Where the Fathers quote Luke 8
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John ChrysostomPG 61:771expounds v.5“εξηλθεν ο σπειρων του σπειραι τον σπορον αυτου. και εν τω σπειρειν αυτον ο μεν επεσε παρα την οδον και κατεπατηθη και τα πετεινα του ουρανου κατεφαγεν”On «The sower went out to sow his seed»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:468expounds v.10“ο δε ειπεν· υμιν δεδοται γνωναι τα μυστηρια της βασιλειας του Θεου τοις δε λοιποις εν παραβολαις ινα βλεποντες μη βλεπωσι και ακουοντες μη συνιωσιν.”The meaning of the Lord’s words to the disciples: «Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables»
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:264expounds v.22“Και εγενετο εν μια των ημερων και αυτος ενεβη εις πλοιον και οι μαθηται αυτου, και ειπε προς αυτους· διελθωμεν εις το περαν της λιμνης· και ανηχθησαν.”On «The disciples sailed with Jesus and behold, a great storm arose»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1052expounds v.48“ο δε ειπεν αυτη· θαρσει θυγατερ η πιστις σου σεσωκε σε· πορευου εις ειρηνην.”248. Reconciling the Apostolic saying «Signs are not for believers, but for unbelievers» with the Lord’s words «Faith...»
1Luke 8:1
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:825C…to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him (Luke viii, 1). That all are to be called togeth…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:531…and the beautiful and good ambition which is perfected in the fellowship of the kingdom of god and the noble passion of insatiability which is never cut off from the desire for the good by any…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:99…a intelligible nature and is the glory of the kingdom of god and the sitting upon it appears to signify a certain most stable and unchangeable subsistence and duration of good…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1655…implicitly refutes them bringing forth testimonies from the old scriptures c h the kingdom of god and the kingdom of heaven h the kingdom of god and the kingdom of heaven seem to some to be…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:885…fitting therefore that with the rejection of anger and desire the power of the kingdom of god and the father should follow in prayer coming to those who after casting these aside are deemed worthy to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:795…of the synagogue concerning the woman with the issue of blood vers and it came to pass afterward that he went throughout every city and village preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:103…passion by many proofs appearing to them for forty days and speaking of the kingdom of god and eating with them he commanded them that they should not depart from jerusalem acts do you see that…
2Luke 8:2
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:795…tidings of the kingdom of god and the twelve were with him and certain women which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities mary called magdalene out of whom went seven devils and joanna the…
3Luke 8:3
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:771…one should say with bede that the joanna mentioned in luke was joanna the wife of chuza herod's steward of whom the same gospel speaks in chap v that she was the sister of christ the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:795…spirits and infirmities mary called magdalene out of whom went seven devils and joanna the wife of chuza herod's steward and susanna and many others which ministered unto him of their substance d he who descended…
4Luke 8:4
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…affairs h cap xxii on the parable of the sower h vers and when much people were gathered together vers hundredfold matthew wrote more broadly about this parable of the seed in his twenty fourth chapter…
5Luke 8:5
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1289D…some seeds, either among rocky places, or among those that are to be trodden underfoot by men, or in thickets and places filled with thorns, as our Master ⟦88 Luc. VIII, 5.⟧ also explained, indicating by these t…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:765…to speak everything simply and without guile as my lord said the sower went out to sow his seed and some fell by the way and some into thorns and some upon stony ground and some…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1611…and he spoke to them many things in parables saying behold the sower went out to sow his seed and lest you think that the narration of the sower is positioned there by chance because jesus…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1173…interrogation cxciii h what is the meaning of the lord s saying a sower went out to sow and some seeds fell by the wayside others into stony places others among thorns and those by the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:451…planted vineyards you will understand the fields from the one who said a sower went out to sow his seed and the vineyards as the churches as it is written the vines have blossomed they have…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:713…evilly destroyed because of their unbelief and hardness of heart alia xiv a sower went out to sow his seed the seed is the word of god that which fell among thorns is judas for he…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1621C…l stand firmly. Regarding the teaching, of which He Himself was the sower, He says through the parable in the Gospels: "A sower went out to sow," and so forth (Luc. viii, 5). And these things, he says, shall not…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:135A…iphanius. Fragments from this commentary are in the catena of the Fathers on Proverbs, which Theodorus Peltanus edited in Latin, and in the Corderian catena on Luke VIII, 5. On Ecclesiastes. John of Damascus in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:671B…ior says: “He who sows went forth to sow his seed; and some fell among thorns, others upon the rock, others by the way, others upon the good and fertile land” (Luke 8:5–8). And vineyards also are planted—the Ch…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:761A…postles heard in mystery? What? A sower went out to sow his seed. And some fell by the wayside, some upon the rock, some among thorns, some upon good ground (Luke 8. 5-10). And He spoke to them in parables, and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:791…the will of god h homily xxxi on chapter xiii h behold a sower went out to sow and some fell by the wayside and the birds came and devoured them etc just as a physician…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:803…jesus christ on zacchaeus the publican on the centurion on that saying a sower went out to sow his seed on the second coming of our lord jesus christ and concerning almsgiving sermon on the paralytic…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1357…On Lazarus. Spurious and omitted.] [If it does not simply suffice. See under: It does not simply suffice. Spurious.] The virgin is the field. On that passage: Luke viii, 5: "A sower went out to sow his seed." (D…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1233…good thing and this is christ who also says concerning himself the sower went out to sow his seed and i will make my ways and my commandments prosperous for you shall go forth with exultation…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:911…according to that which was said by him as in a parable a sower went out to sow his seed david also sings somewhere and your fields will be filled with abundance he adds also in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:663A…ed Herod a fox (Luc. xiii, 32). And concerning the seeds cast upon the earth, he says that the birds of the air devoured them, referring to the wicked spirits (Luc. viii, 5). If, therefore, such foxes and birds h…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:763…and the husbandman of our souls for he himself said concerning himself a sower went out to sow his seed and this will in no way injure the glory of the son that he should as…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1135A…epart for home and take the rest necessary for nature, so let not those who sow the spiritual seed, of which Christ says, The sower went out to sow his seed (Luc. viii, 5), leave off the good work and pass an i…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:899…me to reveal this mystery to you for my lord says 'a sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the wayside and the birds of the air came and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:277…he posits the first parable which makes the listener more attentive behold a sower went out to sow his seed he calls himself the sower and the word the seed he went out not by a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:527…there went out the sower to sow and it came to pass as he sowed some fell by the way side and the fowls of the air came and devoured it and other fell on stony…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:797…from the cities were hastening toward him he spoke by a parable a sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the wayside and it was trampled and the birds…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:281…the gospel parable speaking today says d the lord spoke this parable a sower went out to sow his seed the decision foreordained by god from ancient times and the emptying of the word of god…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:113…this was his primary work which he also revealed parabolically by saying a sower went out to sow his seed that is of doctrine…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:335…the branches my father is the husbandman and elsewhere again concerning himself a sower went out to sow his seed and this seed is the word of doctrine since therefore the word of doctrine d and…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:803…the same on the fourth sunday of luke s gospel which says a sower went out to sow his seed in which also there is discourse on the cultivation required of us before this seed is…
David Hoeschel 1556-1617PG 131:1239…εἰ ὑπ' ἐκείνου. v. 16. to v. ult. ἀλλάττα. Pag. 57, v. 2. Σύνευνον. V. 9. Πάλαι. V. 4. from the end. Ενέβαλε. Pag. 58, v. 3. Κονίσαλον.] Κονιορτόν, Luke 8, v. 5. In verse it is doubled: Apollin. Psalm 101, v. 28, althoug…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:31B…sharp vision, the intellect attentive, the soul freed from worldly cares, so that we may not scatter our words into thorns, nor into rocks, nor beside the way (Luke 8:5–8); but cultivating fertile and rich soil…
