Where the Fathers quote Luke 11
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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:241expounds v.2“ειπε δε αυτοις· οταν προσευχησθε λεγετε· Πατερ ημων ο εν τοις ουρανοις· αγιασθητω το ονομα σου· ελθετω η βασιλεια σου· γενηθητω το θελημα σου ως εν ου”On «Our Father, who art in heaven»
Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.2“ειπε δε αυτοις· οταν προσευχησθε λεγετε· Πατερ ημων ο εν τοις ουρανοις· αγιασθητω το ονομα σου· ελθετω η βασιλεια σου· γενηθητω το θελημα σου ως εν ου”On the significance of the Lord's Prayer: «Our Father who art in heaven»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:225expounds v.4“και αφες ημιν τας αμαρτιας ημων· και γαρ αυτοι αφιεμεν παντι τω οφειλοντι ημιν· και μη εισενεγκῃς ημας εις πειρασμον αλλα ρυσαι ημας απο του πονηρου.”On the Lord’s saying: «Suffer it to be so now»
Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1189expounds v.34“ο λυχνος του σωματος εστιν ο οφθαλμος· οταν ουν ο οφθαλμος σου απλους η και ολον το σωμα σου φωτεινον εστιν· επαν δε πονηρος η και το σωμα σου σκοτειν”Excerpts on the Gospel: «The lamp of the body is the eye»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:237expounds v.44“ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι εστε ως τα μνημεια τα αδηλα. και οι ανθρωποι περιπατουντες επανω ουκ οιδασιν.”On the requirement: «Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes», and its harmony with «Woe unto you, scribes»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1309expounds v.44“ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι εστε ως τα μνημεια τα αδηλα. και οι ανθρωποι περιπατουντες επανω ουκ οιδασιν.”On: «Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes», and its consistency with «Woe to you, Scribes»
1Luke 11:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:421…the father said to the lord when he had finished his prayer lord teach us to pray as john also taught his disciples the sequence of the passage runs thus and it came to pass that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:453…to pass that when he was in a certain place praying as he ceased one of his disciples said to him and in another place and he was spending the night in the prayer of god…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1635B…προσεύχεσθαι. This word is superfluous; and it seems to have been repeated here through the carelessness of a copyist, just as in the Vienna codex in Mill on Luke xi, 1; for in all others, both printed and ma…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1651C…Luke narrating)... therefore he says to them (according to Matthew): 'Thus therefore pray ye, Our Father, who art in heaven'." Do not believe therefore Mill on Luke XI, 1, who notes that Origen in De Oratione…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:787A…ng or uttering. Thus also he pours out many prayers from the same mind: for they approached him saying, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples" (Luc. 11:1). What then, I ask, ought to have been…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:679A…, for God is not a body. For the "place" has many meanings. Sometimes it signifies quantity, as in, "It came to pass, when He was in a certain place praying" (Luke XI, 1); and, "No man shall move from his plac…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1759…to you and when he was in a certain place praying as he ceased one of his disciples said to him lord teach us to pray and he said when you pray say our father who…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:901…for there was b a certain great and illustrious king and it came to pass that as he was passing by on a chariot inlaid with gold surrounded by the retinue befitting a king he encountered…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:853…concerning the woe of the lawyers vers and it came to pass as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased one of his disciples said to him lord teach us to pray just…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…; not that he was in need, but that he might train men to follow this path. In this way he taught them to pray. They therefore said to him: “Teach us to pray” (Luc. 11.1). For this reason he also prays, that t…
2Luke 11:2
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:721…the lord taught us to say to his father when we pray thy will be done as in heaven so on earth b so that just as the heavenly natures of the incorporeal powers c all…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:799…of the faithful speaking thus our father who art in the heavens hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth give us today our daily bread and…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…the lord commanded us in the gospel so pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day…
Pope Victor I r. c. 189-199 (d. 199)PG 5:1487…prayer which he taught his disciples to pray says our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name in good and just men is the name of the lord hallowed and in the wicked it…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:473…follow the words of matthew are of this kind our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:497…for things that are present as if they were not present saying hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come if this is the case would it not be an obligation at some point to cease saying…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:499…we may already be living in the blessings of regeneration and resurrection thy will be done as in heaven so on earth luke having omitted this placed after thy kingdom come give us this day our…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:503…the heavens because of their wicked disposition therefore when it is said thy will be done as in heaven so on earth one must not even reckon that those beings are in heaven since in their…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1657…. Ibid., line 5, Pater, hagiastheto. You see that Origen does not recognize here those words, "hemon, ho en tois ouranois," which stand in the editions of Luke XI, 2; just as the old Latin interpreter also…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1681…certain custom of scripture it is stated as a prayer as in hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come instead of may it be hallowed and may it come and in the psalms there are countless…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:39…imperative mood for an optative as in that passage our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name for would that it were hallowed and now in the present case let him kiss me with…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:223…to the father when you pray he says say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth the will of the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:353…and spiritual things b h chap xi h v our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come i think that no one could say father to god unless he were filled…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1461C…cording to nature. And to whom, therefore, was the Lord Jesus speaking, teaching men to pray: 'Say ye when ye pray: Our Father, who art in heaven (Matt. vi, 9; Luc. xi, 2),' and again, 'Pray to your Father, who…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1029…he says to them thus then you shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and so forth so let each person test himself to see if he is worthy as having…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:597…a thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth and thus with corruptible and corporeal things passed away intellectual and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:957…whom the lord also says when you pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name in christ jesus our lord to whom be glory and power now and always and for ages…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:785…state of soul h chapter iv h matthew our father c who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done matth vi and the rest matthew but seek first the…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:467…sincerity and simplicity to help one another for why is it written thy will be done as in heaven so on earth matt vi so that just as the angels in heaven dwell together with one…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1147…and dominion unto the ages of ages amen h oration iii h hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come the law which contains the shadow of the good things to come and signifies the truth in…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1151…being complete and perfect in all things what does this desire signify hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come is it perhaps that the word signifies some such thing in the form of this prayer that…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:621…was there war and fighting there too and how do we pray thy will be done as in heaven and on earth what then is it earth was separated from heaven and the angels were at…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:389…sins to you by what conscience will you say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and the rest similarly christ gave the very blood which they shed for the salvation of those…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:301…also in the gospels christ commanded us to pray and to say thy will be done as in heaven so on earth that is just as the angels hallow him delivered indeed from all wickedness and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:711…way h homily xiv on chapter vi h a our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name etc he wished to be called father rather than lord so that he might give us great…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:713…pertaining to the three he stated above for he had said above hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come and as if someone should say does god then not have a kingdom on earth since you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:279…living in the heavens from both these inequalities he is immune c thy will be done as in heaven and in earth do you see the excellent order for he commanded us to desire future things…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:283…word he commands us to make common prayers saying our father and thy will be done as in heaven so on earth and give us our bread and forgive us our debts and lead us not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:247…spiritual and philosophical mind consider also the things that come before it hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven matt vi then after he set…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:521…you standing at the altar cry out with confidence our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name but this one approached me condemned ashamed pressing his face toward the earth and with a contrite…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:321…was there war and battle there and how do we pray saying thy will be done as in heaven so on earth what then is to be said the earth had been severed from heaven the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:341…at once he utters these words our father who art in heaven thy will be done as in heaven so on earth matt the child does not fall on the earth you do not see a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:533…find this also lying within it for when the one praying says thy will be done as in heaven so on earth he hints at nothing else but this how because in heaven there is no…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:911…god as father and say our father who art in the heavens hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1179…who gives prayer to the one who prays invoke him therefore saying hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come which is the holy spirit and your only begotten son for so he taught saying that god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:569…of prayer he says thus therefore you shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us today our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:875…most befitting the saints thus he says pray you our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so also on earth give us our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1071…and indeed they taught us to say in prayers our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth do you see that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1051…own fullness thus we say even in our prayers our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and we do not mean that we pray for some addition of holiness to be made to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:475…himself certainly did thus he says you shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:825…for when he clearly said thus therefore pray ye our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth and what follows these…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1073…doing nothing of what god wills to pretend to virtue and say thy will be done as in heaven and on earth and even while one has surrendered oneself to luxury and debauchery and has stored…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1735…thy will be done as in heaven so in earth i fig edible iii why christ dried up the fig tree i the lord…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:957…the lord delivering how one ought to pray says our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth d consistent with what…
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2377…its creator with one and the same voice according to that word thy will be done as in heaven so in earth having therefore celebrated this holy feast brilliantly he who had spoken of it always…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1759…to pray and he said when you pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and so forth and he adds ask and it shall be given to you seek and you…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:13D…exposition of the Lord's Prayer to a certain person devoted to Christ, pp. 344-366. In this exposition Maximus supports, p. 350, Gregory of Nyssa, who, in Luke XI, 2, concerning the words "Thy kingdom" [et…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:883…power of the speaker s intent to grasp it our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come b appropriately the lord teaches those who pray to begin with theology and in…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:379…accumulates all justice within it hence we pray to god daily thus thy kingdom come thy will be done for he desires this and for this very reason he put on a human body and this…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:685…a friend converses with a friend so to say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name d the prayer declaring that he who is by nature the son of god has him dwelling…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:205…cap vi h he prays for the resurrection and the judgment to come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth as if to say just as the angels do your will so grant…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:853…disciples and he said to them when you pray say father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us our daily…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:855…that he may be delivered from the trials here and find rest thy will be done as in heaven by the angels so also by us men on earth for the angels all work according to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:491…the optative as is frequently repeated in scripture hallowed be he says thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done and the rest which words are not in the optative but the imperative mood as…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:255…ought to pray he first commanded them to say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth then afterward give us…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1199…admirable and venerable prayer say our father who art in heaven and thy will be done as in heaven and on earth and again whoever may do the will of my father who is in heaven…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:579…shall come to the saints and to those prepared for that inheritance thy will be done as in heaven so on earth constitute us as angels that as in them so also in us and through…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:197…ascertained fact cat n interpreting this petition of the lord s prayer thy will be done as in heaven so in earth as if we are asking that just as the will of god is done…
