Where the Fathers quote Matthew 10
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Expounded by the Fathers
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:283expounds v.5“Τουτους τους δωδεκα απεστειλεν ο Ιησους παραγγειλας αυτοις λεγων· εις οδον εθνων μη απελθητε και εις πολιν Σαμαρειτων μη εισελθητε·”153. On the meaning of the command to the apostles, «Do not go into the way of the Gentiles».
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:264expounds v.6“πορευεσθε δε μαλλον προς τα προβατα τα απολωλοτα οικου Ισραηλ.”121. On «I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:268expounds v.16“ιδου εγω αποστελλω υμας ως προβατα εν μεσω λυκων· γινεσθε ουν φρονιμοι ως οι οφεις και ακεραιοι ως αι περιστεραι.”126. On the writing: «Wise as serpents and innocent as doves»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:625expounds v.16“ιδου εγω αποστελλω υμας ως προβατα εν μεσω λυκων· γινεσθε ουν φρονιμοι ως οι οφεις και ακεραιοι ως αι περιστεραι.”175. On the scripture «Wise as serpents and harmless as doves»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1217expounds v.16“ιδου εγω αποστελλω υμας ως προβατα εν μεσω λυκων· γινεσθε ουν φρονιμοι ως οι οφεις και ακεραιοι ως αι περιστεραι.”137. On the scripture, «Wise as serpents and innocent as doves».
Theophanes KerameusPG 132:1004expounds v.16“ιδου εγω αποστελλω υμας ως προβατα εν μεσω λυκων· γινεσθε ουν φρονιμοι ως οι οφεις και ακεραιοι ως αι περιστεραι.”On the Mission of the Apostles: «Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves» (Homily for St. Panteleimon)
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1312expounds v.19“οταν δε παραδωσωσιν υμας, μη μεριμνησητε πως η τι λαλησετε· δοθησεται γαρ υμιν εν εκεινῃ τη ωρα τι λαλησετε.”On: «Do not worry how or what you will speak» and «Always be ready for a defense»
John ChrysostomPG 57:397expounds v.23“οταν δε διωκωσιν υμας εν τη πολει ταυτῃ, φευγετε εις την αλλην· αμην γαρ λεγω υμιν, ου μη τελεσητε τας πολεις του Ισραηλ εως αν ελθῃ ο υιος του ανθρωπ”On «When they persecute you in this city» (Matt 10:23): Encouragement in Persecution
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:221expounds v.29“ουχι δυο στρουθια ασσαριου πωλειται; και εν εξ αυτων ου πεσειται επι την γην ανευ του πατρος υμων.”How to reconcile the Savior's words: «Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and not one of them shall fall without your Father?»
John ChrysostomPG 57:405expounds v.34“Μη νομισητε οτι ηλθον βαλειν ειρηνην επι την γην· ουκ ηλθον βαλειν ειρηνην αλλα μαχαιραν.”On «Do not think that I have come to bring peace» (Matt 10:34): Separation of Pious and Impious
John ChrysostomPG 62:739expounds v.34“Μη νομισητε οτι ηλθον βαλειν ειρηνην επι την γην· ουκ ηλθον βαλειν ειρηνην αλλα μαχαιραν.”Discourse 9: «I came to cast fire on the earth» and «I did not come to bring peace, but a sword»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1216expounds v.41“ο δεχομενος προφητην εις ονομα προφητου μισθον προφητου ληψεται και ο δεχομενος δικαιον εις ονομα δικαιου μισθον δικαιου ληψεται.”135. On «He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward».