6Luke 8:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:627…he was speaking about the sower says and some fell upon the rock and as soon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked root by the rock enigmatically hinting at a hardened…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:287…as if by birds and another fell upon the rock and when it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture consider therefore the difference between those who received the evangelical word the first…
7Luke 8:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:467…rose it was scorched and because it had no root it withered and some fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked them and some fell into good ground and yielded fruit one a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:527…it was scorched and because it had no root it withered away and some fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it and it yielded no fruit and other fell…
8Luke 8:8
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:471…when he had said these things and many more like them he turned again to the people and said but you also most beloved…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:607…saying he that hath ears to hear let him hear and the wise solomon says hear my son the discipline of thy father and do…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1217…our disputations tomorrow for i shall have a contest with simon magus and when he had said these things he withdrew so that he might take food with his own but he ordered me to dine…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1245…not attack with our own hands and tear them all to pieces and when he had said these things he was the first to take a heavy piece of wood from the altar and begin the…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1279…are immortal you shall have me as a helper of your preaching and when he had said these things he went out but a third part of all the people which had come with him followed…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1317…the religious devotion of the people invites us to discourse unto them and when he had said these things he sought a place that might be suitable for disputation and maro said i have a very…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1331…as we shall explain to you more fully at another time xxxvii and when he had said these things and had commanded that on the next day they should assemble more punctually at the same place…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1347…the doctrine since no one can learn anything who is not taught and when he had said these things he ordered those who were oppressed by illnesses or demons to be brought to him and he…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1417…both you may know and those who are present may learn xxxv and when he had said these things he turned to the crowds and began thus this man whom you see o men in this…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1427…of many helpers by whom men may be called back from error and when he had said these things he said to me do you therefore clement execute what you have begun xvii and i immediately…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1441…what is true he may decline what is false and feigned xliii and when he had said these things looking to our father he says you therefore old man if indeed you consult for the salvation…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1445…also desire that something more be added and imposed upon him lii and when he had said these things and others like them and had healed many of those who were present who were infirm and…
Papias of Hierapolis c. 60–c. 130PG 5:1249…be five days hence you shall come to me in this way and when he had said these things he was received into heaven when therefore the lord s day arrived the whole multitude gathered in…
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:983…to show you now however consider the rest h chapter iii h and when he had said these things to me i looked up and behold i saw that six men had come tall and venerable…
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:989…finish this tower he will find nothing to complain of regarding us when he had said these things he wished to depart but i caught hold of his satchel and began to entreat him through the…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:589…willing to receive it he himself is elias who was to come he that hath ears to hear let him hear jacob too predicted the two advents of christ and it was also predicted by the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:65…eyes of the wise are in his head likewise in the gospel he that hath ears to hear let him hear also in the prophets the word of the lord which was made in the hand…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1677…the text speaks taking from the volume of acts what is thus and when he had said these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:693…men from god h commentary on john tomus xxviii h john xi and when he had said these things he cried with a loud voice lazarus come forth and he who had been dead came forth…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:57…spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth and when he had said these things immediately though jerusalem was not long after besieged and the sanctuary that was there and the altar…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:171…at the time which is narrated in the acts of the apostles and when he had said these things while they were looking on he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:111…his presence and aid concerning which it is written in the acts and when he had said these things while they looked on he was raised up and a cloud received him out of their sight…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:785…them to his disciples and the disciples to the crowd matth xiv and when he had said these things and had taken bread he gave thanks to god in the presence of all and when he…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1775…is the obedience of the mind just as the lord also said he that hath ears to hear let him hear matth xiii and elsewhere a wise discourse is for the ears of the hearer prov…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:157…son and to the holy spirit unto all the ages amen lxxiii when he had said these things he said afterwards whoever of you wish to be baptized begin to fast from tomorrow and receive the…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1109…be done for you according to your faith go therefore in peace and when he had said these things he departed when the woman had been awakened she reported to her husband the words of the…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1031…all power to tread upon the serpents and upon your neck then when he had said these things he foretells to it also the vice and evil mind the penitence of which would be touched by…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:643…savior now make use of a loud cry for the evangelist says when he had said these things he cried with a loud voice 'lazarus come forth' john perhaps by the cry he indicated the future…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:775…prayer the response is brought forth my peace i give unto you and when he had said these things d he showed them his hands and his side jo just as a general returning from war…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:787…witnesses are truthful and he to whom they bear witness is truthful and when he had said these things while they looked on he was raised up acts he could have ascended not in public but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:575…cave he says which is in the field of ephron the hittite and when he had said these things he ceased commanding his sons and jacob lifted up his feet upon the bed and failed and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:421…not stop there but added he is elijah who is to come he that hath ears to hear let him hear and he was putting forth so many riddles rousing them to inquiry and if they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:343…disease was different but he used it for the glory of god and when he had said these things he remained in that place two days john why did he remain so that he might expire…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:601…not by nature but by choice for this reason the savior said he that hath ears to hear let him hear matt not that some of those present did not have ears for how could they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:207C…ing his teeth; and you are poured out and addicted to the table. I know that I say these things in vain, but not to all. He who has ears to hear, let him hear (Luc. 8.8). Christ is wasting away from hunger, a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:313…prayed for them while exhorting he shows it also by his deed and when he had said these things he knelt down with them all and prayed not simply but with much contrition great is the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:379…salvation of god is sent to the nations and they will hear and when he had said these things the jews went out from him having much questioning among themselves and he stayed two whole years…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:619…son of a worldly king but the son of the heavenly king and when he had said these things he says but that we may not give offense to them go to the sea cast a…
Mark the Deacon fl. c. 420PG 65:1217…others but nevertheless one must not resist the will of god xiv when he had said these things he departed and i with him and when we had adored the holy places and the venerable cross…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1123…a bids us he that hath ears to hear let him hear h sermon xii concerning active virtue h trees are indeed nourished by their roots and…
Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:823…i am in the world i am the light of the world when he had said these things he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes…
Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:845…i said it that they may believe that you have sent me and when he had said these things he cried with a loud voice lazarus come forth and the dead man came forth bound feet…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1461…about to open the eyes of the man born blind c vers when he had said these things he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1469…did not say you will see my glory but the father's ver and when he had said these things he cried with a loud voice lazarus come forth he calls the soul as if it were…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:599…lives of both of them at once mercilessly with some fiery blast when he had said these things he related that he suddenly seemed to see the house in which he was standing shaken at first…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:651…thunderbolt he might mercilessly and entirely cut off the lives of both when he had said these things he related that he immediately seemed to see the house in which he was first indeed moved from…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1843…lord stirring them to know the will of his own words says he that hath ears to hear let him hear but to the people as being less intelligent he assigns attending or as others have…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:4097…the sake of the confession of christ have sustained the struggle xx when he had said these things he prayed to god along with everyone and there was much weeping of the people because that apostle…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:4101…thy countenance fall so thou shalt suffer no evil from thy adversaries when he had said these things he departed from anthemius who having awakened and being terrified with fear the bishop prostrated himself on his…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1019C…n the eye of the soul, he remained motionless, silent, and persevered without any meeting or conversation with anyone. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" (Luke 8:8). There are some—though I do not know…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:751…ears to hear in the manner the lord says in the gospels he that hath ears to hear let him hear matt xiii hinting that hardened hearts should in no wise give ear to what is…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…jesus saith to him wilt thou be made whole etc john ix when he had said these things he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon the eyes…
Tarasius of Constantinople c. 730-806PG 98:1407…the emperor might be able to come to a second marriage contract when he had said these things he waited to receive an answer to them to him when he had sighed from the depths and…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:577…punishment worthy of my impious deeds against the christians i am sustaining and when he had said these things with great pain he immediately sent an edict to all cities that the christians should be released…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:501…lord himself testified that it is a true hearing when he says he that hath ears to hear let him hear and who is this person he who is prepared by the habit of hearing to…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:51…it signify that he says to the end of the earth i and when he had said these things while they were watching he was lifted up leading them away from every other trifling curiosity so…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:259…how he said it is more blessed to give than to receive and when he had said these things c kneeling down he prayed with them all and there was a great weeping of all and…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:751…it about that the memory of their death be consigned to silence when he had said these things he proposed edicts which commanded that it be lawful for anyone who wished to kill any christian without…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:819…healing upon him to the glory and honor of your name d and when he had said these things he immediately restored the boy to health as he was before and returned him to his mother…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1215…men and by the supernal powers unto the ages of ages amen and when he had said these things with tears while all were listening he instructed his servants d to lift him up and place…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:369…neither find nor shall the door of mercy be opened to them he that hath ears to hear let him hear therefore he who applies himself to fasts prayers and almsgiving by which three all christians…
John Mauropous c. 1000–c. 1080PG 120:1059…have hope for the holy trinity will be concerned for all things when he had said these things he who appeared immediately vanished from his sight but he who had seen the one who appeared and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:943…the land nor yet for the dunghill but men cast it out he that hath ears to hear let him hear and this parable teaches us not to be double minded nor to cleave c to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:103…not have said if he had done nothing of the sort vers and when he had said these things he cried with a loud voice lazarus come forth and he who had been dead came out…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:9…not a hair will fall from the head of any of you and when he had said these things he took bread and gave thanks to god in the presence of them all and when he…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:827…become such as i also am except for these chains b ver and when he had said these things the king and the governor and bernice and those who were sitting with them arose ver and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:847…a and when he had said these things the jews departed having much disputing among themselves they did this he says having stopped their ears…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:851…samaria and even to the end of the earth end of pascha and when he had said these things while they were looking he was lifted up and a cloud took him away from their eyes…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1009…there is no cause for which we can account for this concourse and when he had said these things he dismissed the assembly…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1057…of god is sent to the gentiles and they will hear it and when he had said these things the jews went out having much disputing among themselves and paul remained two whole years in his…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:391…the lord is lucid enlightening the eyes clearly of the soul and he that hath ears to hear let him hear and i opened my mouth and drew in the spirit and thou hast broken the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:399…through pusillanimity yet we could perish through anxious care and vanity verse he that hath ears to hear let him hear he said this also in the thirteenth chapter seek there therefore the exposition of this…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…and there you should seek the explanation for all these things vers he that hath ears to hear let him hear concerning these things it has also been spoken of there vers and his disciples asked…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1457…not the disciples but the others even those who did not believe and when he had said these things high priest tremble o heaven be astonished o earth at both the treachery of the servants and…
Constantine Akropolites d. c. 1324PG 140:827…them the disciplines you mentioned to regenerate them in a way c when he had said these things he hastened to the prince of the persians declaring what had passed between him and cosmas and requested…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:31…learned to follow a stranger nor to listen to a foreign voice when he had said these things he was seized by the satellites of theodosius and dragged out of the church c and having endured…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:81…us eat leo before he sets us before him at dinner ' when he had said these things he too was struck by the sword and lost his life as for his other son the patrician…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:329…victor and until he might finish the battle which now alone remained when he had said these things he immediately girded himself to join battle with the european army which stood drawn up to the left…
Andrea Gallandi 1709-1779PG 2:53…a xvii when he had said these things and much more besides he looked again at the multitude and said and you also my beloved brothers…
Andrea Gallandi 1709-1779PG 2:55…the souls of the hearers b xx wherefore i my lord james when he had said these things promised and did not delay as i was ordered to comprise in books the greater part of the…
AnonymousPG 2:1085…are about to do a and bring me to hebron with you and when he had said these things judas fell asleep and his sons did according to all that he commanded them and they buried…
AnonymousPG 2:1103…law of the lord and bury me d near my fathers vii and when he had said these things he kissed them and slept the eternal sleep and his sons buried him and after this they…
AnonymousPG 2:1125…his mercy for the sake of abraham isaac and jacob a viii and when he had said these things to them he commanded them saying bury me in hebron and he died having fallen asleep in…
Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:979…power of the lord absolve you from every struggle of bloody contention and when he had said these things in the sight of everyone he fixed the rod he was holding in his hand to the…
OrigenesPG 16:3351…a and for this reason he says he that hath ears to hear let him hear because these things are not for all to hear all these ons both those three…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1047…crowd in the theater of the ephesians of which it is written and when he had said these things he dismissed the church or assembly and since one might also properly and truly call the assemblies…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1091…an ear to hear and the lord jesus says in the gospels he that hath ears to hear let him hear then upon the sense of smell that receiving the divine ointment you may say we…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:105…all judea and samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth and when he had said these things while they looked on he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight…
AnonymousPG 106:1105…of his first advent so shall elias be of the second vers he that hath ears to hear let him hear he wishes by these words to stir the mind of his hearers and therefore he…
Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 140:589…always confess to him because he has magnified his mercy over you when he had said these things he was immediately taken up from their eyes this therefore is all that scripture says raphael did…