Johann Heinrich Nolte 1826-1892PG 6:1727A…ōn te kai, etc., thus the space in the codex and the reading will be satisfied, and the sense will be very well served. B Col. 384, 1. 6 cf. interpretation on Luke 11, 2, Credner’s Symbol. I, p. 229 sqq. We…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1119…and in word will say to god thy kingdom come xiv h thy will be done as in heaven so on earth h the divine and blessed angels of god do the will of god as…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…reason indeed he handed down to them the prayer in these words our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so in earth give…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:45…thus having taught us even this virtue he commanded us to say thy will be done as in heaven so on earth for having implanted in us the love of future things and the desire for…
Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1993…saying to his own disciples when you pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come c address the father as children await the king as soldiers as those enrolled…
3Luke 11:3
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:329B…s well. The righteous man, while leading a life of poverty, is content with a little, having been taught in prayer to say: “Give us this day our daily bread.” ⟦Luke XI, 3.⟧ The sinner, however, overflowing with…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:303…at care upon the cupidity of fleeting things. Why therefore, will you say, did he command to seek bread? But he added, Daily, and this he repeats again, Today (Luke 11:3): which he even observes here. For he d…
4Luke 11:4
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:799…bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom for ever amen c pray thus…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:473…and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil c but those of luke are these father hallowed be thy name thy…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:521…debts as we also have forgiven our debtors or as luke says and forgive us our sins for we ourselves also have forgiven every one who is indebted to us h concerning debts h the apostle…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:529…have been committed and which have not even reached to the lips and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil but the phrase but deliver us from evil is omitted in luke if…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1675…line 2, ἀφήκαμεν. So it is read above, no. 18. But in the editions of Matthew vi, 12, it is more correctly read ἀφίεμεν. Ibid., line 4, ἀφήκαμεν. The editions, Luke xi, 4, have ἀφίεμεν, and Origen himself is th…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:483…enter into temptation and again in prayer to say to the father and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil b perhaps they are also ignorant of the many times our master and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1029…and among the nations his precepts our father who art in heaven lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one in the kingdom of heaven glorified above kings…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1657…tread upon serpents and scorpions and all the power of the enemy and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil c through the grace and mercy and love toward mankind of thy only…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:667…mouth ii thess ii therefore we are also commanded to beseech god lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil matth vi for unless being delivered by the help of a superior power from…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1177…v h forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil the discourse advancing reaches the very extreme point of virtue for it prescribes…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1191…offer our supplication with our mind and not merely with our body lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one what brothers is the power of these words it seems to me…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1099…the gospel teaches the disciples in prayer among other things to say and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for the name of the evil one is also indicative of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:179…take experience of such terrible troubles again and do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever amen h…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:299…our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil matt vi everywhere using the plural name and commanding each one whether he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:419…intolerable temptation offers annoyance wherefore we are taught when praying to say lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one matt the battles are varied and the ranks are manifold and it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:713…nor do you receive indulgence unless you yourself have first granted it and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil since he had commanded many great things to men above that they call…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:725…is and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil judge not that ye be not judged for whoever does not judge his…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:281…unwilling c in those things where we are masters to spare ourselves and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:627…u act accordingly, think how terrible it is to fall into the hands of the living God, and repent and turn to your Creator and Lord. "But deliver us from evil" (Luke 11:4). If Satan seeks to sift us like wheat,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:911…bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:875…today and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one c therefore to those asking for things they ought not which…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:695…a we have power only over those committed against us and lead us not into temptation up to this point luke recites the prayer but we find that matthew adds but deliver us…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1305…lord s prayer h priest we beseech thee god the almighty father lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil remove from us diabolical actions make all the snares put forth by the counsels…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:903…the b power of the remaining phrases which have the following manner and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for the word indicates in these that if anyone has not…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:375…prayer which asks for what is beneficial as the lord delivered saying lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil and the other words in that prayer furthermore observe also the word wavered for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:853…heaven so on earth give us our daily bread day by day and forgive us our sins for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation but deliver…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:491…enter into temptation and again in prayer to say to the father and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one perhaps they are also ignorant of the b often occurring withdrawals…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:411…grief so that we may say to god as he himself taught us and lead us not into temptation that is forbidden and altogether evil but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:47…as we grant to our debtors moreover we are taught to say and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for many sad things come upon us from the work of…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:445…and having corrected yourself turn back to god your father and maker and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one we master are worthy of every punishment and we beseech thee…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:941…enter into temptation and to say to the father in prayer again and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for perhaps they are also ignorant of the fact that the…
5Luke 11:5
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:713…answered rightly do this and thou shalt live and he said who of you shall have a friend and b will go to him at midnight asking three loaves and subsequently ask and it shall be…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:739…from the law or from the holy spirit schol and he said which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and ask him for three loaves and thereafter ask and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:325A…hat all who fall into various adversities have undergone such misfortunes because of antecedent wickedness. Eccli. — "A continuous drop hollows out a stone." Luc. XI, 5-10. — "Which of you will have a friend, an…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:855…and rave against you c vers and he said to them 'which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and say to him friend lend me three loaves for my…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:373…not give me trouble. I say to you, if he will not give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will give to him as many as he needs (Luc. 11: 5-8). Do you see how what friendship could…
6Luke 11:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:447…me three loaves for my friend has arrived on a journey from me and i have nothing to set before him and a little later i say to you though he will not give him anything…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1331…three loaves because a friend of mine has arrived from a journey and i have nothing to set before him and he from within shall answer do not be troublesome to me the door is now…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:325…three loaves because a friend has come to me from a journey and i have nothing to set before him and he from within answering shall say do not trouble me the door is now shut…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:855…three loaves for my friend has come to me from a journey and i have nothing to set before him and he from within shall answer and say do not trouble me the door is now…
7Luke 11:7
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1331…arrived from a journey and i have nothing to set before him and he from within shall answer do not be troublesome to me the door is now shut and my children are with me in…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:905…lord saying to him who was knocking at the door by night the door is now shut and my children are with me in the bed b rightly does the word call those children who have…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:325…him and he from within answering shall say do not trouble me the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed i cannot rise and give to you i say to you…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:855…me from a journey and i have nothing to set before him and he from within shall answer and say do not trouble me the door is now shut and my children are with me in…
8Luke 11:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:447…later i say to you though he will not give him anything because he is his friend yet because of his impudence he will arise and give him as much as he needs who among those…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1251…says i say to you even if he will not give to him because he is his friend yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as much as he needs b and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1257…and according to what was said by him in another place that because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs or there is need b of correction and diligence…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1331…i say to you even if he will not give him rising because he is his friend yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him b as many as he needs this example…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:493…i say to you even if he will not give it to him because he is his friend yet because of his impudence he will arise and give him as much as he needs b xxvii…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:899…be given to you and again though he will not give to him because he is his friend yet because of his persistence b he will arise and give him as much as he needs urging…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:409C…loaves implies the same. For even if he would not rise to give to him because he is his friend, he says, yet because of his persistence he will arise and give (Luc. 11:8). Knowing, therefore, the ineffable phi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:173D…f was powerful alone. "For I say unto you," He says, "if he will not give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will give to him" (Luc. 11. 8). But let us return to the subject at h…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:189D…continuous entreaty did: "And if he will not give it to him because he is his friend," he says, "yet because of his shamelessness he will arise and give him" (Luke 11:8). And it made what was undeserved, dese…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:407…will not give him to him he says on account of friendship yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him but continual prayer makes even the unworthy worthy it is not he says…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1451C…in the greatest difficulties, shamelessness is better than shame. For as the Lord says: "Whatever he wants will be given to him because of his shamelessness" (Luke xi, 8). Ejusd.—Just as it is never unseasona…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:325…and give to you i say to you if he will not give him because he is his friend yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as much as he needs there…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:855…say to you though he will not give to him by rising because he is his friend yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs ' the lord…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:373…me trouble i say to you if he will not give to him because he is his friend yet because of his persistence he will give to him as many as he needs luc do you…
9Luke 11:9
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1543A…hat another God is to be sought above the Creator. But every question. He refutes what they importunately urged: Seek, and you shall find ⟦ Matth. VII, 7; Luc. XI, 9⟧; so as to persuade [others] to invest…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:33…success for to him who knocks it says it shall be opened ask and it shall be given you for the violent who take the kingdom by force are said to do so not by contentious…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:559…conversely the barbarian philosophy casting out all strife said seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you ask and it shall be given to you b reason therefore which is developed…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:613C…od does not compel (for force is hostile to God), but he provides for those who seek, and grants to those who ask, and opens to those who knock ⟦Matth. vii, 7; Luc. xi, 9⟧. If you wish, therefore—if you truly w…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:91…is also most necessary exhorting to this the savior said not only knock and it shall be opened to you and seek and you shall find but also ask and it shall be given to you…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1251…he needs b and it is added then and i say to you ask and it shall be given to you and the rest furthermore it is a further encouragement through the words not everyone accepts…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:291…unto the dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine a v ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you that the disciples might…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:227…to those who inquire with commitment he who said seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you provides the true knowledge of the things sought his covenant taken in a general…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:913…the lord performed through him for he is the one who says ask and it shall be given to you for most of those who were suffering when he would not open the door merely slept…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1185…heart have mercy on me and send it as you have said ask and it shall be given you i understood that i walk in sins and repenting i fled to your sufferings even unto death…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:783…that one must assiduously apply himself to prayers and vigils chapter i ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1415…strength since he himself has exhorted us to ask and has said ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:173C…my ways, as a people that hath done justice" [Isai. 58. 