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Matthew 28

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Matthew 28:1–7

  • Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 28:1–7 — After the mockings and scourgings, after the mingled draughts of vinegar and gall, the pains of the cross, and the wounds, and finally after death itself and Hades, there rose again from the grave a renewed flesh,…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:1–7 — Concerning the hour when the women came to the sepulchre there arises a question not to be overlooked. Matthew here says, “On the evening of the Sabbath.” What then means that of Mark, “Very early in the morning, the…vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:1–7 — Otherwise; It may be understood that they began to come in the evening, but that it was the dawn of the first day of the week when they reached the sepulchre; that is, that they prepared the spices for anointing the…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:1–7 — Or, otherwise; This apparent discrepancy in the Evangelists as to the times of their visits is no mark of falsehood, as wicked men urge, but shews the sedulous duty and attention of the women, often going and coming,…vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 28:1–7 — It is to be known that Matthew designs to hint to us a mystical meaning, of how great worthiness this most holy night drew from the noble conquest of death, and the Resurrection of Our Lord. With this purpose he…vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — For from the beginning of the creation of the world until now, the course of time has followed this arrangement, that the day should go before the night, because man, fallen by sin from the light of paradise, has…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — “And, behold, there was a great earthquake.” Our Lord, Son at once of God and man, according to His two-fold nature of Godhead and of flesh, gives a sign one while of His greatness, another while of His lowliness.…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 28:1–7 — The earthquake is the might of the resurrection, when the sting of death being blunted, and its darkness illuminated, there is stirred up a quaking of the powers beneath, as the Lord of the heavenly powers rises again.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:1–7 — Or the earthquake was to rouse and waken the women, who had come to anoint the body; and as all these things were done in the night-time, it was probable that some of them had fallen asleep.vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:1–7 (3) — The earthquake at the Resurrection, as also at the Crucifixion, signifies that worldly hearts must be first moved to penitence by a health-giving fear through belief in His Passion and Resurrection.vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 — If the earth thus quaked when the Lord rose again to the pardon of the Saints, how will it quake when He shall rise again to the punishment of the wicked? As the Prophet speaks, “The earth trembled when the Lord rose…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — This is an instance of the mercy of God the Father, to supply the ministry of heavenly power to the Son on His resurrection from the grave; and he is therefore the proclaimer of this first resurrection, that it may…vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:1–7 (4) — Forasmuch as Christ is both God and man, therefore there lack not amidst the acts of His humanity the ministrations of Angels, due to Him as God. “And came and rolled back the stone;” not to open the door for the…vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — The rolling back of the stone signifies the opening of Christ’s sacraments, which were covered by the letter of the Law. For the Law having been written on stones, is here denoted by the stone.vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — He said not ‘rolled,’ but “rolled back;” because the rolling to of the stone was a proof of death; the rolling it back asserted the resurrection. The order of things is changed; The Tomb devours death, and not the…vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:1–7 (5) — And rightly did the Angel appear standing, who proclaimed the Lord’s coming into the world, to shew that the Lord should come to vanquish the prince of this world. But the Herald of the Resurrection is related to…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — It may disquiet some, how it is that according to Matthew though the Angel sate upon the stone after it had been rolled back from the sepulchre, whereas Mark says that the women having gone into the sepulchre, saw a…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (3) — The splendour of his countenance is distinct from the shining of his raiment; his countenance is compared to lightning, his raiment to snow; for the lightning is in heaven, snow on the earth; as the Prophet saith,…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (4) — But what means this raiment where there is no need of a covering? The Angel figures our dress, our shape, our likeness in the Resurrection, when man is sufficiently clothed by the splendour of his own body.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:1–7 (3) — The Angel in white raiment signifies the glory of His triumph.vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on Matthew 28:1–7 — Or otherwise; “Lightning” inspires terror; “snow” is an emblem of equity; and as the Almighty God is terrible to sinners and mild to the righteous, so this Angel is rightly a witness of His resurrection, and is…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:1–7 — These who had not the faith of love were shaken with a panic fear; and they who would not believe the truth of the resurrection “become” themselves “as dead men.”vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (5) — For they kept watch over Him with a purpose of cruelty, not with the solicitude of affection. And no man can stand who is forsaken by his own conscience, or troubled with a sense of guilt. Hence the Angel confounds…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:1–7 (4) — The guards lay like dead men in a trance of terror, but the Angel speaks comfort not to them, but to the women, saying, “Fear not ye;” as much as to say, Let them fear with whom unbelief abides; but do ye who seek…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (6) — For their faith had been bowed by the cruel storm of His Passion, so that they sought Him yet as crucified and dead; “I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified;” the weight of the trial had bent them to look for…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — His fleshly presence, that is; for His spiritual presence is absent from no place. “He is risen, as he said.”vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:1–7 (2) — As much as to say, If ye believe me not, remember His own words. And then follows further proof, when he adds, “Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:1–7 (5) — That if my words fail to convince you, the empty tomb may.vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (7) — Thus the Angel first announces His name, declares His Cross, and confesses His Passion; but straightway proclaims Him risen and their Lord. An Angel after such sufferings, after the grave acknowledges Him Lord; how…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:1–7 (3) — And this glad tiding is given not to you alone for the secret comfort of your own hearts, but ye must extend it to all who love Him; “Go quickly, and tell his disciples.”vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:1–7 (8) — As much as to say, Woman, now thou art healed, return to the man, and persuade him to faith, whom thou didst once persuade to treachery. Carry to man the proof of the Resurrection, to whom thou didst once carry…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:1–7 (3) — “And, behold, he shall go before you,” that is, to save you from danger, lest fear should prevail over faith.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:1–7 (6) — Mystically; “He shall go before you into Galilee,” that is, into the wallowing style [marg. note: volutabrum] of the Gentiles, where before was wandering and stumbling, and the foot had no firm and steady resting-place.vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:1–7 (6) — The Lord is rightly seen by His disciples in Galilee, forasmuch as He had already passed from death to life, from corruption to incorruption; for such is the interpretation of Galilee, ‘Transmigration.’ Happy women!…vatican.va