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1193expounds v.42“και ος εαν ποτισῃ ενα των μικρων τουτων ποτηριον ψυχρου μονον εις ονομα μαθητου, αμην λεγω υμιν, ου μη απολεσῃ τον μισθον αυτου.”118. On «And to give a cup of cold water»
1Matt 10:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:679…ncerning the number six, which is here called perfect, Origen speaks thus on Psalm 66:2 in the Catena Corderiana: 'The number six is perfect.' And on Matthew 10:1 in the Catena Possiniana: 'Greater than tome 1 in John, no.…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:825…in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease matt iv luke and it came to pass afterward that he went throughout every city…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:379…bestowing power h homily xxxii h a and having called he says his twelve disciples he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal every disease and every infirmity and yet…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:521…that are proper to the father h other h and having called his twelve disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits so as to cast them out and to heal every sickness and every ailment…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1251…sins and gave authority against unclean spirits so as to be able to cast them out and to heal every kind of disease among the people for was it not in the name of jesus christ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:425…he gave power to the holy apostles against unclean spirits so as to cast them out and to heal every disease and every infirmity among the people and thus the divine paul says for i dare…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1261…that he send forth labourers into his harvest and having called together his twelve disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of disease and all manner…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1351…temple of god and the spirit of god dwells in us furthermore he gave them power against unclean spirits so as to cast them out and to heal every disease and every infirmity and what i…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1509B…knowledged by all that they were done before the passion, just as He also sent His disciples and gave them authority to heal every disease and every infirmity (Matth. x, 1), which was given because of the repent…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1205…now through his disciples and apostles for in sending them he says he gave them power against unclean spirits now indeed with five loaves he fed four thousand men besides the women and children who if…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:51…as does the vulgate edition in certain old exemplars having called his disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits neither in our own nor in the complutensian exemplar is the preposition kata against expressed and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:933…he may send forth labourers into his harvest and having called together his twelve disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of disease and all manner…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:15…t interponere, δὲ καί. < Bis enim, ait, hæc pericopa in ecclesia explicatur, in xII apostolos et in SS. Anargyros. Vide secundam Evangeliorum editionem meam ad Matth. 10, 1: Theophanes hanc homiliam dixit primo N…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:937B…esus called his twelve disciples to himself, and gave them power over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every infirmity" (Matt. x, 1). The Savior, already hastening to over…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:953…same power to the twelve disciples as well for having called together his twelve disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits before therefore the lord was glorified through the cross according to the human nature…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1075…for free and does not pay them their due wages. Sirach xxxiv: He is a blood-stained man (or a shedder of blood) who deprives a laborer of his wages. Matthew x; 1 Cor. ix: The laborer is worthy of his wages. You shall not…
2Matt 10:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:157…he was transformed to the likeness of the image of god jacob the son of zebedee and john his brother were fishermen and unlettered men who certainly then bore a likeness more to the image of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:213…adds to his own name that of the publican he says therefore now the names of the twelve apostles are these first simon who is called peter and andrew his brother james the son of zebedee…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:215…twelve of them whom also he named apostles simon whom he also called peter and andrew his brother james and john and philip and bartholomew and matthew and thomas thus luke honored matthew according to what…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:683…hand and walking by the sea of galilee he saw two brothers simon who is called peter and andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen and he saith to them…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:403…paul and all that he suffered and finally his journey to rome now the names of the twelve apostles are these d first simon who is called peter then james the son of zebedee and john…
Pseudo-Ignatius fl. c. 375-380PG 5:825…in his book on the compunction of the heart chapter in addition james the son of zebedee and john are counted as virgins in the oration of proclus finally you have andrew matthew and bartholomew as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:669…says jesus went along the sea of galilee and saw two brothers simon who is called peter and andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen and he said to them…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:379…apostles here he necessarily places their catalog number and names saying thus now the names of the twelve apostles are these the first simon who is called peter for there was another simon who was called…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:245…these and walking by the sea of galilee he saw two brothers simon who is called peter and andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen and jesus said to them…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:645…paul and how much he suffered and finally his journey to rome the names of the twelve apostles then are these first simon who is called peter and andrew his brother james the son of zebedee…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:519…the lord chose are these simon peter the chief of the apostles andrew his brother james the son of zebedee john his brother whom jesus loved the evangelist philip bartholomew h ducanghi's notes h a many…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:25…which they had in christ the names of the apostles are these simon who is called peter and andrew his brother james and john philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew the tax collector james of alphaeus…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:185…him immediately and going on from there he saw other two brethren james the son of zebedee and john his brother in the ship with zebedee their father it is a very great virtue to care…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…to wonder and might have hearers more obedient to their teaching vers now the names of the twelve apostles are these the first simon who is called peter and andrew his brother he enumerates the names…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:501…followed him and having gone a little further from there he saw james the son of zebedee and john his brother and they also were in the boat preparing their nets and straightway he called them…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:523…cast out demons and he gave to simon the name peter and james the son of zebedee and john the brother of james and he gave to them names boanerges which is sons of thunder and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:923…concerning the order of these apostolic names where the saying is written now the names of the twelve apostles are these and having come down all a divine power was going out from him healing those…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1141…brethren simon who is called peter and andrew his brother casting a net into the sea a and furthermore look at the eighth chapter according…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 145:877…band is peter second his brother andrew third james who is called the son of zebedee and john his brother that beloved one who is at once virgin and the one who reclined upon the breast…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1067…whom he is called boanerges for he says in chapter verse and james the son of zebedee and john the brother of james and he put upon them the names boanerges which is sons of thunder…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:333…walking he says by the sea of galilee he saw two brothers simon who is called peter and andrew his brother b casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen and he says to…