2]), so a pure life guides, and the zeal that is in seeking. "Seek, for," He says, "and ye shall find" (Luc. 11. 9). And the parable of the one asking bre…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:641…he says and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you for everyone that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:653…reap the benefit for those who seek will be unconquerable and invincible ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:729…the one who receives it h homily xviii from chapter vii h ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you it is difficult…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:731…carnal but a spiritual knowledge and this is what he says a knock and it shall be opened unto you for he knocks at god who performs good works before god through prayer fasting and almsgiving…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:803…denied to those who are willing in the gospel the lord says ask and it shall be given to you seek and you will find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:311…paul commanded one to know how one ought to answer each person ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for because he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:497…me and asking of me propitiation for the world for i said ask and it shall be given you seek and you shall find matth to him be glory and power now and always forever and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:391…nothing else for true is that saying of christ seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you matt but because most of those who are gathered here with us have taken…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:797…do you take away our soul ' even though you said 'ask and it shall be given you knock and it shall be opened to you seek and you shall find' matt you have read the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:505…rest to the reasoning how then does christ say seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you and search the scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life there…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:145…says christ and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you cyr we must therefore proceed to investigate things that can bring benefit and let…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:815…for ever an evangelical promise c for seek he says and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you and see therefore he says that he has chosen you to build him a…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1709…it will be unconquerable and invincible the lord himself legislating this promised ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:173…h fidem adhibentes illi qui dixit d trusting in him who said ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:79…understanding of the apostolic doctrine for he will surely give who said ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you with whom to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:273…bring forward d a good intention of mind for ask he says and it shall be given you seek and you shall find having answered these things to the questions of the corinthians and having legislated…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1207…you this is an evangelical exhortation for seek he says and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you b ver and the pattern of all that was in the spirit with him…
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2339…he who asks makes petitions pleasing to god for ask he says and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you when therefore the confession was…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1759…in heaven hallowed be thy name and so forth and he adds ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you and he infers…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1855…timeless son and word of thee the father our lord jesus christ ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:141…will not be disappointed for he who promised is not a liar ask and it shall be given to you knock and it shall be opened to you c h question xix al xviii h how…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:381…fountain of wisdom and goodness welcoming us with kindly promises exhorted us ask and it shall be given to you knock and it shall be opened having confidence in this declaration of substantial truth we have…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1371…sinned in any way as a man for it is written 'ask and it shall be given you seek and you will find knock and it will be opened to you ' but as he said…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:335…to the knowledge of them for he who said seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you cannot lie accordingly we shall learn the mysteries of the epistles of the blessed…
Alexius I Comnenus 1048–1118PG 127:953…because he has obeyed the lord's command for the lord himself said ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
Nicephorus Choumnos c. 1255–1327PG 140:1457…spoken nevertheless since these also are calls from god seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened we too approach seeking to find and we knock first at the mind so that we…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1163…for he himself says ask and you shall receive seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you b if therefore we wish to ask and seek or knock let us learn…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:41…ears and not hear the divine voice which cries out each day ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who…
AnonymousPG 106:1195…things which she was offering h chapter xi h vers seek and knock and it shall be opened unto you and go in the night to a friend to receive something he expresses by this his…
10Luke 11:10
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:67A…he most precious of all, brother Amphilochius. For having rightly heard this admonition of the Lord, that "Everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds" (Luc. xi, 10), you seem to me to be able, by your di…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:775C…Ask, He says, and it shall be given to you (Matt. 7:7), etc. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened (Luke 11:10). And elsewhere again: Who is there amo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:641…shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you for everyone that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened matt and seek the kingdom of god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:731…and worthily partake of holy things and hear the secret mysteries d to him that knocketh it shall be opened because he had said ask seek knock lest perhaps some of the sinners should hear and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:781…him seek for everyone that seeketh findeth and he that asketh receiveth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened knock at the door of repentance with thy unspeakable groanings do not fear it this…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:623A…us. For it is not enough merely to have willed, unless we also search with much diligence. For he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened (Luc. xi, 10). When Ecclesiastes had sought these th…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1175C…abor, and the grace of God who gives, all things are achieved. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened (Luke 11, 10). Let us therefore knock at that most b…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:447…at hand and again knock and it shall be opened to you for every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened after these god wishing…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:489B…for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt. IV, 17). And again: Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you (Luc. XI, 10). For if you say it is impossible to re…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1255…attain the discovery of it the lord himself bears witness saying everyone that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened h question v h if in the…
11Luke 11:11
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1881…he says a son asks any of you for bread will you give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will you give him a serpent or if he asks for an egg…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:291…what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone v or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent see then if knowledge is…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:147…say he said which of you if his son asks for bread will he give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will he give him a snake therefore if you being evil…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:489…you for whom if his son asks for bread will he not give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will he not give him a serpent if you then being evil know…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:311…says is a father to whom if a son asks for bread will he give him a stone among men indeed if you do this frequently you seem annoying and burdensome but before god if you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:367…is there among you who if his son asks for bread will give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will he give him a serpent a fathers do not provoke your children…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:835…is there among you who if his son asks for bread will give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will he give him a serpent d and by way of comparison showing…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:211…is there among you who if his son asks for bread will give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will he give him a serpent he instructs d here that one must…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:857…opened or what father among you if his son asks for bread will he give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will he instead of a fish give him a serpent or…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:71B…on. Not to mention that because of the identical beginning of this verse and the following one, it could easily be skipped. Tina de ex hymōn [Or who of you], Luc. 11, 11. That ex [of], however it may have cr…
12Luke 11:12
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:741…if his son ask a fish will he give him a serpent or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion and later he says if ye then being evil know how…
13Luke 11:13
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:645…the lord commands daily to forgive those brothers who repent if we being evil know how to give good gifts how much more is the father of mercies the good father of all consolation who is…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1881…for an egg will you give him a scorpion if then you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children and so on since b he declared bread and an egg and a…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1011B…you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him (Luc. XI, 13)? For unless the Holy Spirit were of th…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1141…itself indeed matthew the evangelist says that the lord said if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:147…for a fish will he give him a snake therefore if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly father give good things to those who…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:493…be opened and having proceeded further he adds how much more will your heavenly father give the holy spirit to those who ask him amen i say to you even if he will not give it…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:819…for he who seeks finds for if he says you being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children a how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit to…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:531…c and the other how much more shall the father from heaven give the holy spirit to them that ask him for it is proper to a mutable that is a created substance to be made…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1035…those that ask him a the other however how much more will your heavenly father give the holy spirit to those that ask him from which it appears that the holy spirit is the fullness of…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1039D…fore, that the Holy Spirit is the substance of the good things of God; when we placed the example, "The Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him" (Luc. XI, 13); and "The Father will give...…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1043…spirit who is given to us and that how much more will your heavenly father give the holy spirit to those who ask him c but this spirit is also said to be poured out by…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1583…the goodness of men with the divine kindness saying if therefore you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children but it is written do good o lord to the good and if…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:739…him a serpent or instead of an egg a scorpion if you then being evil know how to give good gifts how much more the father refut from this passage the superstitious and affected religion of…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:741…an egg will he offer him a scorpion and later he says if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly father if therefore he…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:49…last and best of words is above the beginning and if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children where d indeed there is here also the most suitable opportunity to mention…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:437…prophets said but christ himself speaking to the jews said if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:775…asks for a fish will hand him a serpent if then you being evil know how to give good things to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give the holy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:489…for a fish will he not give him a serpent if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your father who is in heaven give good…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:315…he asks for a fish will hand him a serpent if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:733…asking he would not be a father but an enemy if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give the good…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:313…to such a degree as goodness surpasses this wickedness for if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more your father who is in heaven these things he said…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:603…young man thus also above he called men evil saying if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children for even there he called them evil not condemning the nature of all…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:349…my counsels from your counsels is and again if you he says being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give to you matt but these…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:129…whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your father which is in heaven…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:539…this way you will obtain your prayer for if he says you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more your father who is in heaven matt he calls doubt…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:835…showing the excellence of the divine goodness he adds saying if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:471…of wickedness for the son of god himself called us evil saying if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your father which is in heaven…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:639…over us christ himself will make manifest to you saying if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give good things to those…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:385…things through this good legislation he added another command saying if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give good things to those…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:839…words if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly father give good things to those…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:821…divine goodness rightly termed it wickedness using these words if then you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children etc by these words it does not condemn the whole of nature as…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:799…things to the just but to sinners for if you he says being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly father give good things to those who…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:531…were to venomous beasts to whom it is said if you therefore being evil know how to give good gifts to your children he became a serpent and not without reason is it handed down because…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1759…and it shall be opened to you and he infers if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall the heavenly father give the holy spirit to…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1855…to him who knocks it shall be opened and again if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit to…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:393…and raineth upon the just and the unjust matth v if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your father who is in heaven give good things…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:433…who suppose him not to be good he d rebutted if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:447…to him and will make our abode with him and if you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give the good…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:405…him not to be good he rebuked them saying if d you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give good things to those…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:211…so you also seek spiritual things not carnal ones vers if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:857…asks for an egg will he give him a scorpion if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will the heavenly father give the holy spirit to…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:525…even with very little labor the lord himself saying if then you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give good things…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1323…of luke how much more will your heavenly father give the good spirit to them that ask him and the apostles in the acts we are witnesses of these words and the holy spirit whom god…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:783…god and again in the same matthew homily if you he says being evil know how to give good gifts to your children even there he called them evil not because he condemned all human nature…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:947…goodness itself indeed matthew the evangelist says the lord said if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will the heavenly father give good things to those…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:185…seek to kill me this abraham did not do and if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give good things to those…
John of Carpathus fl. 7th centuryPG 85:1845…not to the righteous but to sinners for if you he says being evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father who is in heaven give the holy…
14Luke 11:14
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:1013D…atthew XI. There follows the office performed for Christ by the sinful woman, Luke VII, verse 37. Thence He came home, Mark III, 20. He casts out a mute demon, Luke XI, 14, Matthew XII, 22. Therefore the Pharise…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1201B…on? For at His Nativity a multitude of the heavenly host appeared to the shepherds, praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace (Luc. 11, 14), etc. To this end, therefore, He makes…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1319B…se the Lord is delighted with, or wills good things to, His people, according to that: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men (Luc. 11, 14). [For in both places in the Greek…
15Luke 11:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:67…hings upon him like pigs and flies; for those times demanded that. For some were saying: "He deceiveth the world" (John 7:12); others: "He casteth out demons" (Luke 11:15); others: "Behold a man gluttonous and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:457C…id by the Jews, which they uttered as they were raging and saying that "You have a demon," and, "You are a Samaritan," and, "He casts out demons by Beelzebub" (Luke 11:15). For for this reason He endured al…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:33D…ons of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will." What then, because sorcerers also perform signs, and the Jews in Beelzebub said he cast out the demons (Luc. 11. 15)? But they do not perform such signs; f…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:201B…y cunning arguments obscuring his glory, they traversed the whole region of the Jews and Jerusalem itself; sometimes they said he performed signs by Beelzebul (Luc. XI, 15); at other times, spurred by the gadfly…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:483C…, being a man, make yourself God?" (Joan. X, 33); when also, transferring the works of the Spirit, they blasphemed, saying: "By Beelzebub he casts out devils" (Luc. XI, 15). But if this is unseemly, it is clear…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:385C…h⟧ ...Hell is prince and the devil the primary administrator. We have manifest mention of the prince of demons in Matt. IX, 34; XII, 24; XXV, 41; Mark III, 22; Luke XI, 15. But lest I write a certain demonology…
17Luke 11:17
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:649…prince of the demons but the lord knowing their thoughts said to them every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and having said but if i cast out demons by the spirit of god then…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:495…speaks thus to the sons of beelzebub who wished to insult him every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand and if satan cast…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:793…with one another are deserving of destruction h chapter i h matthew every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand matt xii to the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:17D…nity would not be discerned, and the whole doctrine would have been dissolved long ago; for "Every kingdom," He says, "divided against itself shall not stand" (Luke 11:17). Now, however, in this very matter the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:445…ages of the ages amen h homily xli h a and jesus knowing their thoughts said unto them every kingdom divided against itself shall be brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:843…ld in no way have been received, and the dogma itself would have been destroyed long ago: For every kingdom, he says, divided against itself is made desolate (Luke 11:17). But now even from this thing the maj…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:981C…ld by no means have been received, and the dogma would long ago have been destroyed: "For every kingdom," he says, "divided against itself shall be desolated" (Luke 11:17). Now, however, even by this very fact…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1455…necessary arguments such as that satan does not cast out satan for every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation says christ abraham is dead and the prophets that is those who heard the word…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:181…and all the affairs of the enemies have vanished for he says every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand do you see how…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:267…of nature as the devil but jesus knowing their thoughts said to them every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself will not stand and if satan…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:859…demons and others tempting him sought a sign from heaven from him but he knowing their thoughts said to them every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house if satan also…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:185…you and if satan casts out satan then he is divided and every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and again therefore god is not the god of the dead but of the living…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:967…their own masters the wretches not mindful of that truthful saying that every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation nor of the proverbial saying that not even heracles can stand against two nay they…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1161…on kindles a fire and battle urged on sheds blood matth xii every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand because iniquity will abound…
19Luke 11:19
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1535…he said to the jews if i in beelzebub cast out demons by whom do your sons cast them out but the gospel dissolves every mode in which it is openly written that the apostles found…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:673…with lying but answers them if i cast out demons by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out whence it is certain that there are certain evil demons who when invoked by magicians are…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1197…his disciples and said if i in beelzebub cast out demons in whom do your sons cast them out that is these disciples of mine who are from among you in whom do they cast them…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:669…again gently reproves them saying if i cast out demons by beelzebul by whom do your sons cast them out therefore they shall be your judges but if i cast out demons by the spirit of…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:213…means the holy apostles according to what was said by the lord by whom do your sons cast them out or also those leaders of the churches who have become sons of the church and have…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:67…demons to whom he answers thus if i cast out by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out now when he says sons he points to the apostles who were born of them and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:495…the house and bind the strong man and then spoil his house and if i by beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your sons cast them out and a little later he says wherefore i…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1051…the savior asks and says if i cast out demons by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out but if i cast out demons by the finger of god then the kingdom of god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:793…judging the twelve tribes of israel matt and to the jews but if i by beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your children cast them out therefore they shall be your judges matt for since…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:627…and that the apostles had wicked fathers christ declared when he said if i by beelzebub cast out devils in whom do your children cast them out therefore they shall be your judges matt xii but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:783…in beelzebub if therefore he says i in beelzebub cast out demons by whom do your sons cast them out he calls their sons the apostles who were of them whom he had sent earlier to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:445…former for if i he says cast out demons in beelzebub in whom do your sons cast them out d see here too his gentleness he did not say my disciples nor my apostles but your…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:283…demons by the spirit but by his power as he himself says if i by beelzebub cast out demons by whom do your sons cast them out this however he said signifying that not all cast…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:583B…n those: a thing that also Christ was saying: But if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges (Luke 11:19). For lest anyone accuse the nature of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:675…of theirs the lord said if i by beelzebul cast out demons by whom do your sons cast them out but if i by the spirit of god cast out demons then the kingdom of god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:615…the father the divine and holy spirit other if i he says by beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your children cast them out therefore they shall be your judges but if i by the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1113…other things he says and if i by beelzebul cast out demons by whom do your sons cast them out therefore they shall be your judges but if i cast out demons by the spirit of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:173…if i cast out demons by beelzebul the prince of the demons by whom do your sons cast them out c for the bright and great choir of the holy apostles was in admiration when they…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1263…of any sober minded person that christ is not the true god if i by beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your sons cast them out therefore they shall be your judges if the disciples…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:221…to this question if i he says cast out demons by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out but if i cast out these by the spirit of god then the kingdom of god…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1531…the long suffering lord says if i cast out demons by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out but if i cast out demons by the spirit of god then the kingdom of god…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:543…but to some he said if i cast out demons by beelzebul by whom do your sons cast them out to the gluttonous man and drunkard he held up the parable of the children in the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:267…is called the adversary and if i cast out demons by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out therefore they shall be your judges be it so he says that i am such a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:859…cast out demons by beelzebul if i cast out demons by beelzebul by whom do your sons cast them out therefore they will be your judges but if i cast out demons with the finger of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1219…revile them in return by no means but to those he said if i by beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your children cast them out to those who called him a gluttonous man and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:935…as god but if i he says cast out demons by beelzebub by whom do your sons cast them out therefore they themselves shall be your judges if the disciples cured those vexed by demons in…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:553…laid waste and after this if i cast out demons by beelzebul by whom do your sons cast them out and after a few words when the unclean spirit has gone out he passes through waterless…
20Luke 11:20
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:495…them as correctly spoken with such words as these if i by the finger of god cast out devils…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:265…crushed enemies" [Ps. cxvii, 16; Exod. xv, 6]), and the finger of God is the Holy Spirit, according to the saying, "If I by the finger of God cast out demons" (Luke xi, 20), which is written in another Gospel as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:447B…them and invent causes. Matthew indeed says: But if I by the Spirit of God cast out... while Luke says: But if I by the finger of God cast out demons (Luke 11:20), showing that it is a work of the grea…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:703…the meantime say that i use his powers to work miracles v but if i with the finger of god cast out devils etc since the things said by you lack truth and are futile and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:575…h christ addressing the jews speaks somewhere thus but if i by the finger of god cast out devils then the kingdom of god is come unto you he calls the holy spirit here the finger…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:659A…y of communication and union. What are these? The divine operations—that is, the miracles, according to the text: "If I by the Spirit of God cast out demons" ⟦(Luke 11:20)⟧. Veneration, according to the text: "…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:555…has wrought it is said in the gospel but if i by the finger of god cast out demons which interpreting it elsewhere he says but if i by the spirit of god cast out demons…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:663…is the finger of god and the lord but if i by the finger of god cast out demons in luke which matthew says as by the spirit of god the scripture says this so as…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1283B…ts in your soul through virtue. Thus, at last, you will most illustriously bring help to yourself, if you keep the evangelical parable in your mind and memory (Luke XI, 20), namely, that the impure spirit, havin…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:739…but if i by the spirit of god cast out devils then the kingdom of god is come upon you and again it is written all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1317…has come upon you saint luke indeed says in the same passage but if i with the finger of god cast out demons then the kingdom of god has come upon you therefore the holy spirit…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:939D…irit, says in a certain place that Christ, disputing with the Jews, said: If I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you (Luc. XI, 20); in this place he demonstrates that th…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:531A…says again as follows: "Christ says, when disputing with the Jews: 'But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you' (Luke 11:20). He calls the Holy Spirit 'finger' her…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:733C…phet David (Psal. XXXII, 6), and whom we are taught to be the finger of God, when the Lord says in the Gospel: "But if I by the finger of God cast out demons" (Luc. XI, 20). These things have been said, and are…