Matthew 28:8–10

  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 28:8–10 — The women having been comforted by the Angel, are straightway met by the Lord, that when they should proclaim His resurrection to the disciples, they should speak rather from Christ’s own mouth than from an Angel’s.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:8–10 — “They departed forth of the tomb,” that is, from that spot of the garden which was before the tomb hewn in the rock.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:8–10 — A twofold feeling possessed the minds of the women, fear and joy; fear, at the greatness of the miracle; joy, in their desire of Him that was risen; but both added speed to their women’s steps, as it follows, “And…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:8–10 — Hereby He shewed that He will meet with His help all those who begin the ways of virtue, and enable them to attain to everlasting salvation.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:8–10 (2) — The women ought first to hear this “Hail,” that the curse of the woman “Eve” may be removed in these women.vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:8–10 — That in these women is contained a full figure of the Church is shewn hereby, that Christ convinces His disciples when in doubt concerning the Resurrection, and confirms them when in fear; and when He meets them He…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:8–10 (2) — We conclude that they had speech of Angels twice at the sepulchre; when they saw one Angel, of whom Matthew and Mark speak; and again when they saw two Angels, as Luke and John relate. And twice in like manner of the…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:8–10 (2) — Then Mary was not suffered to touch Him; now she has permission not only to touch, but to hold Him altogether; “they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.”vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:8–10 (2) — It was told above how He rose when the sepulchre was closed, to shew that that body which had been shut up therein dead, was now become immortal. He now offers His feet to be held by the women, to shew that He had…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:8–10 (3) — They hold Christ’s feet, who in the Church present the type of Evangelic preaching, and merit this privilege by their running to Him; and by faith so detain their Saviour’s footsteps, that they may come to the honour…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:8–10 (4) — They held His feet to shew that the head of Christ is the man, but that the woman is in Christ’s feet, and that it was given to them through Christ, not to go before, but to follow the man. Christ also repeats what…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:8–10 (3) — This may be always observed, both in the Old and New Testament, that when there is an appearance of any majestic person, the first thing done is to banish fear, that the mind being tranquillized may receive the…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 28:8–10 (2) — The same order as of old now followed in the reversal of our woe, that whereas death began from the female sex, the same should now first see the glory of the Resurrection, and be made the messenger thereof. Whence…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:8–10 (5) — He calls them “brethren” whom He has made akin to His own body; “brethren” whom the generous Heir has made His co-heirs; “brethren,” whom He has adopted to be sons of His own Father.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:8–10 (3) — That the Lord, both by His own mouth, and by the Angel, directs them to seek for Him, not in that place in which He was to shew Himself first, but in Galilee, makes every believer anxious to understand in what…vatican.va

Matthew 28:11–15

  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:11–15 — Of the signs which were shewn around Christ, some were common to the whole world, as the darkness; some peculiar to the watch, as the wonderful apparition of Angels, and the earthquake, which were wrought for the…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:11–15 — Simple minds, and unlearned country-folk, often make manifest without guile the truth of a matter, as the thing is; but on the other hand, a crafty wickedness studies how to recommend falsehood by glosing words.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:11–15 — Thus the Chief Priests, who ought to have been by this turned to penitence, and to seek Jesus risen, persevere in their wickedness, and convert the money which was given for the use of the Temple to the purchase of a…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:11–15 — Not content to have put the Master to death, they plot how they may destroy the disciples, and make the Master’s power matter of charge against His disciples. The soldiers indeed lost Him, the Jews missed Him, but…vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:11–15 (2) — How should the disciples carry Him away by stealth, men poor, and of no station, and who scarcely dared to shew themselves? They fled when afterwards they saw Christ alive, how, when He was dead, would they not have…vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 28:11–15 — But if the guards slept, how saw they the theft? And if they saw it not, how could they witness thereto? So that what they desire to shew, they cannot shew.vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 28:11–15 — That the fear of the Governor might not restrain them from this lie, they promise them impunity.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:11–15 (3) — See how all are corrupted; Pilate persuaded; the people stirred up; the soldiers bribed; as it follows, “And they took the money, and did as they were instructed.” If money prevailed with a disciple. so far as to…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 28:11–15 — The concealment of the Resurrection, and the false allegation of theft, is purchased by money; because by the honour of this world, which consists in money and desire, Christ’s glory is denied.vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:11–15 (2) — But as the guilt of His blood, which they imprecated upon themselves and their children, presses them down with a heavy weight of sin, so the purchase of the lie, by which they deny the truth of the Resurrection,…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:11–15 (2) — “Among the Jews,” not among the Christians; what in Judaea the Jew concealed by his gold, is by faith blazed abroad throughout the world.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:11–15 (2) — All who abuse to other purposes the money of the Temple, and the contributions for the use of the Church, purchasing with them their own pleasure, are like the Scribes and Priests who bought this lie, and the blood…vatican.va

