Where the Fathers quote John 14

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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:608expounds v.2“εν τη οικια του πατρος μου μοναι πολλαι εισιν· ει δε μη ειπον αν υμιν· πορευομαι ετοιμασαι τοπον υμιν·”6. Reconciling «In my Father's house are many mansions» with «If I go, I will prepare a place for you» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:612expounds v.4“και οπου εγω υπαγω οιδατε και την οδον οιδατε.”On «Where I go you know, and the way you know» Cyril of AlexandriaPG 75:177expounds v.10“ου πιστευεις οτι εγω εν τω πατρι και ο πατηρ εν εμοι εστι τα ρηματα α εγω λαλω υμιν απ᾿ εμαυτου ου λαλω· ο δε πατηρ ο εν εμοι μενων αυτος ποιει τα εργ”On «I am in the Father, and the Father in me» and «I and the Father are one» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:836expounds v.10“ου πιστευεις οτι εγω εν τω πατρι και ο πατηρ εν εμοι εστι τα ρηματα α εγω λαλω υμιν απ᾿ εμαυτου ου λαλω· ο δε πατηρ ο εν εμοι μενων αυτος ποιει τα εργ”159. On the meaning of «I do not speak on my own authority». Didymus the BlindPG 39:332expounds v.28“ηκουσατε οτι εγω ειπον υμιν, υπαγω και ερχομαι προς υμας· ει ηγαπατε με, εχαρητε αν οτι ειπον, πορευομαι προς τον πατερα· οτι ο πατηρ μου μειζων μου ε”Refutation of those claiming: «The Father is incomparable and greater than the Son» Cyril of AlexandriaPG 75:109expounds v.28“ηκουσατε οτι εγω ειπον υμιν, υπαγω και ερχομαι προς υμας· ει ηγαπατε με, εχαρητε αν οτι ειπον, πορευομαι προς τον πατερα· οτι ο πατηρ μου μειζων μου ε”Discourse 9: On the Son’s consubstantiality with the Father: «Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God» Cyril of AlexandriaPG 75:140expounds v.28“ηκουσατε οτι εγω ειπον υμιν, υπαγω και ερχομαι προς υμας· ει ηγαπατε με, εχαρητε αν οτι ειπον, πορευομαι προς τον πατερα· οτι ο πατηρ μου μειζων μου ε”On the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father, regarding «The Father is greater than I» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:604expounds v.28“ηκουσατε οτι εγω ειπον υμιν, υπαγω και ερχομαι προς υμας· ει ηγαπατε με, εχαρητε αν οτι ειπον, πορευομαι προς τον πατερα· οτι ο πατηρ μου μειζων μου ε”Exegesis of: «My Father is greater than I» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1097expounds v.31“αλλ᾿ ινα γνω ο κοσμος οτι αγαπω τον πατερα και καθως ενετειλατο μοι ο πατηρ ουτω ποιω. εγειρεσθε αγωμεν εντευθεν.”48. On «Arise, let us go from here»

1John 14:1

Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:385…and another nor a different kingdom and worship c whence he commands believe in god believe also in me in my father s house are many mansions for he says since the godhead has no difference… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:773…that they may know thee the only true god and again you believe in god believe also in me he did not say they argue and in the holy spirit cap xxxvii no one knows the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:377C…the Father, and we do not believe in you. For they were still weakly disposed. To the disciples, at least, He spoke thus: Believe in God, and believe in me (John 14:1). But seeing these as weaker to hear su… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:395…and the first and second watch had already passed chap xiv b let not your heart be troubled he says this because it was likely that they were troubled hearing these things for if the leader… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:177…a let not your heart be troubled having said that peter would fall into such pusillanimity as to deny him thrice and that he would… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:901B…Son, as in the living and true God. And this will be made clear to you without difficulty if you hear the Son saying: "Ye believe in God, believe also in me" ⟦John 14, 1⟧—not as into a creature and God, far be… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1335…is the true god related to this is also the following you believe in god believe also in me from the gospel according to luke nevertheless when the son of man comes will he find faith… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1485…weakness h cap xiv h vers and he said to his disciples let not your heart be troubled ye believe in god believe also in me not all of you he says will deny me and… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1433C…hese shall he do" (Joan. xiv, 12). And: "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life" (Joan. vi, 47). And again: "Ye believe in God, believe also in me" (Joan. xiv, 1). Sufficiently, therefore, I suppose,… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:139…himself to be god just as he says to his disciples you believe in god believe also in me and so since he who believes in him transmits his faith to the father he who disbelieves… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:189…unto you not as the world giveth do i give unto you let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid again the apostles were in sorrow hearing the lord saying that i indeed…