3Matt 10:3
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:945…one place peter and andrew james and john the sons of zebedee philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew james the son of alphaeus and lebbaeus who was surnamed thaddaeus and simon the canaanite and matthias who…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:215…his brother philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew the publican thus out of an abundance of modesty matthew demonstrating his zeal for the truth in identifying…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:245A…of Apostle; Peter saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man" (Luke 5:8); Matthew, who even in the time of his apostleship called himself the tax-gatherer (Matt. 10:3); David shouting and saying: "My iniqui…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:645…andrew his brother james the son of zebedee and john his brother philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew the publican james the son of alphaeus and thaddaeus simon the cananaean and judas iscariot who also betrayed…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:25…simon who is called peter and andrew his brother james and john philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew the tax collector james of alphaeus and simon the cananaean and judas of james and matthias who was…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…says therefore vers james the son of zebedee and john his brother philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew the publican james the son of alphaeus and lebbaeus surnamed thaddaeus simon the cananite and judas iscariot b…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:51…unclean spirits we have added it however as the meaning demands it james the son of alphaeus and lebbaeus for in every place it has lebbaios with a simple beta and the vulgate edition always has…
4Matt 10:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1365…matthew or rather only in the catalog of the twelve he said judas iscariot who also betrayed him more has been said by us previously for the defense of judas as being like the other apostles…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:645…the publican james the son of alphaeus and thaddaeus simon the cananaean and judas iscariot who also betrayed him but after judas having committed the betrayal perished matthias was appointed c by the apostles and was…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:523…and james the son of alphaeus and thaddaeus and simon the cananaean and judas iscariot who also betrayed him c he ascends to the mountain to pray for since he had performed miracles after the demonstration…
5Matt 10:5
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:755…efore, farmers. And certain people subscribe to this opinion, namely, in regard to James, Chrysostom, Euthymius, and Theodoret; the former concerning Matthew 10:5, the latter concerning the Psalm. But it must be kept absol…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1209…flesh i live in the faith of the son of god d go not into the way of the gentiles and enter not into any city of the samaritans the lord says turning us away from…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1015…that he sent even these twelve saying to them do not go into the way of the gentiles and what follows is written as having been said to them sending them into the apostolate are we…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:493…might not unreasonably conflict this saying with the commandment do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into a city of the samaritans for the savior being asked by the samaritans…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:403…which he also turning away his own disciples says do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into the city of the samaritans h chapter xxiii h from amos concerning our…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:691…of israel and he instructed his apostles saying d do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into a city of the samaritans but go rather to the lost sheep of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1139…common and human manners which he also teaches his disciples to do saying go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not of joel nothing is sufficiently…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:431…jacob to him and israel rightly therefore he hands down these instructions go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter you not but go rather to the lost…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:909…in asia in the same way the son said to the apostles go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but even david the inspired showing…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:819A…ng them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matth. x, 5, 6)... And behold, a woman of Canaan ca…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1623…me so i also send you and yet commands do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter a city of the samaritans and after the prophecy of david which spoke as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:803C…or if, waiting for the sinful Samaritans, concerning whom He Himself commanded as if concerning the unworthy, Into the cities of the Samaritans do not enter (Matt. 10. 5), yet He rejoiced in their arrival, say…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:861A…y city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt. 10:5-7). This is what He says: "My dinner I ha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:381…what does he say to them he immediately gives them a command saying go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:177D…tan); and He Himself also, when speaking to the disciples, commanded: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into a city of the Samaritans" (Matth. 10. 5). 3. The Evangelist did not remind us…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:367…does not do this without caution nor openly for he had heard into the way of the gentiles go ye not therefore he refers the matter treated with the disciple to the master for both told…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:27C…all be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria." For because he had said, Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans (Matt. 10.5); but now he wants them to preach in al…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:143C…ere scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. The apostles mingle with Samaria without fear, having heard: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles (Matt. 10. 