Matthew 28:16–20

  • Bede on Matthew 28:16–20 — When Saint Matthew has vindicated the Lord’s Resurrection as declared by the Angel, he relates the vision of the Lord which the disciples had, “Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 — After His Resurrection, Jesus is seen and worshipped in the mountain in Galilee; though some doubt, their doubting confirms our faith.vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 28:16–20 — This is more fully told by Luke; how when the Lord after the Resurrection appeared to the disciples, in their terror they thought they saw a spirit. Bede, Hom. Aest. in Fer., vi., Pasch. [ed note: This Homily of Bede…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 — But it is to be considered, how the Lord could be seen bodily in Galilee. For that it was not the day of the Resurrection is manifest; for He was seen that day in Jerusalem in the beginning of the night, as Luke and…vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 28:16–20 (2) — The disciples then, when they saw Him, knew the Lord; and worshipped Him, bowing their faces to the ground. And He their affectionate and merciful Master, that He might take away all doubtfulness from their hearts,…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 (2) — Power is given to Him, Who but a little before was crucified, Who was buried, but Who afterwards rose again.vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:16–20 (2) — This He speaks not from the Deity coeternal with the Father, but from the Humanity which He took upon Him, according to which “He was made a little lower than the Angels.” [Heb 2:9]vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:16–20 — The Son of God conveyed to the Son of the Virgin, the God to the Man, the Deity to the Flesh, that which He had ever together with the Father.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 (3) — Power is given in heaven and in earth, that He who before reigned in heaven, should now reign on earth by the faith of the believers.vatican.va
  • Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 28:16–20 (3) — What the Psalmist says of the Lord at His rising again, “Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands,” [Ps 8:6] this the Lord now says of Himself, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”…vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:16–20 (3) — He who before His Passion had said, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles,” [Matt 10:5] now, when rising from the dead, says, “Go and teach, all nations.” Hereby let the Jews be put to silence, who say that Christ’s…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 (4) — They first then teach all nations, and when taught dip them in water. For it may not be that the body receive the sacrament of Baptism, unless the soul first receive the truth of the Faith. “In the name of the…vatican.va
  • Peter Chrysologus on Matthew 28:16–20 (2) — Thus all nations are created a second time to salvation by that one and the same Power, which created them to being.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 (5) — And though some one there may be of so averse a spirit as to undertake to baptize in such sort as to omit one of these names, therein contradicting Christ Who ordained this for a law, his baptism will effect nothing;…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 28:16–20 — For what part of the salvation of men is there that is not contained in this Sacrament? All things are full and perfect, as proceeding from Him who is full and perfect. The nature of His relation is expressed in the…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 (6) — Observe the order of these injunctions. He bids the Apostles first to teach all nations, then to wash them with the sacrament of faith, and after faith and baptism then to teach them what things they ought to…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:16–20 — “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” [James 2:26]vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:16–20 — And because what He had laid upon them was great, therefore to exalt their spirits He adds, “And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” As much as to say, Tell Me not of the difficulty of these…vatican.va
  • Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 28:16–20 (2) — Hence we understand that to the end of the world shall not be wanting those who shall be worthy of the Divine indwelling.vatican.va
  • John Chrysostom on Matthew 28:16–20 (2) — He brings before them the end of the world, that He may the more draw them on, and that they may not look merely to present inconveniences, but to the infinite goods to come. As much as to say, The grievous things…vatican.va
  • Bede on Matthew 28:16–20 (4) — It is made a question how He says here, “I am with you,” when we read elsewhere that He said, “I go unto him that sent me.” [Jon 16:5] What is said of His human nature is distinct from what is said of His divine…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Matthew 28:16–20 (7) — He then who promises that He will be with His disciples to the end of the world, shews both that they shall live for ever, and that He will never depart from those that believe.vatican.va
  • Leo the Great on Matthew 28:16–20 — For by ascending into heaven He does not desert His adopted; but from above strengthens to endurance, those whom He invites upwards to glory. Of which glory may Christ make us partakers, Who is the King of glory,…vatican.va

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