Job the Monk fl. 6th centuryPG 86:3319…or that which is worn on the finger is a ring, and that the Spirit is called a "finger" is testified by the verse: If I by the finger of God cast out demons (Luc. xi, 20). And I, Jobius the bishop. I con…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399B…rse 14, tē hy. Ibid. Verse 32, ēkidiasē (it mourned/was heavy). Ps. CXLIII, 4. Verse 4, a fin. H. St. 2, toude tou anthr. Verse ult. daktulos (finger). Luke XI, 20. Page 620, verse 6, krēmnōis exōsai (…
21Luke 11:21
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:745…e Lord says: As long as the strong man armed keepeth his house, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come, he shall take away his armor (Luke 11:21-22): namely, the impious men from whom the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:703…these words signify the kingdom of god has come upon you v when a strong man armed keepeth his court etc since it was necessary for a discourse of this kind to be drawn out to…
22Luke 11:22
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1009A…recent writers, such as Pierius, book XIV of his Hieroglyphics, Brodaeus, Miscellanea, book XXXIII, chapter 11, and Cardinal Toletus, in his annotations on Luke 11, 22, who admonishes the holy teachers for f…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:745…the strong man armed keepeth his house his goods are in peace but when a stronger than he shall come he shall take away his armor luke namely the impious men from whom the house had…
23Luke 11:23
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:743…himself considering that it has been said by the lord he who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters do not then scatter yourselves being members of…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:391…had argued about primacy on the way here he says he who is not with me is against me regarding him who was casting out demons in his name after this he says whoever causes one…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:785…of the devil except by the sole power of god he who is not with me is against me what is the will of the devil of evil things and what is mine of good things…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:447…it but signifying the former tyranny established through our negligence he who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters behold the fourth solution what do i desire…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:557…a thief and a robber john x again of them he who is not with me is against me matth xii again he addresses them thus you are of your father the devil john viii woe…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:897…would address them and that very rightly with these words he who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters do not those workshops of heretics hateful to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:269…those who stand against him the savior himself affirms saying he who is not with me is against me but may those who have believed be with him but it is true that even those who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:267…the enemies and this i think is what christ himself also said he that is not with me is against me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth vers but if the family of egypt…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:705A…holy apostles to the knowledge of the truth and have been brought to God and the Father through faith in the Son. He that is not with me is against me. (Luke 11:23) For I have come, he says, that I might…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:633…faith in him and he himself will clearly teach this by saying he that is not with me is against me but i imagine everyone will admit that before the true knowledge of god and faith…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:455…baptism and would have christ emmanuel as their enemy for he who is not with me is against me those who struggle in the night and in the darkness of ignorance are inevitably conquered for they…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:959…us is for us b but the passage they appended he who is not with me is against me is directed openly and simply against the devil as that very clause of the gospel indicates for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:267…of the demons by which i mean mankind c d he who is not with me is against me h from the collation of the venetian codices of st mark h the purpose of the reasoning…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:591…the lord seems to contradict himself for having said elsewhere he who is not with me is against me he now says he who is not against us is for us these things seem therefore to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:861…whole armor in which he trusted and distributes his spoils he who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters when the unclean spirit has gone out of…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:381…as far as lies in him when he had said he who is not with me is against me and seemed to speak obscurely he interpreted the saying by adding and he who does not gather…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:823…is your help but there is another thing said elsewhere he who is not with me is against me for that is said concerning the demon and it has a different meaning as we explained in…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1101…the lord calls his enemies and adversaries in the gospels he who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters matth xii furthermore the blessed apostle john keeping…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1107…secundianus of carindia said since our lord jesus christ says he who is not with me is against me and john the apostle calls those who depart from the church antichrists it is impossible for them…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:967…know if this is to be granted to them res he who is not with me is against me says the divine gospel and he who does not gather with me scatters since therefore many years…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:891…and for this reason also alien to the church since he who is not with me is against me he says and he who does not gather with me seems to scatter let what pertains to…
Gregory III Mammas, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1459PG 160:165…if this is to be granted the reply of theodorus he who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters luc xi since therefore the western church i…
AnonymousPG 106:1107…not from his own nature but from our negligence vers he who is not with me is against me has such a significance i indeed teach virtue but the demons teach the opposite c how then…
24Luke 11:24
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:851D…more evil than himself, and he enters, and the last things of that man become worse than the first. So shall it be also with this generation." (Matt. 12:43-45; cf. Luke 11:24-26). Do you see that demons now dwell in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:187D…with brooms, taking again seven other spirits more wicked than himself, he returns into the soul, and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first" (Luke 11:24-26). Let us also fear, lest, having been f…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:459…impending punishment enigmatically bringing much terror into the narrative for he says when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and findeth none then he saith i…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:705A…l into such opinions concerning Christ? He himself has explained, saying: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, etc. (Luke 11:24) That this whole parable is directe…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:961…of the unclean spirits of whom the lord says in the gospels when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and he dwelleth…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:949…to us as said by the lord for when he says luke the unclean spirit is gone out of a man by the grace that is of baptism he walks through dry places seeking rest and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:861…when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man it walks through dry places seeking rest and finding none says i will return to my house from which i came out and when it comes…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:553…words when the unclean spirit has gone out he passes through waterless places seeking rest and finding none he says i will return to my house from which i came and coming he finds it swept…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:355…and to the sinner that goeth upon two ways from the gospel when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man be walketh through dry places seeking rest and findeth none then he saith i…
25Luke 11:25
Gregory III Mammas, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1459PG 160:165A…ions. We wish to know if this is to be granted. The Reply of Theodorus. "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters" ⟦Luc. xi, 25⟧. Since, therefore, the Western Church…
26Luke 11:26
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:961…to his house and finding it empty and cleaned he takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and entering in he dwells in that house and the last state of that man becomes…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1245…and finding the house vacant and swept with brooms he takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter and dwell in it and without doubt this man c is called common…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1117…evil he no longer wishes to dwell alone but goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself and eight times more so far as the number is concerned because he takes ones that are…
Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1119…but if it is written concerning demons that he goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself and an augmentation appears from the account that the one is wicked the other more wicked this…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1373…than himself and having returned he found the house vacant and dwelt there and the last state of that man became worse than the first indeed a retreat from virtue provides an entrance for the unclean…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1079…gone out of a man and in the subsequent verses he takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself demons in the gospels are also called spirits but this also is to be noted that spirit…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:851…it unoccupied swept and adorned and it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself and it enters and dwells in it and the last state of that man becomes worse than…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:187…afterward he finds the house vacant and swept with brooms taking again seven other spirits more wicked than himself he returns into the soul and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:789…with evangelical precepts as if having become more wrathful he takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself matth by saying seven either he says more or he speaks of all the spirits of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:459…findeth it empty swept and garnished then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is worse…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:525…and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself and they enter and dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first b and he adds a little later amen i…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:873…it takes seven other spirits more evil than itself and entering they dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first for indeed they have worshipped the gods of the egyptians…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1141…it takes seven other spirits more evil than itself and they enter and dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first so will it be with this evil generation for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1395…comes it finds it empty and swept then it takes he says seven other spirits more wicked than itself and they enter and dwell there and the last things of that man become worse than the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:63…finds it unoccupied swept and garnished then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter and dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:961…the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and he dwelleth in the man and the last state of that man is made worse…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1399…the master so named the demons also he will take he says seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they shall enter into him and the last state of that man shall be worse than…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1757…virtue then swept and adorned then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and entering they dwell there and the last state of that man a becomes worse than…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:949…with the wealth of the virtues then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and entering in he dwells there and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:275…it empty swept and garnished then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits more wicked than itself and entering in they dwell there and the last state of that man is worse than the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:861…comes it finds it swept and adorned then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself and entering they dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:553…coming he finds it swept and adorned then he goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself and entering they dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1011…phalanx in it and it might become those words of the gospel the last state of that man is worse than the first matt c but may this be far from him when however the mind…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:355…findeth it empty swept and garnished then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is made…
27Luke 11:27
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1393C…of angels celebrated this divine birth, so also did the woman lift up her voice and say: “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You sucked” (Luke 11, 27). And Mary herself, the Mother of God a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:627C…o the struggle. Now, O noble ones, I must recall to you that evangelical saying: "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you have sucked" (Luke 11:27). But when I made mention of breasts an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:497B…a certain woman lifted up her voice out of the crowd, and says to him, all hearing: Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked (Luke 11. 27). But upon Adam God fulfilled the sente…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:591…the power of his words saying blessed is the womb that bore thee and the paps which thou hast sucked but i do not deem only your mother venerable father blessed for having merited to become…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1235C…for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, because your reward is great in heaven." Joan. xx, 29. — "Blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed." Luc. xi, 27, 28. — "It came to pass, as he spoke th…
AnonymousPG 106:1195…here means prayer persevering with patience vers why when the woman said blessed is the womb that bare thee did he say yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of god he says this…
28Luke 11:28