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4John 14:4

Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:867…you unto myself that where i am there ye may be also and whither i go ye know and the way ye know thomas saith unto him lord we know not whither thou goest and how… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:347…you unto myself that where i am there ye may be also and whither i go ye know and the way ye know and again to the mother of james and john asking that one might…

5John 14:5

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:419…you going and thomas we do not know where you are going and how can we know the way john and and philip show us… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:187…says to him lord we do not know where you are going and how can we know the way jesus says to him i am the way and the truth and the life no one comes… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:867…also and whither i go ye know and the way ye know thomas saith unto him lord we know not whither thou goest and how can we know the way jesus saith unto him i am… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:613A…by any questions. QUESTION XCIX. [Coisl. CCLXII. Taur. CCLIII.] Edited by Montagu, ep. 181 to Eulamp., pp. 269-270. Do the words of the disciple in John XIV, 5 conflict with the preceding words of th… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:171…says to him lord we do not know where you are going and how can we know the way jesus says to him i am the way and the truth and the life no one comes…

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7John 14:7

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:547C…ave made a loaf of one-tenth. Or if I have spoken of Christ alone, and declared His passion and resurrection, I have offered a loaf of one-tenth. But if I say (John XIV, 7) that the Father is always with the Son… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1017…who says to his disciples if you had known me you would have known my father also and from now on you know him and have seen him philip says to him lord show us the… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:99…he is such as the father is for he had previously said if ye had known me ye should have known my father also ibid c by this he declares to us openly the duality of… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:821A…e. F. 141 v. m. The three persons, descending as far as us without separation from one another 6. P. 554, A.) F. 142 r. i. (ad verba nonoēkes and nenoēke Jo. 14, 7. 9.) Calling vision knowledge, since th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:397…way you know he added if you had known me you would have known my father also and from now on you know him and have seen him he is not contradicting himself for they did… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:399D…e Father is, while remaining the Son Himself. Why did Philip approach to ask this? Christ had said, "If you had known me, you would have known my Father also" (John XIV, 7); and He had often told this same thing… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:99…they know the father and the saviour himself will bear witness saying if ye had known me ye should have known my father also but since they have been called to knowledge and have confessed the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:791…thy father viii jesus answered ye neither know me nor my father if ye had known me ye should have known my father also a true saying upon which no mark of falsehood can be cast… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:195…not known him the son beforehand xiv and from now on you know him and have seen him it is worth the effort i think to admire both the order c and the ineffable arrangement of… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:197…the faith he fittingly confirms their knowledge saying from now on you know him and have seen him b by from now on he does not of course mean from that very hour or day on… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1171…me you would also know my father and from now on you know him and have seen him philip says to him lord show us your father and it is enough for us jesus says to… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:815…where is thy father jesus answered neither know me nor my father if ye had known me ye should have known my father also these words spake jesus in the treasury as he taught in the… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:867…and the life no man cometh unto the father but by me if ye had known me ye should have known my father also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him d philip… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1487…up leads us to immortality and abolishes the ancient curse b vers if ye had known me ye should have known my father also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him he calls… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:405B…wn through the image, the Savior Himself again said to the disciples: If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on you know him (John xiv, 7). And: He that sees me sees the Father… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:171…of men c d vers if you had known me you would have known my father also and from now on you know him and have seen him how did he say above where i go… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:533D…d Father. From the same book. If he who knows the Son by nature knows the Father also—for he says, "If you had known me, you would have known my Father also" (John xiv, 7)—the Son is surely of the same substanc… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:863…saying those things among others if you had known me you would have known my father also and from now on…