5). “Except the apostles,” he says; showi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:173…afterward accuse him since he himself had already heard do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not wonder paul needed circumcision and sacrifice for at that time at the beginning of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:17C…use of Israel (Matt. 15:24)? And again he said to his disciples, Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not (Matt. 10:5)? And Paul himself again said, To you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:53…of a servant and having arrived he did not himself go away into the way of the gentiles and he commanded his disciples the same and not only this but he went about healing every disease…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:55…a servant and when he had come he did not even go into the way of the gentiles and he commanded his disciples likewise and not only this but he went about healing every disease and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:595…disciples to announce the kingdom of heaven do not go he says into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into the city of the samaritans go rather to the lost sheep of the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:329…indeed he preached to them first and commanded the holy apostles c go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:333…words for before the precious cross christ said to the holy apostles go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:623…the house of israel and he commanded to the holy disciples themselves go not into the way of the gentiles and what follows but he was in the heart of the earth three days and three…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:83…philip however remembering what jesus had said to them do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into the city of the samaritans feared lest he might appear to offend those…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1405…c difficulties xv how could the lord who said to the apostles go not into the way of the gentiles and into the city of the samaritans enter ye not go himself into samaria seek a…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:919…sheep of the house of israel wherefore he also instructed the apostles go not into the way of the gentiles and into the city of the samaritans enter not but go rather to the lost sheep…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:807…wisdom of god again how shall it not seem to contradict that saying go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:973B…cure ineffable gladness, life everlasting, and the kingdom without end. Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter not (Matt. x, 5); this is to be understood as concernin…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1165D…unspeakable gladness, eternal life, and an endless kingdom: "Go not into the way of the Gentiles," He says, "and into the cities of the Samaritans enter not" (Matt. X, 5). This should be taken [to apply] to he…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…peter the cananite and the traitor for simon was called judas iscariot these twelve jesus sent forth and charged them saying go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1229…a samaritan and he himself said to the disciples do not enter into any city of the samaritans but for what reason does the evangelist speak with such precision regarding the plot of land of jacob…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:123…the lord do since he had commanded his disciples not to go into the way of the gentiles and he already saw the gentiles approaching him for the greeks those wishing to see him were entirely…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1041…god was ancient as was his will for even if christ said go not into the way of the gentiles and i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel yet…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:515…of the earth since he had previously said b do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into a city of the samaritans because he wished for the word to be…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:659…ity. This happens for the sake of those to whom he is about to explain it later; since he himself had heard, "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles" (Matt. 10:5). If even Paul had need of circumcision and sacrifice, much…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:943…hesitant to preach to the nations for he even forbade his disciples saying go not into the way of the gentiles b but he commanded them rather to go to the lost sheep of the house…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:709B…does he distinguish the Gentiles and Samaritans from those of Israel, as he said before: "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans" (Matt. X, 5). But since he had appeared as victor o…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:939…this he sent these twelve commanding them and saying do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into a city of the samaritans why did he choose twelve disciples first historically…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:941…samaritan and greek were contained circumscribe the preaching to the jews alone saying go not into the way of the gentiles perhaps because the gospel had to be preached to the jews first for to them…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:475…for he who previously said to his own disciples do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter into a city of the samaritans go rather to the lost sheep of the…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:197D…Israel: heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give: do not possess gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles (Matth. 10. 5-9). See the wisdom of the Master, how He…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:767A…who was near him, and both of them report the matter to Him. But no permission is granted. For he (Philip) had heard: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles (Matt. 10:5); therefore he first speaks with his fe…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:769A…by their deeds, until they crucified Him, He did not say: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, but: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles (Matt. 10:5), and: I was not sent except to the lo…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:423…the savior moved by compassion toward them would sometimes exhort his disciples saying go not into the way of the nations and into the cities of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the…
6Matt 10:6
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:911…the doctrine of christ for indeed the lord sent the twelve apostles to the lost sheep of the house of israel if they did not know the truth how did they preach how moreover could the…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:979…about his law, they hastened to Christ, and all were saved. “Go,” he says to his disciples, “to the sheep that have perished of the house of Israel” (Matt. X, 6). And concerning the Samaritans, he says, when the Lord had…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:387…peoples are striking if the savior says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel we do not accept this as the ebionites who are destitute of mind and take…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:393…a nevertheless the savior came to gather the lost sheep of the house of israel b and since many of israel did not yield to his teaching those from the nations…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1031…this descent is assigned by us primarily indeed that the so called lost sheep of the house of israel in the gospel might be converted and secondly that because of their unbelief he might take away…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1049…of calling back the as the divine scripture has mystically named them lost sheep of the house of israel and that he descended from the mountains to which the shepherd is said in certain parables