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:299…the womb that bore thee and the breasts which thou hast sucked yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of god and keep it h concerning the angels h c the greek fragment begins…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1237…is the womb that bore you and the breasts that you sucked but he said yea rather blessed are they who hear the word of god and keep it a luc xii blessed are those servants…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:863…that you sucked but he said yes rather blessed are those who hear the word of god and keep it while the crowds were gathering he began to say this generation is an evil generation it…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:205…sucked he did not deny it but said in the same manner blessed are they that hear the word of god and keep it oh the wonder of virtue which raises those who pursue it to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:393…not deny it but in like manner said blessed are those who hear the word of god and keep it o wonderful virtue which exalts those who approach it to such a height of honor that…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:893…says but the doers and the lord says blessed are those who hear the word of god and keep it doing this and having the divine commandment as a lamp illuminating our lives we shall never…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:647…word of god and to contemplate him for blessed are those who hear the word of god and keep it regarding mary however he said mary has chosen the good part which will not be taken…
AnonymousPG 106:1195…woman said blessed is the womb that bare thee did he say yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of god he says this because of the time and those standing by and also…
29Luke 11:29
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:723…and that he answered them an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given to them but the sign of the prophet jonas and since these things were said…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:841…would give to all saying an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet jonas matt meaning the cross and the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:455…generation seeketh a sign and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of jonas the prophet signs as if none had been done they say we would see a sign from thee…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:457…him constitutes adultery then after having insulted them what does he say and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of the prophet jonas d he now strikes up the discourse concerning the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:617…evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign and a sign shall not be given it but the sign of jonas the prophet and again yet a little while i am with you and you shall seek…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:775…them beforehand when he said an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet jonas speaking of the cross and the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:391D…know that I am he" (John VIII, 28; XII, 35); and again, "Destroy this temple" (John II, 19); and again, "No sign shall be given to you but the sign of Jonas" (Luke XI, 29). For how should it not be the greatest…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:849…would give to all saying an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet jonas matt meaning the cross and the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:477…but he said to them an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet jonas for as jonas was in the…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1043…before this this generation seeketh a sign and a sign shall not be given it but the sign of jonas the prophet and is not this itself shown through the cross why when symeon the god…
30Luke 11:30
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:457…says in the belly of the whale three days and three nights so shall also the son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights he did not say clearly…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:863…just as jonah became a sign to the ninevites so also will the son of man be to this generation the queen of the south will rise in the judgment with the men of this generation…
31Luke 11:31
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:499…this generation and will condemn it because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon and behold more than solomon is here and they do not hear and towards those…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1353…to those who neglect to hear the words of wisdom he says the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the ends of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:313…that even that which he says in the subsequent verses is stated the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment and shall condemn the men of this generation because she came from the ends…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:979…spake of fishes and of beasts and there came all the people to hear the wisdom of solomon and of all the kings of the earth which heard of his wisdom a thus however the word…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:379…lord your oaths matt truly even the queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them matt behold another kind of judgment he who has…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1127…behold a greater than jonah is here says the savior but also the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the uttermost…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:43…we should have come from the ends of ethiopia from the end of the earth to hear the wisdom of the true solomon and when the voice of the savior thundering is heard the queen of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:79…the fact that the queen of the south came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon i do not think is to be doubted here therefore according as he is called…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:89…observe then in these things how she who came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon wonders among other things at the foods of his banquet and his wine pourers and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:103…is written of the queen of sheba who came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon in this manner the queen of sheba heard the name of solomon and the name…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:105…unbelieving generation and shall condemn them because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon and adds that here is something more than solomon teaching by this that the truth…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:875…and excellent wisdom in the words of jesus worthy of the text and behold a greater than solomon is here b and he performed works of power greater than those of elijah and elisha and even…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:899…the lord himself was saying the queen of the south will rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them because she came from the ends of the earth to hear…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:863…about birds and about reptiles and about fishes and all peoples came to hear the wisdom of solomon and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:807…difference in their interpretation arises the savior indeed mentions this name saying the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:765C…generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here (Luke XI, 31). MATTHEW. The men of Nineveh shall…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:299…this generation and will condemn it for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon and behold something greater than solomon is here and you do not believe and to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:481…sinning everywhere in the inhabited world is clear from what christ says the queen of the south shall rise up and shall condemn this generation matt and again men of nineveh shall rise up and shall…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:15…in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it and again the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment and shall condemn this generation because she came from the ends of the earth…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:789…these christians and will condemn them because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon and they from their own houses or the squares where they sit doing nothing do…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:791B…that Christ was persuading the crowds that he was the Son of God, saying: And behold, something greater than Jonah is here, and greater than Solomon is here (Luke 11:31-32)—for he feared lest, if he were recogni…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:65…he said the men of nineveh shall rise up and condemn and the queen of the south shall rise up and condemn this generation matt xii because they believed the lesser but these did not even…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:459…here too he does not stop but adds another example saying that the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn them because she came from the ends of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:719…the preaching of jonas and behold more than jonas is here and the queen of the south shall condemn this generation because she came to hear the wisdom of solomon and behold more than solomon is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:895…he will say the men of nineveh shall rise and condemn and the queen of the south shall rise and condemn this generation matt since they indeed believed in lesser things but this generation did not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1033…he said the men of nineveh shall rise and shall condemn and the queen of the south shall rise and shall condemn this generation matt by what reason you ask does he lead the magi to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:133…agents but in you as a standard just as when he says the queen of the south shall rise up and shall condemn this generation and the men of nineveh shall rise up and shall condemn…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:707…did the jews believe wherefore he also quite reasonably said concerning them the queen of the south shall rise etc v the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment etc a barbarian woman hastened…
Gelasius of Cyzicus d. c. 450PG 85:1275…wisdom and the lord confirms these things said in the gospels saying and behold a greater than solomon is here he overthrew those who say that he is the wisdom which was in solomon for if…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1259…rovide another example. 12, 18. II, 331, 971. V, 130 (Isa. 42, 1). 12, 28. III, 658. 12, 29. II, 223. 12, 41. III, 194. 12, 42. I, 478. III, 194. See also Luke 11, 31. 13, 8. II, 126. 13, 11. II, 32. 13,…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:99…that he calls these places the ends of the earth as follows the queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because she came from the ends of the…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:789…the preaching of jonas and behold more than jonas is here and the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the ends…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:251…lord also said the queen of the south came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon matt xii c to whom moreover sirach also spoke in a more tragic manner solomon…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:273…what is meant by and behold more than jonah is here vers the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because she came from the ends of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:863…man be to this generation the queen of the south will rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:865…the south will condemn this generation because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon understand also i pray you every soul that is strong in the good and stands…
Anonymous (2nd century) 2nd centuryPG 5:1389…wisdom which was in him which wisdom the lord also says will rise up in the judgment with the nation of those who hear his words and do not believe in him and will condemn them…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:237…word to judge also has another c meaning as the lord says the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment and shall condemn this generation matt xii for those who turn away from divine…
32Luke 11:32
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:499…wisdom he says thus d the queen of the south will rise in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1353…words of wisdom he says the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1127…have not emulated their ways for the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of jonah and behold a greater than jonah…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:139…concerning which the savior also says the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it and the queen of the south and the rest and again so shall it…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:765…severer condemnation h chapter ii h luke the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and shall condemn them for she came from the utmost parts of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:209D…your correction. Yes, I beseech and implore you, let us be diligent, lest we too hear that "The men of Nineveh shall rise and shall judge this generation" (Luc. 11:32), because they, having heard but once,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:219…he also said in the gospels the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of jonas and behold more than jonas is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:15…unequal things as also christ says the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it and again the queen of the south shall rise in the judgment and shall…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:459…and so he does here too a for what does he say the men of nineve shall rise in the judgment and shall condemn this generation because they repented at the preaching of jonas and behold…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:719…men of nineveh shall rise up and shall condemn this generation because they repented at the preaching of jonas and behold more than jonas is here and the queen of the south shall condemn this generation…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:605…christ himself clarifies it saying the men of nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of jonas and behold a greater than jonas is here…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:709…them but hear the words themselves the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of jonah and behold a greater than jonah…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:285…you many admonitions every day c the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it said the lord for they though they had not heard the law were terrified…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:99…the earth as follows the queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon for…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:789…than the temple b likewise the men of nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of jonas and behold more than jonas is here and…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:365B…re God. "And will it judge?" That is, will it condemn, just as it has been said: "The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment and shall condemn this generation" (Luc. xi, 32). Or rather, he says, it will convict y…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:273…count in this way often vers the men of nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for they repented at the preaching of jonah and behold more than jonah is…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:863…something greater than solomon is here the men of nineveh will rise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it because they repented at the preaching of jonah and behold something greater than jonah is…
33Luke 11:33