9Luke 8:9
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:625…a and his disciples asked him saying what this parable might be what then is the scope of the parable and to what does the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:797…he cried out he who has ears to hear let him hear and his disciples asked him saying what this parable might be and he said to you it is given to know the mysteries of…
10Luke 8:10
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:491…guidance to the kingdom of heaven whence the truth herself says to you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of god but to the rest in parables etc for this reason i…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1097…what else does it signify than that the jewish scriptures which contained the mysteries of the kingdom of god were to be brought into the light by him through divine power naturally when they read the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:441…be among those to whom he says to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god after this this is he says the law of the sacrifice which the sons…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:19…on the outside to whom because they were outside it was not given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god having gone out d of the house as matthew recorded having not done this…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:841…parables to those outside and to those to whom it is not given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven someone will say then if these are not parables what are they perhaps then…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:873…preceding parables those before the similitudes for because of the saying to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to the rest in parables c it is not possible…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:913…answered and said not to the crowds but to the disciples to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens but to the rest in parables therefore of those approaching…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1497…demonstrate that the vineyard which the householder planted is to be called the mysteries of the kingdom of god a this vineyard therefore which i consider to be the law and the prophets and all divine…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:859…a to you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of god but to others in parables that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not hear if however…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1467…accept the word of god but those to whom it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven and now indeed a i know who are mine for my sheep he says…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:705…you speak to them in parables he replied saying to them to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to them it is not given therefore i speak to them in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:677…a to announce new seeds and the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven and to unite the human race with the heavenly ministers of god for this reason he alone…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:681…of spiritual gifts and after having heard to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven and after such knowledge after the revelation of things hidden from the rest were…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…he answered and said unto them because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given for whosoever hath to him shall be given…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1697…the parables for he says to those who entered his house to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to those who are outside all things are done in parables therefore…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:795…kind is read to have been said to his own disciples to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god but to them in parables that seeing they may not see…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:761…private saying explain to us the parable to whom he replied to you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of god but to the rest in parables that hearing they may not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:797…a good will or good works see therefore how he says to you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven he did not say to you it is given to someone…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:471…answered and said to them because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it has not been given i it is worth admiring the disciples…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:481…whence then did they get the boldness here they had heard to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven and they took heart therefore they ask in private not envying…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:11…to the third heaven and again into paradise who was entrusted with the mysteries of the kingdom of god which it is not lawful for a man to utter ii cor xii since we read even…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:491…us and those who are of the lineage of israel saying to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given and concerning the jews…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:141…in parables and through riddles but saying to his own disciples to you it is given to know d the mysteries of the kingdom of god but to the rest in parables but the boy that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:507…sanctified in the spirit for as the savior himself has said to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given c i mean to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:989…and were capable of containing the most perfect doctrines he said to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to those it is not given it is well for us to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1293…truly our lord jesus christ said to his holy apostles that to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given to those who have…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1295…certainly our lord jesus christ said to the holy apostles that to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given that is to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1493…certainly our lord jesus christ said to the holy apostles that to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given to those who have…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:623…using parables but for them inasmuch as they were unworthy to learn the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven the word was obscure for they deemed the word worthy of nothing namely the acceptance of faith…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:671…wherefore the lord once said to his own disciples concerning them to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given to you to whom…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:821…their eyes and a hardening in part has happened to israel so that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not hear for they have acted wantonly against the holy prophets and have even…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1197…god in spirit and in truth c for to you he says it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given moses having left the plain…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:61…his holy disciples he revealed the meaning of the parables saying to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to them it is not given and the lord designates the mind…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:809…a our lord and savior to the holy apostles to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to those it is not given and teaching the cause he immediately…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:95…to the crowds in parables d and to the apostles alone gave to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god for it is not permitted as the oracles testify in that place to cast before…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:153…things for everyone just as the lord says to the apostles to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven b…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:389…the lord to the apostles and to the holy ones after them it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god v therefore the holy apostles themselves filled with the divine gift for…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:187…as the lord also declares saying to the more perfect disciples to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom as they pay attention to divine revelations with greater perfection of mind and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:391…reveal the mystery to them but to the disciples he says to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god after the example of isaac christ carried the cross imposed on…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:603…mountain for so the savior also says to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to those it has not been given matth xiii…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1623…naturally you have not yet tested for to you says the lord it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom whoever therefore has not guarded faithfully that which was committed to his faith has…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:149B…sayings? (Prov. i, 6). And why does the Lord, speaking in parables, wish his disciples to understand, teaching them the sense of the parables? (Matt. xiii, 18; Luc. viii, 10). And why does He command, Search the…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1153…salt of the earth you are the light of the world to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god and in another place but blessed are your eyes for they…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:465…gave to them eyes not to see and ears not to hear that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand and their mind was thickened and they were darkened and made foolish…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:241…word clearly hints at this when he said to the disciples to you it is given to know the mysteries but to them in parables that is to say it is permitted to you to expand…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:475…is the fruit and standing crop of their own moral choice therefore the mysteries of the kingdom of god were not given to the disciples by some fated lot nor was the ignorance of those wicked…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1269…a says to the disciples in the gospel to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god but to the rest in parables that seeing they may not…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:807…must be interpreted concerning the apostles who were the standards of virtue unto you it is given to know the mysteries but to them it is not given that is clearly to the unworthy to all…