to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:865…is not that of which he says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and of which paul says but glory and peace to every man working good to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:959…he was sent by the father for no other purpose than for the lost sheep of the house of israel a stock of insightful souls that had gone astray but because of her resolve and because…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:961…b but since the lost sheep of the house of israel apart from the remnant according to the election of grace were disobedient to the word for…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:389…one who was sent who said d i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but if being captives they are to receive these things in their own fatherland when…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:585…bodily understanding that the following was said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel matth xv and that not even in israel have i found such faith matth viii…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:891…was lost and he says again i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel and david says i have gone astray like a sheep that is lost seek thy servant…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1507…will of him who sent me' and 'i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel ' there are also countless other testimonies of this sort which indicate that he came…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:691…he himself was the one foretold says i have not come except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and he instructed his apostles saying d do not go into the way of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1153…for he indeed first became man and suffered for the salvation of the lost sheep of the house of israel following these things the word signifying their rejection after the passion of our savior says and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1171…spiritual and true israel from their dispersion and after the finding of the lost sheep of the house of israel when the fullness of the gentiles has been brought in then the lord himself promises that…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1237…of him live and because he a came only to the lost sheep of the house of israel he is rightly said to have come primarily to raise up the tribes of jacob…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1239…and for your iniquities i sent away your mother for he came to the lost sheep of the house of israel and did not find a man among them but although he called them first there…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1253…jacob from his former iniquities if not he who came to save the lost sheep of the house of israel that had fallen into impiety to whom the spirit of god promises that he will establish…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1259…the earth d by the lord but our savior who came for the lost sheep of the house of israel for this is the good shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep whom the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:569…gospel to them first testifying and saying i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and he instructed his apostles to preach the gospel to them first saying into the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:799…consider that the savior himself taught thus i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel you will adapt the present text to his own voice for he did not descend…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1363…himself visited them and frequently said i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel matt xv and if they appeared unworthy of this benefit they should blame their own transgressions…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:175…had long been lost as the savior declares in these words go to the lost sheep of the house of israel these things moreover they did in the four wings or quarters…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:213C…gels of good things: "You, the disciples of Christ, go, just as the Savior Himself commanded you, saying, 'Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel' (Matt. x, 6), and, 'Go, make disciples of all natio…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:377…his elect he calls the others his seed saying to them go to the lost sheep of the house of israel vers whom i took from the ends of the earth and from its watchtowers i…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:431…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter you not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel it pleased the father therefore that for the gathering of jacob and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:547…disciples to preach the kingdom of god to them he called them the lost sheep of the house of israel b nam qui me erubuerit et meos sermones hunc filius hominis erubescet having finished these things…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1175…does not believe is judged and again i am not come but to the lost sheep of the house of israel and certainly they were the more lost what then are these things contrary shall truth…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1177…might pacify both things in heaven and on earth and who came to the lost sheep of the house of israel and those who were perishing were found he was not sent to judge yet he…
Theodore of Heraclea fl. c. 335-355, d. c. 355PG 18:1367…the nations the savior commanded them first to direct the proclamation toward the lost sheep of the house of israel vers a new name is spoken of that of us christians this is understood in many…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1221…then the saviour says in the gospels i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and elsewhere as the living father sent me and he who sent me gave me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:819…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel matth x and behold a woman of canaan came out of those…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1153…for other purposes since the lord says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1623…made both visible and invisible confesses that i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel c and says to his disciples as the father has sent me so i also…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:843…power of the lord who said i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel wherefore he also said in the parables a certain man went down from jerusalem to jericho…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:453…after us what then does christ say i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel when he answered the ulcer was worse for he was a physician cutting not so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:457…let us see then what christ says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel were these words not discouraging for he is saying as it were withdraw because you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:353…their intercession on her behalf i was not sent he says except to the lost sheep of the house of israel ibid v this caused them not the woman to cease from beseeching for her but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:409…deem her worthy of an answer hear i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel ibid v do you not know he says that the woman is an alien do…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:327…to come to them and frequently said i am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of israel matt and to the disciples into the way of the nations go not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727…him not john and the lord himself i am not come but to the lost sheep of the house of israel matt consumed with fire and dug up they shall perish from the rebuke of thy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:777…grace