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:475…cannot be hid neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it gives light unto all that are in the house that they who enter may see…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1709…similarly the lord says no man lighteth a candle and putteth it under a bushel but on a candlestick that they which enter in may see the light take therefore the talent from him and let…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:819…in these words neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick that it may give light unto all that are in the house and he adds what is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:59C…ing the whole world, the God and Father has placed upon the candelabrum, that all who enter may see the light, and it may shine for all who are in the house (Luc. XI, 33). But the seven lamps, not having light…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:709…preaching of jonah and behold a greater than jonah is here v no man when he hath lighted a candle putteth it in a secret place etc b and what was the need for such words…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:301…are also the light of the world just as christ himself said no man when he hath lighted a lamp putteth it in a secret place neither under a bushel but on a candlestick that they…
Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:49B…on Luke is read in Act. c. Const. II, I, 18 (on Luke III, 22; Vig. Const. 19), and another in Balth. Corderius’ Catena on Luke (Antwerp 1628, fol.), p. 326 (on Luke XI, 33); but undoubtedly Mark IV, 21 is being…
34Luke 11:34
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:645…these things act as procuresses for themselves by their own looks for the light of the body is the eye says the scripture by which the things within are made manifest illumined by the light which…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:865…christ to those things which are appropriate for each caput xv matthew the light of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light matt vi…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:453B…ight. But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" (Matth. vi, 22, 23; Luc. xi, 34). For just as the eyes of the body…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:289…again leading the discourse from things intellectual to things sensible and saying the light of the body is the eye that which he says is of this sort do not bury gold in the earth nor…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:217…and remember that an evil eye is a bad thing matth vi the light of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light but if…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:865…lampstand so that those who enter may see the light the lamp of the body is the eye when therefore your eye is sound your whole body also is full of light but when it is…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:25…it is numbered there averso sermon homily on the text the lamp of the body is the eye and concerning a grateful debtor it begins the lamp of the body is the eye it is numbered…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:57…of s martin the bishop homily xlii which is on the words the light of the body is the eye for the feast of s gregory thaumaturgus homily xxiii which contains the same gospel for the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:881…ever and ever amen h homily xlii on the words the lamp of the body is the eye h a grateful debtor even if he suffers no annoyance from his creditor is nevertheless pricked by his…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:387A…the body. Therefore the Lord Christ also cried out: “The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be sound, your whole body shall be full of light” (Luc. XI, 34). Two blind men, overwhelmed by this mi…
35Luke 11:35
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1297D…t of thy brother’s eye" (Matt. 7:3-5). "Judge not, that ye be not judged" (Luke 6:37). "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness" (Luke 11:35). "Who art thou that judgest another m…
36Luke 11:36
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:855A…And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day (Luc. 11, 36, 37). But she that is a widow indeed, a…
37Luke 11:37
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:867…is darkened b vers and as he spoke a certain pharisee asked him to dine with him and he went in and sat down to eat and the pharisee when he saw it marvelled that he…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:933…invited him to a feast as if he were a prophet vers and he went in and sat down to meat he did not refuse this invitation so that he would not give a pretext for…
38Luke 11:38
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:867…and sat down to eat and the pharisee when he saw it marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner and the lord said to him now you pharisees make clean the outside of the…
39Luke 11:39
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:505…he said woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish but inside they are full of filth blind pharisee cleanse first what is inside and what…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1353…he said woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish but inside they are full of filth blind pharisee first clean what is inside and what…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:619…to the same men he says woe to you because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish but within they are full of uncleanness clean first what is inside the cup that what…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1627…they are flesh woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within you are full of extortion and excess and deceit thou pharisee…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1461D…d of the platter; but what is within is full of uncleanness? Ye do not know that he who made what is on the outside, made also what is within (Matt. xxiii, 26; Luc. xi, 39)?" Was he speaking of a platter and a c…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:205…is simply defiling it rather by the contagion of pride specifically cleansing the outside of the cup and the dish namely the flesh and the body while the heart within is ravaged by conceit and a…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:395…because he had not washed to this man he says you cleanse the outside of the cup and the rest and he laments them and likewise the lawyers cap xii then he says there is nothing…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:705…ii h matthew woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of extortion and excess thou blind pharisee cleanse…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:731…iii h woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish but within they are full of robbery and intemperance blind pharisee first cleanse the inside of…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:295…you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you cleanse that which is on the outside of the cup and the dish but within they are full of filth d you blind pharisee cleanse first that which is…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:519…a pharisees hypocrites for you cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate but within they are full of filth blind pharisee first cleanse the inside of the cup…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:329…says in matthew xxiii woe to you scribes and pharisees because you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness you are like to whited…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:427…the only god they seem to me to be like those who clean the outside of the cup and the dish but inside are full of every kind of wickedness take heed therefore that you do…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:253…tithe the anise and the mint and the rue and you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish but the inside is full of uncleanness and intemperance and you deem it righteous to swear…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:885…greater ones woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate since he says men in the case of the cup and plate it is manifest from…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:591C…and from error to the truth itself. For now you Pharisees! you cleanse what is on the outside of the cup and the platter; but what is within is full of rapine (Luke 11:39) and wickedness: that is, you indeed no…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:741B…d it by the hand from error to the truth. Now do you Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and the platter; but the inside is full of extortion and iniquity (Luke XI, 39). That is, you now adorn the body, but…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:711…he makes an opportune rebuke for hear c v now do you pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter etc the lord could have used another kind of language when he wished…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:613…they wash the a outside of the cup and the platter but they have no concern at all for the uncleanness within for behold behold even when the…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:943…strain out a gnat and swallow a camel do we also not clean the outside of the cup and the dish while that which is within us is full of rapine and iniquity or rather of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1459C…Luc. III, 11. — John answering, says to them: He that has two coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do in like manner. Luc. XI, 39, 40. — The Lord said to them: Now you P…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:401…ones c verses woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for you clean the outside of the cup and the plate but inside they are full of extortion and excess blind pharisee first clean the inside…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:867…first washed before dinner and the lord said to him now you pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the dish but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness you fools did…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:595…implying that b you cleanse your bodies for these are understood as the outside of the cup and the platter but within your souls are full of rapacity and the iniquity of the passions that is…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1125…and abundantly indicate woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness likewise woe to you…
Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1189…in truth clothed in the skins of sheep men who wash only the outside of the cup and the platter and do not see that unless the inside of these is cleansed the outside cannot become…
40Luke 11:40
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:867…dish but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness you fools did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also but rather give alms of such things as…
41Luke 11:41
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1269…h since the lord says but as for what remains give alms and behold all things are clean to you does this mean that all sins which anyone has committed are cleansed through alms h response…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:591C…d his fellow-servant. For this reason the Lord adds, and says: But yet that which remaineth, He says, give alms; and behold, all things are clean unto you (Luke 11:41). That which remaineth, He says: for He…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:741B…Lord, unless he feeds his fellow-servant. Therefore the Lord adds and says: But yet that which remains give alms; and behold, all things are clean unto you (Luke XI, 41). That which remains, He says. For He…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:81A…tance, this "herb" is more sovereign, and it could become the whole thing. For hear what the divine Scripture says: "Give alms, and all will be clean for you" (Luke XI, 41); and again: "By alms and faith sins ar…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:713…what remedy then did the savior give them after his reproofs but give alms of such things as ye have and behold all things are clean unto you c although we say that there are many…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:805B…e fine flour to be taken with the oil, he most clearly wishes us to perform almsgiving. "Give alms," says the Lord, "and behold all things are clean unto you" (Luc. xi, 41). But he orders all the frankincense to…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1459…that which is within nevertheless give alms out of what is available and behold all things are clean unto you luc xii sell what you possess and give alms make to yourselves bags which do not…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:867…that made that which is without make that which is within also but rather give alms of such things as you have and behold all things are clean unto you the lord knew the envy of…
42Luke 11:42
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:735…have omitted the weightier matters of the law judgment mercy and faith these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone ye blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a…
Pope Anterus d. 236 (pope 235-236)PG 10:169…of the law judgment and mercy and faith these things you ought to have done and not to leave those others undone blind guides straining at a gnat but swallowing a camel that which is not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1625…of the law judgment and mercy and faith these things you ought to have done and not to leave those undone blind guides straining out a gnat but swallowing a camel this saying must be spoken…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:767…weightier matters of the law judgment mercy and faith these ought you to have done and not to leave the other undone blind guides who strain at a gnat but swallow a camel matt xxiii rule…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:197…demonstrating philosophy and just as the apostles said these things you ought to have done and not to leave those undone these things however he did not because they were sacrificed to idols but because they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:675…allowing us to be deceitful and treacherous but neither when he says these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone does he say it as if introducing a legal observance far…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:451B…t not be defiled." And yet, what sort of defilement is it to enter a praetorium, in which criminals are punished? Those who tithed mint and anise (Matt. 23:25; Luke 11:42), did not think themselves defiled by u…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:437…things of the law judgment and mercy and faith these you ought to have done and not to leave the others undone see how he strikes them you demand he says o pharisees tithes perhaps even…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:713…has therefore applied his teaching economically toward the illness that dominated them ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs etc d for those things which they ought most especially to fulfill these they…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1145…behind those that were heavy and performing those that were minimal said these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone but they also transgress the commandments of god properly speaking and…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:163…it behooved you emperor to be led to repentance for what you have done and not to leave the evil uncured lest in the progress of time it becomes difficult to heal or even entirely incurable…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:251…than against the jewish negligence for these things he says you ought to have done and not to leave the others undone matt xxiii in this way gravely and with supreme authority establishing the old law…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:401…matters of the law justice and mercy and faith these you ought to have done and not to leave the others undone blind guides straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel again he reproaches them…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…let it be glued to them or bound by them b vers but woe unto you pharisees for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs and pass over judgment and the love of…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1125…of the law judgment and mercy and faith these things you ought to have done and not to leave those others undone and these are i say the things in which there was a straying from…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:157C…ce to another, trampling upon justice and making no account of it at all. As also the Lord says in the Gospels: "You have left charity and judgment and mercy" (Luke 11:42); meaning to say that you have no regar…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:873…the weightier matters of the law judgment and mercy these you ought to have done and not to leave the others undone jas iv to him who knows to do good and does not do it…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1023…matters of the law judgment and mercy and faith these you ought to have done and not to leave those others undone blind guides who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel…
