (4) — The Lord looked back upon him, and brought him to repentance; He stretched forth His hand, and forgave him, and thus the disciple found salvation, which “is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 (6) — That when Peter was seized with fear, the Lord gave him not power of coming to Him, but held him by the hand and sustained him, this is the signification thereof; that He who alone was to suffer for all alone forgave…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (10) — For in one Apostle, namely Peter, first and chief in the order of Apostles in whom was figured the Church, both kinds were to be signified; that is, the strong, in his walking upon the waters; the weak, in that he…vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:22–33 — And the Lord will be with thee to help thee, when lulling to rest the perils of thy trials, He restores the confidence of His protection, and this towards the break of day; for when human frailty beset with…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:22–33 (5) — Nor should we wonder that the wind ceased when the Lord had entered into the boat; for in whatsoever heart the Lord is present by grace, there all wars cease.vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:22–33 (7) — Also by this entrance of Christ into the boat, and the calm of the wind and sea thereupon, is pointed out the eternal peace of the Church, and that rest which shall be after His return in glory. And forasmuch as He…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (11) — For it is here conveyed to us that His glory will then be made manifest, seeing that now they who walk by faith see it in a figure.vatican.va

Matthew 14:34–36

  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 14:34–36 — The Evangelist had related above that the Lord had commanded His disciples to enter the boat, and to go before Him across the strait; he now proceeds with the same intention to relate whither they arrived by their…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:34–36 — The land of Gennezar, by the lake of Gennezareth, takes its name from a natural power which it is said to have of spontaneously modulating its waters so as to excite a breeze; the Greek words importing, ‘creating for…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:34–36 — But the Evangelist shews that it was now long time since Christ had come into these parts; for it follows, “And where the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region.”vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:34–36 — They knew Him by fame, not by sight; although indeed by reason of the greatness of the signs which He did among the people, He was known by face to great numbers. And note how great the faith of the men of the land…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:34–36 (2) — Nor do they now as before drag Him to their houses, and seek the touch of His hand, but they draw Him by their greater faith, for they brought unto him all them that were sick, and besought him that they might touch…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:34–36 (2) — If we knew what the word Gennezareth would convey in our tongue, we might understand how under the type of the Apostles and the boat, Jesus guides to shore the Church when He has delivered it from the wreck of…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 14:34–36 (2) — Genezar is interpreted, ‘rise,’ ‘beginning.’ For then will complete rest be given to us, when Christ shall have restored to us our inheritance of Paradise, and the joy of our first robe.vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 14:34–36 — Otherwise; When the times of the Law were ended, and five thousand out of Israel were entered within the Church, it was then that the people of believers met Him, then those that were saved out of the Law by faith…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 14:34–36 (3) — Or, by the hem of the garment understand His least commandment, which whosoever transgresses, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; or, again, His assumption of the body, by which we come to the Word of God.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:34–36 (3) — But we have not a hem or a garment only of Christ, but have even His body, that we may eat thereof. If then they who touched the hem of His garment derived so much virtue therefrom, much more they that shall receive…vatican.va

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Genesis 1:11 · Exodus 3:14 · Psalm 78:19 · Luke 9:9 · John 3:30 · John 6:15 · Romans 9:16 · 1 Corinthians 3:15

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