fulfilled the mystery toward them how this clearly that he came to the lost sheep of the house of israel not by giving them the law for they were not worthy but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:861…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and as ye go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:381…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel for do not think he says that because they insult me and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:69…he did not do but repeatedly said that he had been sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel yet enjoying such signs and hearing the prophets continually and having christ himself constantly reminding…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:133…even with that woman he said that he was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel ibid v yet nevertheless even having said these things he healed the woman's little daughter…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:177…the gentiles act and he himself again i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel matth and again it is not good to take the children s bread and give…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:367…of the gentiles go ye not and i am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of israel and it is not good to take the bread of the children and to give…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:433…of plan due to his saying i have not been sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel he shows that this is the will of the father also and if he speaks…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:653…that i may expose this bright faith i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel ibid v was he then a shepherd only of the israelites and not lord and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:585D…them, but in the fitting order. Wherefore also when He said to the disciples, He did not say simply, "Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," but, "Go" (Matt. X, 6), showing rather that it was necessary…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:981…an excuse just as christ also says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel giving i will give tell me where has this happened for the law was indeed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:299…gathering again as it were into love for god and the father the lost sheep of the house of israel for as the blessed paul writes god was in christ reconciling the world unto himself emmanuel…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:333…its own glory indeed he said effectively i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but since they were hardened according to what is written and remained disobedient insulting the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:393…his own for he was sent as he himself says somewhere unto the lost sheep of the house of israel but his own received him not a hence he also heavily reproached them through the voice…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:519…he himself makes clear when he says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but after the jews perishing in their immense folly raged against him christ necessarily turned…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:595…the gentiles and do not enter into the city of the samaritans go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel do you see how he placed those outside the sheep of the house…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:719…i think is just what christ said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel for because to them the grace of evangelical doctrine was owed it was to them…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:805…primary end of his coming he says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel or in another way as the divine paul writes to the jews belonged the promises…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:329…the lord for christ came saying that he was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and indeed he preached to them first and commanded the holy apostles c go not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:333…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel c for as he himself said again i am not sent but…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:727…our lord jesus christ was indeed sent by god and the father to the lost sheep of the house of israel for theirs were the promises the laws the covenant and the fathers and he remained…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:797…oracles through him when he says openly i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel o therefore he says you priests you ministers of the new and christ centered prophecies…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:969…forth most especially yet he says clearly i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but upon them indeed and first the divine and evangelical light shone since however as…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1041…before the nations that jesus could say i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but they having obtained a dignity so glorious and exceptional became faithless and bold apostates…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1047…of the mark for christ once said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but if one were to wish to name all those saved through faith israel and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1319…we remember also that christ himself says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel matt xv the deliverer shall come therefore namely from sins from death and corruption from…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1439…blood of israel he said indeed that i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but since they rejected the faith he declined from them as it is written and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:113…jesus christ appeared to us and was sent as he says himself to the lost sheep of the house of israel that he might illuminate with the torch of the spirit those who were covered in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:623…gentiles wherefore he most clearly says i was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel and he commanded to the holy disciples themselves go not into the way of the gentiles…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:395…x but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel it was necessary that they be preached to the jews first for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:151…lot and his own cord saying i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel but when they had rejected the grace he transferred himself to the nations thus the world…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:289…indeed he himself made clearer saying i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel how then one might say does the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:607…from israel alone for he was sent as he himself asserted only to the lost sheep of the house of israel and indeed for those who wished to believe it was permitted to hasten also unto…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:817…sake of their fathers therefore he said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and to the syrophoenician woman it is not good to take the bread of the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:939…israel just as he himself says somewhere i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel matt xv but the recovery of sight for the nations was achieved as if in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:763…i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel for theirs are the promises theirs are the fathers of the same for we shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:775…the rest for the savior was saying i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and