43Luke 11:43
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:671…ambition saying woe to you pharisees because you love the chief seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces yet he embraces the repentance of the sinner loving the repentance that follows after sins for…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791B…t the honor that cometh from God only? (Ibid. 44).... Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets (Luke XI, 43).... For neither at any time used we fl…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:835…garments and love the first places at feasts and the first chairs in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and to be called by men rabbi rabbi but do not you be called rabbi for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:805D…nd Pharisees, hypocrites, who love the first chairs in the synagogues" (Matt. 23:6), etc. Item: "Woe to you who justify yourselves, but God knows your hearts" (Luke 11:43 and 16:15). For which reason they are a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:875…but they love the first places at feasts and the first chairs in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplace and to be called by men rabbi but be not you called rabbi for one is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:669…they love he says the chief place at feasts and the first seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and to be called by men rabbi for even if someone deems these things small…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:397…and they love the chief places at feasts and the first chairs in the synagogues and greetings in the markets and to be called by men 'rabbi rabbi ' papae what is he saying they are…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…not to leave the others undone woe unto you pharisees for you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for you are as graves…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:979…concerning these they love the first places at feasts and the first seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets and read the interpretation of these vers v nesciunt it has been said concerning these…
44Luke 11:44
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:715…woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for you are as the graves which appear not and the men that walk over them know it not b for to seek greetings from everyone in the marketplace…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…in the markets woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for you are as graves which appear not and the men that walk over them are not aware of them but one of the lawyers answering…
45Luke 11:45
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:189C…hat our Lord Jesus Christ himself rebuked the Pharisees and the Scribes and the legal experts separately. For He said: “Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees” (Luc. xi, 45). To Him saying these things, one of th…
46Luke 11:46
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:65A…der? But what is it that is spoken by Him in wrath? It is that: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees (Matt. 23:13); and that: And unto you, O lawyers, woe (Luke 11:46). [For the Roman army led them into cap…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:823…aput IX Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers (Luc. xi, 46). That he who is set over doctrine oug…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…lawyers answering said unto him master thus saying you reproach us also and he said woe unto you also you lawyers for you lade men with burdens grievous to be borne and you yourselves touch not…
47Luke 11:47
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:265A…—speaking of those who are willingly bound and who have loaded upon themselves through human intervention, as he says, "burdens hard to bear" (Matth. xxiii, 4; Luc. xi, 47)—it is clear that "those in this darkne…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:743…from its foundations schol woe to you because you build the sepulchers of the prophets and your fathers killed them refut since he signifies that he cares for the prophets by reproaching the murderers for their…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:889…he had said above woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites who build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just and say if we had been in the days of our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:717…the kingdom of heaven woe to you for you build the monuments of the prophets and your fathers killed them b having declared the evil workshop of the lawyers itself disqualified he weaves a common rebuke…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…the burdens with one of your fingers woe unto you for you build the sepulchres of the prophets and your fathers killed them truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers for…
48Luke 11:48
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:911C…manifest. And what was said by our Savior aptly applies to your unbelief towards Him: 'Truly ye bear witness that ye consent to the works of your fathers' (Luc. xi, 48); and in you this prophecy finds its fu…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1461D…otter molding vessels from clay? Was he not most evidently speaking of the body and the soul? For indeed, the Pharisees, awaiting the tithes of dill and cumin (Luc. xi, 48), were leaving behind the weightier thi…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…prophets and your fathers killed them truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers for they indeed killed them and you build their sepulchres therefore also said the wisdom of god 'i…
49Luke 11:49
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:719…savior the wisdom of god says to them i will send to them prophets and apostles and some of them they will kill and persecute and so on here he calls the apostles prophets as well…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…your fathers for they indeed killed them and you build their sepulchres therefore also said the wisdom of god 'i will send them prophets and apostles and some of them they shall slay and persecute that…
50Luke 11:50
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:719…befall the generation of the jews because of their insatiable bloodlust for the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world until this generation is about to be exacted it is reasonable…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…prophets and apostles and some of them they shall slay and persecute that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation from the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:597…the blood of the righteous shed upon the earth luke says so that the blood of all the prophets may be sought out which is shed from the foundation of the world from this generation the…
51Luke 11:51
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:699…the time of retribution in which vengeance for all the blood shed from the blood of abel unto the blood of zachariah and of that of the most precious blood of jesus itself was taken from…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:699…sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes but i say unto you it shall be more tolerable for tyre and sidon at the day of judgment than for you etc that the…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:713…them and concerning the blood of zacharias and abel the prophets that it shall be required of this generation i say to my friends do not fear those who kill the body but fear him who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:219…sodom they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes wherefore i say unto you it shall be more tolerable for sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for you do you see…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:893…he says that there may come upon you all the righteous blood from the blood of abel unto the blood of zacharias is not to be understood in the sense that one generation pays the merits…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:721…offspring while he was performing his priestly duties at the very altar verily i say unto you it shall be required of this generation b even if by using a demonstrative he says of this generation…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…of that house or city shake off the dust of your feet verily i say unto you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrha in the day of judgment than for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:255…had been of nature they also would have been evil ver but i say unto you it shall be more tolerable for tyre and sidon at the day of judgment than for you he calls the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:547…shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them verily i say unto you it shall be more tolerable for sodom and gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation from the blood of abel unto the blood of zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple verily i say unto you it…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:687…iniquities so that there might come upon them all the righteous blood from the blood of abel unto the blood of zacharias the prophet vers in malitiis suis exhilararunt reges et in mendaciis suis principes through…
52Luke 11:52
Melito of Sardis fl. c. 170, d. c. 180PG 5:1199A…, from Melito himself, who in chapter 9 of his Key explained the sense of this metaphorical word in this way: "A Key, a spiritual opening. In the Gospel [Luke 11:52]: You have taken away the key of knowle…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:363…mysteries for the passage goes thus woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you did not enter yourselves and you hindered those who were entering b the path therefore that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:231…the gospels saying woe unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for you have taken away the key of knowledge and you yourselves have not entered nor have you permitted those who were willing to enter these…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1083…to find the way to open woe unto you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves did not enter and those who were entering you hindered these things have been said…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:765…you scribes and pharisees hypocrites and woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves did not enter and you hindered those who were entering there is therefore a certain…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1621…this exposition is what luke writes woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves did not enter and you hindered those who were entering for those who criticize the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1389…and with greek error and superstition d and luke says for you have taken away the key of knowledge that is the faith in christ as it prepares the road to the knowledge of the truth…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:823…h⟧Caput VII Woe unto you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in you hindered (Luc. xi, 52)... And when Silas and Timotheus were c…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1081…way to open the truth and woe unto you lawyers he says for ye have taken away the key of knowledge ye entered not in yourselves and them that were entering in ye hindered b vii…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727A…of God—understand of Christ. For He rebuked them because, having the keys of knowledge, they neither enter themselves, and those who wish to enter they hinder (Luke 11. 52). 18. Let thy hand be upon the man of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:611…so either hence they rightly heard woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves did not enter and you hindered those who were entering for the people under their…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:895…as well christ therefore said woe to you also lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you did not enter yourselves and you hindered those who were entering they even said to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:583…more than you are and again woe to you lawyers because you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves have not entered and those who were entering you have hindered b deservedly therefore is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1127…teachers of the law saying woe also to you lawyers because you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves do not enter and you hinder those who are entering he accuses therefore the jewish…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:575…therefore they heard woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves have not entered and those who were entering you have hindered and again woe to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:721…the lord and that you will keep us from this generation you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourself have not entered in etc c we say that the key of knowledge is the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:709…savior himself also rebuked them saying woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you did not enter yourselves and you hindered those who were entering for the discourse of those…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:983…pharis orum capitibus infert illud b woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves have not entered and those that were entering you have hindered let whoever loves god…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:829…whom it was said woe to you scribes and pharisees for you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves do not enter and you stop those who want to enter such also is that…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1543B…as Scripture warns (1 Pet. iv, 17), lest we receive double sins from the hand of the Lord, and, not entering in ourselves, forbid others who are able to enter (Luke xi, 52). Sheep, feed by no means your she…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:871…be without a king h vers woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge you did not enter yourselves and you hindered those who were entering and when he said these…
Michael Choniates c. 1138–c. 1222PG 140:325C…e a veil imposed upon their hearts (II Cor. III, 15), and holding the key of knowledge, not only do not enter themselves, but prohibit those who wish to enter (Luke XI, 52), the mouths of infants, which are of C…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1181…for woe he says unto you scribes and pharisees hypocrites because you have taken away the key of knowledge you yourselves did not enter and those who were entering you hindered and now regarding the disciples…
Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:51A…ain passages of Luke (for just as one would more easily believe that even the things contained in the first fragment were argued by Theodore in a commentary on Luke 11:52, than that the person who excerpted the…
53Luke 11:53
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:565…also exists the disease had necessarily to be removed as well and the scribes and the pharisees began to reason saying etc he therefore as it has been said having a power worthy of god was…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:723…themselves did not enter and those who were entering they prevented v the scribes and the pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak of many things b being chagrined at the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:971…their meanings, 192, 193. The freedom of the Apostles in preaching, 27. The Church admits only twelve Apostles, and the thirteenth, Paul, 190. "άποστατήζειν" (Luke xi, 53), what it signifies, 286. The Archangel…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:411…he said to the paralytic man thy sins are forgiven thee and the scribes and the pharisees began to think saying who is this who speaks blasphemies who can forgive sins but god alone but as…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:763…faith he said to him man thy sins are forgiven thee and the scribes and the pharisees began to reason saying who is this that speaketh blasphemies who can forgive sins but god alone and jesus…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:59…the complutensian exemplar also has t n log n in the plural the scribes and the pharisees began to press hard for it does not have nomikoi lawyers scribes of the law but grammateis scribes and…
54Luke 11:54
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:873…many things lying in wait for him seeking to hunt something from his mouth that they might accuse him the lord called the doctrine and the guidance through the law the key of knowledge which was…