Nicephorus the Presbyter fl. c. 950PG 111:853…know that concerning you and those like you god has spoken to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven how much more then those of this world b the blessed…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:41…and stability to you first and sincerely and clearly it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god to the rest however alongside h oration i on the holy and preeminent apostles…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:43…and permanence to you first and sincerely and clearly it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god to the rest according…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:129…and co heir of god you who have been initiated into all the mysteries of the kingdom of god and have clearly seen by revelation all things that are to come and have delivered them as…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:645…ght, and walk in the day that has no sunset (Luc. XV, 8): and seeing they do not see the world: and hearing the things that are of the world, they do not hear (Luc. VIII, 10). For as it is handed down in letters c…
Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:881…light of the divine life and to whom it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god by becoming workers of the evil deeds of the flesh we serve the soul s…
Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:885…descending thence recount to your brothers the wonders of eternal life and the mysteries of the kingdom of god and this is the work of him who flees from men through exalted asceticism and this is…
Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:975…the word and the mind of christ comes to be he knows the mysteries of the kingdom of god penetrates the deep things d of the spirit and day by day utters from a serene and…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:781…the spiritual eyes of their heart so that as it is written seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand but all the rest who received the seed brought forth a sprout when…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:279…answered and said to them because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it has not been given for whoever has to him will be…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:529…twelve asked him concerning the parable and he said to them to you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of god but to those who are outside all things are done in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:797…asked him saying what this parable might be and he said to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god but to the rest in parables that seeing they may not…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:799…ground but when the disciples ask about the parable the lord says unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god that is to you who seek to learn for every…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1261…pleasing to god than the tithe mercy forestalls flows through to whom it is given to know the mysteries mysteries are to be hidden among the impious and disobedient the lord was accustomed to seek solitude…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:399…he answered and said unto them because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven to you who see and hear rightly and therefore believe but the mysteries are the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…seek the explanation of these things in his ninth chapter b vers that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand in that same chapter of mark these things were also explained vers…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:293…learn the explanation of them what then does the savior say to you it is given to know the mysteries of god but to the rest in parables by saying it is given he shows that…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:585…figure of speech for the prophet says he has blinded their minds that seeing they might not see and the apostle the law entered in that the transgression might abound and one may find this everywhere…
11Luke 8:11
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:713…of heart alia xiv a sower went out to sow his seed the seed is the word of god that which fell among thorns is judas for he went and hanged himself and the birds of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:799…despises is worthy of heavier punishment vers now this is the parable the seed is the word of god and those by the wayside are those who hear then the devil comes and takes away the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…is this this means such as this according to the interpretation vers the seed is the word of god the evangelical word of the faith vers those by the way side are they that hear then…
12Luke 8:12
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1387…πρεσβεύειν is to perform an embassy wrongly, so I understand παρασπείρειν to be the same, to sow wrongly, as if he were alluding to the parable, of which in Luke viii, 12: "But those by the way side are they th…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:799…then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart lest they should believe and be saved they on the rock are those who when they hear receive the word with joy but these…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…is the word of god the evangelical word of the faith vers those by the way side are they that hear then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they…
13Luke 8:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:633…receive the word and these have no root who for a time believe and in time of temptation fall away regarding those who bring forth fruit well teaching us the scripture says but he who was…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…so forth luke but the ones on the rock are those who when they hear receive the word with joy and these have no root who believe for a time and in time of temptation fall…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1205…r firmament. Regarding the following passage, "What earth have we restored," so that it may be referred to that which precedes it, the Lord said, as written in Luke VIII, 13: Who in a good and honest heart, havin…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:799…should believe and be saved they on the rock are those who when they hear receive the word with joy but these have no root they believe for a time and in time of temptation fall…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…which it will be easy to understand the present passage too vers they on the rock are they which receive the word yet have no root they that are on the rock these are they clearly…
14Luke 8:14
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:755…us Christ says: "These are they that are sown among thorns, who are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity" (Luke 8:14; cf. Matt. 13:22). For neither shall we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:83D…t, therefore, are the thorns? Let us hear Christ saying that the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful (Luke 8:14). For the earth, he says, that drinketh…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:799…they believe for a time and in time of temptation fall away and that which fell among thorns are they who have heard and as they go their way are choked by the cares and riches…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:937…phrase these are stands for in these is what these listen vers and that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures…
15Luke 8:15
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:633…good ground these are they who in a good and b honest heart having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit in patience since therefore according to the apostle you are god s husbandry…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1205…it is written in luke viii who in a good and honest heart having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience a third place is touched upon for the earth often drinking…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:799…fruit to perfection but that in the good ground are they who in an honest and good heart d having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience there are three ranks of…
16Luke 8:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1709…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 it be given unto…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:733A…a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light (Luke viii, 16). That you may be sincere, and without…
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…
17Luke 8:17
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:473…the saying nothing is covered that shall not be revealed and hidden that shall not be known and come into the open i say therefore that it is necessary for him who desires to follow the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1231D…roduce evil fruits, nor can a corrupt tree produce good fruits." Matth. X, 24. — "The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord." Luc. VIII, 17. — "There is nothing covered, which sha…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…to the apostles even though they may seem common to all vers for nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest in the nineteenth chapter matthew says for there is nothing covered that shall not…
18Luke 8:18
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given for whosoever hath to him shall be given and he shall have abundance but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even…