8John 14:8

Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:813…long a time, Philip, and you have not known Me? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me?” (John xiv, 8, 9), and if they wish to say that throu… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1483A…th you, and hast thou not known me, Philip?' ⟦Joan. XIV, 9.⟧ which was said to him after he had requested and said: 'Show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.' ⟦Joan. XIV, 8.⟧ Whoever, therefore, understands how o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:159…ses often desired to see Him, struck with this love, and loving that glory (Exod. 33:13). Wherefore Philip also said: Show us the Father, and it suffices us (John 14:8). Or rather, whatever we might say, we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:415B…in Your sight, let me see You clearly, show Yourself to me” (Exod. 33:13). He was a brother to Philip, who said: “Show us the Father, and it is enough for us” (John 14:8). “Lord, You have said, ‘You have found… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:555D…He demonstrated the equality of operation. Thus also in another place, when the apostle Philip was saying, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us" (John 14.8), the Savior answers: "For so long a ti… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:239D…uestion Philip? He knew which of the disciples were in greater need of teaching. For this is the one who later says, "Show us the Father, and it sufficeth us" (John 14:8). Therefore, He instructs him first. Fo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:427C…of what he meant; but now they were not. And what does "You will ask me nothing" signify? You will not say, "Show us your Father," and, "Where are you going?" (John 14:8 and 13:36); because you will be filled… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:867…also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him d philip saith unto him lord shew us the father and it sufficeth us jesus saith unto him have i been so long time with… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:219…god and jesus christ whom thou hast sent when philip said show us the father and it sufficeth us the lord seeing that it is impossible for god to be seen with bodily eyes and knowing… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:605A…. Since, therefore, such an opinion was established in them (for it was precisely because of this that they said, "Show us the Father, and it suffices for us" ⟦Joan. XIV, 8⟧), he stands, reaching toward their… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:711…nding being divided, they thought the same things to be also those [divine things]. Hence Philip was led to say: Show us the Father, and it is enough for us (John 14:8). For if he had known completely that h…

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Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:495…the father and whatever you ask in my name this i will do that the father may be glorified in the son therefore if the father is glorified in the son then the son is undoubtedly… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:783…whom he knows for it is his golden oracle a all things whatsoever ye shall ask in my name ye shall receive and open thy mouth and i will fill it and it is not ye… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:401…ask in my name you shall receive and i will do this that the father may be glorified in me do you see how again he himself does this for i he says will do it… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:243…father and whatever you ask the father in my name i will do that the father may be glorified in the son if anyone wishes to extend the exposition of this passage to show how far… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:869…i go to the father and whatsoever you shall ask the father in my name that will i do that the father may be glorified in the son if you shall ask me anything in my… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:175…shall he do because i go to my father and whatsoever you shall ask in my name that will i do that the father may be glorified in the son if you shall ask anything in… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:177…will do it but i will do it declaring his own authority that the father may be glorified in the son for when the son is shown to be able to do great things then the… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:937…works than these shall he do because i go unto my father and whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will i do he says that the son goes to the father even though the…

14John 14:14

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:411…added, "If you love me, keep my commandments"; and here, "If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done to you" (John 14:14, 15). These things he said, showing tha… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:249B…e is great or small, but whether it is a creature at all, or rather God by nature, which is indeed the truth. «If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.» (John XIV, 14). He says now more openly that, being… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1269…do because i am going to the father and whatever you ask in my name i will do he declares he says that he is going to the father c although the son is god by… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:175…father may be glorified in the son if you shall ask anything in my name i will do it christ showing that he is able to do not only these works but also others much greater… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1415…in the preceding passages where he said and whatever you shall ask in my name i will do b and again if you shall ask anything in my name i will do it from which is… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:731…saying without me you can do nothing and if you ask anything in my name i will do it and those things which follow and have been handed down to us…

15John 14:15

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:511B…If you love me, keep my commandments, and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, that he may be with you forever, the Spirit of truth" (John xiv, 15-17): and again: "These things I have spoke… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:49…for our sins regarding the spirit the savior says to his disciples if ye love me keep my commandments and i ascend to my father and i will pray the father and he shall give you… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1217B…. And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, that he may remain with you forever, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive" (John XIV, 15–17). As long, therefore, as we do not keep… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:453D…says, "will keep my commandments, and I will ask my Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, that he may remain with you for ever, the Spirit of truth" (Joan. 14.15-17). Therefore, just as Christ said concer… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:753D…and itself being preserved by them in turn toward the enduring and the infallible. And this the Lord shows, now saying, "If you love me, keep my commandments" (Joan. 14:15); and now, "If you keep my commandments… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:171A…othing affects God with such joy as the good institution of life. "If you love me," He says, He did not say, "Perform signs," but what? "Keep my commandments" (John 14:15). And again: "I call you friends, not w… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1419A…er shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Joan. VIII, 47. — “He that is of God, heareth the words of God.” Joan. XIV, 15. — “If you love me, keep my commandment… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:63B…illed—that is, which He has commanded—she may attain His love; just as He Himself says in the Gospels: "He who loves me," He says, "will keep my commandments" (Joan. XIV, 15). XLVIII. Ecce ipse venit saliens sup…