Peter of Sicily 9th–10th c.PG 104:1263B…a withdrawal of the illuminating grace; for to him who has, it will be given; but from him who does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken away (Luke viii, 18). But if some interpret it correctly, i…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:399…from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes verse for whosoever hath to him shall be given but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath whoever possesses…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…symbolic and sublime and not spoken at random or by chance vers whosoever hath to him shall be given whosoever has zeal and diligence to him shall be given the knowledge of these things vers and…
19Luke 8:19
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:801…through his own negligence extinguishes and loses it h verses h there came to him his mother and his brothers and they could not approach him because of the crowd and it was reported to him…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…even that which he hath therefore read their interpretation vers and there came to him his mother and his brethren and could not come at him for the press it has been spoken of regarding these…
20Luke 8:20
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1509…thy mother and thy brethren stand without ' even if he dared to say this there is no one who can be more powerful…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741C…y brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. And he answering said unto them: My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it (Luke viii, 20, 21)... Ye are my friends, if ye do wha…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1207…as the lord showed and taught when it was announced to him thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee to whom he answers with words of rebuke saying who is my mother…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:643…precious passion of the lord indeed to jesus himself it was once said thy mother and thy brethren stand without seeking thee matt which implies that they were alive as i said wherefore standing by the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:307…there then when one of the disciples came running and said behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee stretching out his hand toward his disciples he said my mother and my…
George of Nicomedia fl. c. 860-880 (9th century)PG 100:1493C…th unto the servants" (Joan. II, 5). And, "He went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother" (Joan. II, 12). And, "Thy mother and thy brethren stand without" (Luc. VIII, 20). And, "There stood by the cross of Jes…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:555…servants and he went down to capharnaum he and his mother and thy mother and thy brethren stand without nay even there stood by the cross of jesus his mother and the sister of his mother…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:275…intention hear what he says vers and someone said to him behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without seeking to speak to thee but he answering said to him that had told him who is…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…end of the eighth chapter of the gospel according to matthew vers and it was told him by certain which said by those announcing certainly vers and he answered and said unto them my mother and…
21Luke 8:21
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741…and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee and he answering said unto them my mother and my brethren are these c which hear the word of god and do it luke viii ye are…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1209…kinship of faith to whom the lord gives testimony with these words my mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of god and do it and he does indeed have pity on all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:627…the greater things and those that exceed the more humble ones v my mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of god and do it c he who said in the mosaic law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:307…to see thee stretching out his hand toward his disciples he said my mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of god and do it for whosoever shall do the will of my…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:983…see you he answered my mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of god and do it d…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:667A…ward Him, were taken into His own kindred, as it is permitted to hear Him saying: "My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it." (Luke 8:21) CAPUT XXXVI. Concerning…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:801…answering said to them my mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of god and do it d from this it is shown that christ did not belong to his relatives according to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…him by certain which said by those announcing certainly vers and he answered and said unto them my mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of god and do it we have discussed…
Andrea Gallandi 1709-1779PG 2:47…and encourage the more negligent and those who come more rarely to hear the word of god and do not faithfully attend the bishop's teaching for if they are assiduous in hearing they will not only…
AnonymousPG 2:1263…required to hear the word of god with fruit ii they who hear the word of god and do not bring forth fruit will be punished i truth how harmful is he who neglects to inquire…
22Luke 8:22
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:19D…Amen. VI. BY THE SAME, THAT THIS LIFE IS LIKE THE SEA, AND CONCERNING THE PASSAGE, "WHEN JESUS WENT UP WITH HIS DISCIPLES INTO THE BOAT AND FELL ASLEEP" (Luke VIII, 22, 23; Matth. VIII, 23). Those who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:21B…among men. Such a thing also happened to the disciples; for do you transfer yourself with me to the Gospel. Jesus ascended with his disciples into a boat (Luke VIII, 22), and easily crossed the sea. As long a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:833…b ordered the holy apostles to board the boat and proceed to the other side of the lake and they immediately did so having rowed about thirty stadia it says they see jesus walking on the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:803…his disciples and he said to them let us cross over to the other side of the lake and they set sail and as they were sailing he fell asleep and a storm of wind descended…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…rebuke of the winds and the tempest of the sea h vers now it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a ship with his disciples and he said unto them let…
23Luke 8:23
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…over unto the other side of the lake and they launched forth but as they sailed he fell asleep and there came down a storm of wind on the lake and they were filled with water…
24Luke 8:24
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:171C…a (Exod. XIV, 21-22). In the same manner, and much more excellently, our Savior rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm (Matth. VIII, 26; Luc. VIII, 24). Again, when Moses was descending from…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:615D…ring. He sees the sea troubled by contrary blasts of winds and storms, and usurps the words of the disciples for those in danger: "Master, save us, we perish" (Luke 8:24): pirates besiege the skiff, wolves sur…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1277…and awakened him saying master we are perishing but he being awakened rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and it ceased and there was a calm it had been said of christ through…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…the gospel according to matthew they were filled clearly with water vers and they came to him and awoke him saying master master we perish then he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of…
25Luke 8:25
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1261…seeing both the sea and the winds subject unto him marvelled saying what manner of man is this for it was not of a mere man to be able to do such things therefore christ is…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…there was a calm everything was appropriately clarified in that chapter vers and he said unto them where is your faith and they being afraid wondered saying one to another what manner of man is this…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:269…fear to the disciples and they marveled he says the disciples saying what manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him from the things of which they were afraid they…
26Luke 8:26
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…h cap xxiv concerning the man who possessed the legion h vers and they arrived at the country of the gadarenes which is over against galilee and when he went forth to land there met him…
27Luke 8:27
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…arrived at the country of the gadarenes which is over against galilee and when he went forth to land there met him out of the city a certain man which had devils long time and ware…
28Luke 8:28
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:633…your heresiarch macedonius and after macedonius marathonius what have we they say to do with thee jesus thou son of the living god art thou come hither before the time to torment us and james also…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…and seeing jesus afar off he ran and adored him and crying with a loud voice said what have i to do with thee jesus c son of the most high god i adjure thee by…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:539…saw jesus from afar he ran and worshipped him and crying out with a loud voice said what have i to do with thee jesus son of the most high god i adjure thee by god…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…in the tombs and when he saw jesus and cried out he fell down before him and with a loud voice said what have i to do with thee jesus son of the most high god…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…no clothes neither abode in any house but in the tombs vers when he saw jesus he cried out and fell down before him and with a loud voice said what have i to do with…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:321…drive those who are possessed by them a into the tombs and when he saw jesus he cried out with a loud voice and said what have i to do with thee jesus son of the…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:697…whom the demons trembling addressed saying let us alone what have we to do with thee jesus thou son of the living god h vii h the son of god therefore is by nature and not…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:287…it happened that a demon was driven out crying what have we to do with thee jesus thou son of god matt viii unwillingly…
Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1367…dared to deny when they said to the savior what have we to do with thee jesus thou son of god art thou come hither to torment us before the time this judgment and gehenna and…
29Luke 8:29
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…god i beseech thee do not torment me for he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man for many times it had seized him and he was bound with chains and shackles…
30Luke 8:30
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…let thee go except thou bless me and he said unto him what is thy name and he said jacob and he said unto him thy name shall be called no more jacob but israel shall…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1119A…ong God. For if a whole gathering, a legion of demons, is called [the possessor] in the Gospel, and could not endure the presence of the Son of God [Mark V, 9; Luc. VIII, 30]; for even the devil himself in the bod…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:85…thou come before the time to torment us and jesus asked him what is thy name and he said legion because many demons had entered into him and they besought him b not to be sent…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:491B…nd a spirit of deafness, and a spirit of muteness [Marc. IX, 16], and a spirit that speaks with difficulty, and a very wicked spirit, which is called legion [Luc. VIII, 30; Marc. V, 7], and spiritual wickedness…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts and jesus asked him saying what is thy name and he said legion because many demons had entered into him and they begged him…
31Luke 8:31
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:713…thou art the holy one of god and those who were beseeching him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss and saying art thou come to destroy us and in the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:407…to luke where it is said that the demons besought the savior that he would not command them to go out into the abyss the scripture is accustomed to call the seas the abyss as it…
Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1115…it thus also did the demons recognize him they besought they supplicated that he would not command them to depart into the abyss if they were children of the abyss if they had a kinship with…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:491A…ing in the truth; others are earthly, prone to deceit and error; others, finally, are subterranean, children of the abyss and of darkness. For the Gospel says [Luc. VIII, 31] that it entreated Him not to command i…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:149…children of the abyss and darkness for the gospel says they begged that he would not command them to go into the abyss in the same way he also commanded the spirits and drove the spirits…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:635…that they themselves might confess that they were many v and he besought him that he would not command etc for as others had already been sent into the abyss those who remained were terrified of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…said legion because many demons had entered into him and they begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss and there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:307…demoniac who was vexed by a legion of demons and they prayed him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss for they knew he says that other demons cast out by…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:321…invisibly subduing those tormentors which also compelled them to say these things and they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss for they knew that those demons whom he…
32Luke 8:32
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:335…the living but with the dead but there was he says a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain i do not know if swine are accustomed to feed on a mountain how then does…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:939D…e also. And Christ taught you this, too, by their very deeds, he who permitted them to rush into that herd of swine, which they cast entirely into the sea (Luke 8:32 ff.), that you might understand that th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:495B…her with that which was seen, so also in the Gospel, when the demons asked Christ not to be sent into the abyss, and said, Permit us to enter into the swine (Luke 8. 32), He allowed them to submerge themselve…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:225…us a vers and there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding and the devils besought him saying if thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…command them to go into the abyss and there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain and they begged him that he would permit them to enter into them and he permitted…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:321…invisibly subduing those tormentors which also compelled them to say these things and they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss for they knew that those demons whom he…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:277…came granting absolute freedom to the sufferer the herd he says was feeding on the mountain and they begged him to allow them to enter into them and the demons having gone out of the man…
33Luke 8:33
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:85…a herd of swine feeding there and he permitted them to enter into the swine and the herd rushed down the precipice into the sea for there were about two thousand and they were drowned in…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:1013C…rives at the sea. Where He explains the parable of the sower and certain other things, Mark IV, Matthew XIII: and perchance also those things which are read in Luke VIII, 33. Meanwhile, some approach Christ and de…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:225…not kill themselves b vers and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters and they that kept them fled and went their ways…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:539…them and jesus immediately permitted them and the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine and the herd rushed down a steep place into the sea and they were about two thousand and were…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…into them and he permitted them and the demons went out from the man and entered into the swine and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake and was drowned b observe the demon…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:325…b and the demons when they had gone out of the man entered into the swine and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake and was choked the herd then stimulated to a frenzy…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:277…enter into them and the demons having gone out of the man entered into the swine and the herd rushed down the precipice and was choked why then lord do you permit this to the demons…
34Luke 8:34
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:859…by the bishops and through their effort the consensus of all both in the city and in the country that they may conspire in receiving the bishop and repelling external temptations he signifies his greatest desire…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:117…of injustice and greed so that they might receive magnificent revenues both in the city and in the country riding on horses and being not a little puffed up by the outward show of those accustomed…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:1457…their former superstition in any other way destroyed the shrines that were in the city and in the country villages and having heard that there was a very great temple in the aulon a tract of…
Evagrius Scholasticus c. 536-c. 600PG 86:2537…to the owners of the soil by the possessors of houses both in the city and in the country and in this latter sense i prefer to take it here for this word is more frequently…
35Luke 8:35
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:541…destruction into the sea of this life and they are choked and they went out to see what it was that had happened and they come to jesus and they see the demon possessed man sitting…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…fled and reported it into the city and into the fields and they went out to see what had happened and came to jesus and found the man from whom the demons had departed clothed and…
37Luke 8:37
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:841C…of the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. And he, having stepped into the boat, returned (Luke viii, 37).…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:807…in him but they asked that is they besought jesus he says to depart from them for they were afraid lest they suffer some other loss just as they had lost the swine but that man…
38Luke 8:38
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:783…rn to your house, and tell what great things God has done for you. And he went away through the whole city, preaching what great things Jesus had done for him (Luc. viii, 38, 39).... And as he was entering a c…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1279…with authority the man from whom the demons had gone out entreated him that he might be with him but jesus dismissed him saying return to your house and relate how much god has done for…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3663…this way for he who had been possessed by the demon implored him that he might be with him but jesus did not permit him c but ordered him to go away and announce to his…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:541…entered into the boat he who had been demon possessed pleaded with him that he might be with him but jesus did not allow him but says to him go home to your own people and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:807…a for the man from whom the demons had departed had asked him that he might be with him but jesus sent him away saying return to your home and tell whatever god has done for…
41Luke 8:41
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:331…heard that jesus was come from judea into galilee went unto him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son for he was at the point of death jesus said therefore unto…