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:683A…ands of our Lord, which protect us more than any city, more than every garrison. Which commands? I am with you (Matt. 28:20); I will not leave you orphans (John 14:18); Do not fear those who kill the body… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1045…you" (Matt. xxviii, 20). He declares that He will be with them again through the Spirit, when He now says, "I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you" (John xiv, 18); and at another time, clarifying the m… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1489…strive to preserve the grace within themselves through virtue and purity verse i will not leave you comfortless i will come to you he never left them bereft of his providence moreover he appeared to them… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1837A…d from you and depart from among men. Yet you must not for this reason account yourselves orphans, for He is truthful who said: 'I will not leave you orphans' (John XIV, 18), and 'Behold, I am with you always, ev…

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Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:869…and will manifest myself to him judas saith to him not the iscariot lord how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world jesus answered and said to him if… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1489…with the father so also the will of both is one verse judas saith unto him not iscariot lord… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1491…a and what has happened that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us and not unto the world as one who was good natured judas wished all to be partakers…

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24John 14:24

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:707…loveth me he that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings if ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love even as i have… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:995…piety as nothing as they do not love the lord who said he that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what part hath he that believeth with… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:213A…ost clearly announces to us the will of God and the Father. Therefore He also said: "The words that I speak to you are not mine, but the Father’s who sent me" (John xiv. 24). And again: "I do not speak from mysel… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:297…of his divine and ineffable nature xiv and the word which you hear is not mine but the father s who sent me he is once again providing for necessary matters and for those things which… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:871…carried away by winds of forgetfulness and this word which i spoke is not mine but the father's who sent me from heaven as a helper of the world while i your companion still remain upon… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1491…he reveals the same thing and that which he appended saying c he that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings which is to say those which i spoke that i truly rise from the dead… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:421…obey his commandments which the lord himself testifies to when he says he that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings therefore brethren let there be for us one common way namely the commandments of christ… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:555…and i live because of the father and the word that you hear is not mine but the father's who sent me these things the lord says on account of the honor of the father and…

25John 14:25

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:725A…” that God is light, and some imagine that from this it is established that He does not differ in substance from the Son (John 14:25); but if He does not have the Holy Spir… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:303…they would be left alone from the fact that he had said these things have i spoken unto you while abiding with you he straightway perceived as one who was god by nature that that saying… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:873…as i have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love these things have i spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full this is my… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:207…father will grant whatever things men may ask of him h vers these things have i spoken unto you that you should not be offended they shall put you out of the synagogues yea the time…

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:17…me and that all may honor the son just as they honor the father and as the father knows me i also know the father and he who sees me sees the father and if you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:407…then do they kill you because i so will it and so that the world may know that i love the father for it is not that i am subject to death nor that i owe… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:327…the prince of this world cometh and in me he hath nothing but that the world may know that i love the father and as the father gave me commandment so do i b as if… Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:871…me but only that the world may know through my prudent speech that i love the father and that i do all things whatsoever the father commanded by his governing word arise and let us go… Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1493…for he fills all things and is inseparable from the father vers but that the world may know that i love the father and as the father has given me commandment so do i arise let… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:191…ruler of this world is coming and in me he has nothing but that the world may know that i love the father and as the father gave me commandment so i do having comforted the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:239…a that the world may know that thou hast sent me what glory does he say has been given that which comes through signs that… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1407…be cast out vers but the father but i die that all may know that i love the father being obedient to his will and it is his will that i die for the salvation of… Michael Choniates c. 1138–c. 1222PG 140:325D…of the evangelical documents He will cry out: Come forth (John XI, 44) from the death of the age; and as He says in another place, Arise, let us go hence (John XIV, 31), transferring us from there, and leadi… PG 130:3…ruler of the world is coming and he has nothing in me but that the world may know that i love the father and as the father gave me commandment so i do arise let us…

122John 14:122

PG 143 (anthology)PG 143:1359…Germanus III. 112. Joseph I. 113. John XI. 114. Gregory II. 115. Athanasius. 116. John XII. 117. Niphon. 118. John XIII. 119. Gerasimus. 120. Isaiah (1). 121. John XIV. 122. Isidore. 123. Callistus I. 124. Philot…