Nonnus of Panopolis fl. c. 400-470PG 43:781…jesus was come out of judaea into galilee he went unto him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son for he was at the point of death…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55BLatin…exspuit in terram, et fecit lutum ex sputo, et linivit super oculos caeci, et dixit ei: Vade ad natatoria Siloe. Abiit ergo, et lavit, et venit videns. » Luc. VIII, 41, 42. — « Ecce vir Jairus procidens ad p…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:11…. HARL. - mías. Pag. 59. sophy. P. 46. Of the Gadarenes. It begins: Ἐλέγχει γοῦν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡ νόσος τοῦ σώματος. Pag. 53. The woman with the issue of blood. Luc. viii, 41. It begins: Ἁπλῶ ἡμῖν σήμερον. P. 57.…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:329…a certain man came to jesus by name jairus and he himself was a ruler of the synagogue and falling at the feet of jesus he besought him to enter into his house because he had…
42Luke 8:42
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:807…jesus he asked him to enter his house because he had an only daughter about twelve years of age and she was dying but as he went the crowds thronged him and a woman who was…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:329…he besought him to enter into his house because he had an only daughter about twelve years of age and she was dying b it is a source of wonder to me at the very beginning…
43Luke 8:43
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:575B…Miserable on account of her state of suffering, blessed on account of this that followed. For behold, he says, a woman with an issue of blood for twelve years (Luke 8.43). If the number of days had been as gre…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:575B…behind, she touched the hem of his garment (Matt. 9.20, 21). For she was saying within herself: If I shall only touch the hem of his garment, I shall be saved (Luke 8.43). O theft, which has found a parent in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:17B…toward them: for no other way of correcting them remains V. OF THE SAME, ON THE WOMAN WITH AN ISSUE OF BLOOD, FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (Luc. VIII, 43). To some, the scope of life has…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:807…who was subject to a flow of blood for twelve years who had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone came up behind and touched the fringe of his garment…
45Luke 8:45
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:371C…her, but first said: "Who touched me?" Then, as Peter and others were saying: "Teacher, the crowds throng and press upon Thee, and say Thou, Who touched me?" (Luke 8:45); which was the greatest sign that He h…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:267B…y actions are attributed to angels which were proper to that ultimate species assumed by them. What? Christ himself declared, "Who is it that touched me?" (Luke viii, 45), when the woman had only touched the e…
46Luke 8:46
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:425C…e had lived unclean. And just as when she had touched the Lord and Savior, He Himself said, "Who touched me? For I perceived that power had gone out from me;" [Luke 8:46] that power, without doubt, which had h…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:47C…erm 'of' is appropriate for the Son, alleges the following: 'He shall receive of mine' [John XVI, 14], and that text: 'I know that virtue hath gone out of me' [Luke VIII, 46]. And they themselves, whom they contra…
Manuel of Corinth c. 1460–c. 1530PG 140:497B…does not have Him in such a way that He proceeds from Him"? Likewise, the Son says concerning the Holy Spirit: "I know that virtue has gone out from me" (Luke 8:46). And the Gospel likewise: "Virtue went…
47Luke 8:47
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:895…the divine evangelist says the woman seeing that she was not hidden came trembling and falling down before him and so forth but also feigning ignorance of our first visitation in the flesh he says to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:809…not escaped notice came trembling and falling before him she declared to him before all the people for what reason she had touched him and how she was healed immediately and he said to her take…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:945…immediately there is a hyperbaton in the arrangement of the words because falling down before him she declared to him before all the people for what reason she had touched him that is to say secretly…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:333…reduction b and the woman seeing that she had not escaped notice came trembling and falling down before him declared for what reason she had touched him before all the people and how she was healed…
48Luke 8:48
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:951…the merciful god who loves mankind may say to us also thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace and likewise well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:693…deemed her worthy of a kind word for daughter he said thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace but at that time indeed by a unique dispensation it was permitted to those who were…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:543…told him all the truth and he said to her daughter thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace and be thou whole of thy plague virtue goes forth from christ not passing from place…
John MalalasPG 97:367…a my healing saying be of good courage daughter thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace b likewise do you also most august sovereigns grant this urgent petition to her who asks…
49Luke 8:49
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:369D…ry flower of her age; which fact indeed also immediately moved Him to raise her. If Luke says that some came saying: Trouble not the Master; for she is dead (Luke 8. 49), we say this, that even now dead was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:371B…faith was in jeopardy, how he would have lost everything, through that woman. For those had come who said: "Do not trouble the teacher; for the girl is dead" (Luke 8:49). But those who were in the house were…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…was yet speaking there came one to the ruler of the synagogue saying to him thy daughter is dead trouble not the master and coming into the house and taking her by the hand he cried…
51Luke 8:51
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:277…the mother of my lord should come to me d both indeed the father and the mother of the precursor were deemed worthy to proclaim the lord christ to him be glory with the father and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:545…and they mocked him but he having cast them all out takes the father and the mother of the child and those who were with him and enters in where the child was lying and taking…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:809…house he did not permit anyone to enter with him except peter and james and john and the father and mother of the child but all were weeping and lamenting her…
52Luke 8:52
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:337…things but the lowest and last v and all wept and mourned her but he said weep not she is not dead but sleepeth c v and they laughed him to scorn knowing that she was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297A…ed for, he now reckoned his own death as peace and rest. But you might say: Lo, it is read in the Gospel that the ruler of the synagogue wept for his daughter (Luc. 8. 52), and that the sisters of Lazarus wept…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1237C…vil, and being instructed in divine matters, to measure your sorrow by faith. For that most excellent man has not died, according to the voice of the Lord (Luc. viii. 52), but is sleeping a sleep longer than t…
Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:109C…mourning and dwelling by the tomb. For this too was consistent with the whole work of our salvation, that from that very place they should hear: Do not weep (Luke viii, 52); [the place] where, because of the sen…
53Luke 8:53
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:337…he said weep not she is not dead but sleepeth c v and they laughed him to scorn knowing that she was dead such then is the history of the miracle but perhaps it is necessary…
54Luke 8:54
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1093C…go to your house (Matt. 9:6). And to another: Stretch out your hand (Matt. 12:13). And to the sea: Be silent, be muzzled (Mark 4:39). Or: Maiden, arise (Luke 8:54). Lazarus, come forth (John 11:43). …
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:637B…e sole voice of the Savior. ⟦Joan. xi, seqq.⟧ It was fitting to bring forward the only son of the widow, and the daughter of the archisynagogue. ⟦Luc. vii, 14. Luc. viii, 54.⟧ It was fitting to make mention of tha…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1287…the synagogue that when the people were put forth he went in and took her by the hand and the maid arose why i ask when he restored life to the maid was he not satisfied…
Michael Choniates c. 1138–c. 1222PG 140:325…from the dead, namely, the centurion’s servant, the daughter of Jairus, and the widow’s only son. And truly, those who were dead, having heard, Maid, arise (Luke VIII, 54), and, Young man, I say to you, arise…
55Luke 8:55
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:207D…the feast knew not whence it was," and thus he declared the testimony to be entirely certain. And after he had raised the dead man, he says: "Give him to eat" (Luke 8:55), that he might exhibit proof of the re…
56Luke 8:56
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:535…you the keys of the heavens and then having said these things he charged them that they should tell no one that he is the christ and for what reason did he charge them in order…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:573…and peter answereth and saith unto him thou art the christ and he charged them that they should tell no man of him h when he had led them far from the jews then he asks…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:581…fountain of wisdom b and as they were descending from the mountain he charged them that they should tell no one what they had seen until the son of man should rise from the dead and…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1159…the mystery he says as they were coming down from the mountain he charged them that they should tell no one what they had seen except when the son of man should rise from the dead…