they became the first fruits of those saved through faith for it is not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:853…the promise to israel for he said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel wherefore not mendaciously…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1755…mine to give to you explained i i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel i the son cannot do anything of himself iii everyone has the standard of the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:325…these men having gathered the wandering lost sheep of the house of israel and having also gathered the other sheep which are not of this fold prepared one flock for…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:463…those first for he himself also said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of jacob and israel matt xv and he shall turn away impieties from jacob for seeing what…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:167…proclamations to them first for the lord himself also said to them go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and in the acts of the apostles it was necessary that the word…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:485…be given to manasseh for he says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but when the israelites were given over to impiety in all things the father preferred…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:521…the promises for he himself cries out i am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel when he found that the israelites were being gravely afflicted by the tyranny of the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:631…suited to them for christ says i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel but the prompt and strong men were to perform the mystery of christ as was indicated…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:919…the circumcision the savior fitly says i was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel wherefore he also instructed the apostles go not into the way of the gentiles and into…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:975…o nations with his people although he says that he came for the lost sheep of the house of israel yet he himself also said i have other sheep which are not of this fold them…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1735…that even if he has been drawn away for a little while to the lost sheep of the house of israel he will turn again to me cyril or because i offer him confession his turning…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1991…through them to whom also the savior when he was sending them to the lost sheep of the house of israel was saying heal the sick cast out demons you received freely give freely through which…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2051…sion his holy mountain for he kept saying that he came for the lost sheep of the house of israel and he instructed his own disciples not to depart into the way of the nations but…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2131…the jews and christ says things to them consistent with the present but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and when you have gone teach all nations and he proposes to…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2335…came to be according to that word i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but some say that he deemed their absurd notions worthy of consolation for hezekiah was…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2353…nevertheless he called even these through the elect having said d go to the lost sheep of the house of israel and since they were scattered over the entire earth he added whom i took from…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2465…remained in unbelief concerning whom he said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel who besides disbelieving even crucified me as it is also said by the psalmist what…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2613…a kinsman for the savior said i am not sent except unto the lost sheep of the house of israel and paul also says for i say that christ jesus became a minister of the circumcision…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2617…share in it according to the saying i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel this is what he also signified to the apostles when he commanded them not to…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:453…and to save that which was lost and that he was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel and by the parable of the drachma he hinted that he had come to recover…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:383…have mercy on your people who have been scattered and dispersed like the lost sheep of the house of israel what a miserable spectacle this is an unrestrained fury with which the enemy rages against the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:531…the lord spoke to the apostles while he also commanded that they go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel d for by saying rather he declares that those ought to have been…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1447…us what then is he to say i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel matt xv when he answered he made her wound worse what then does this mean…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:635…apostle and high priest of our confession namely that he was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel but because they neither recognized nor received the sent redeemer and benefactor therefore the disciples…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:713…savior also says to the phoenician woman i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel with them refusing it he subsequently crossed over to the gentiles to whom the promise…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:807…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel for in that the sheep were lost they were in every way…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:545…says to the jew first and to the greek and the lord go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and again the word to you it was necessary that the word be…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1177…since christ urging on the jews says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and again do not go into the way of the gentiles paul now strives to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and as ye go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:309…after us but he answered and said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel the disciples being burdened by the clamor of the woman were asking that he should…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:61…that is he did not come to them primarily for he came to the lost sheep of the house of israel then as if in passing on the road he made a visitation of that people…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1041…the way of the gentiles and i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel yet these things were said for the sake of the admonition of the jews and in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:219…often been said therefore he is called apostle because he was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel and he is high priest of our confession that is of our faith for he…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:685…gather fruit now at least when i have come to turn back the lost sheep of the house of israel and to heal the broken for those who are well have no need of a physician…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:891…says for the salvation of this people for you came not except to the lost sheep of the house of israel wherefore also you were called jesus and you came hither that you might save those…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:943…way of the gentiles b but he commanded them rather to go to the lost sheep of the house of israel since he himself was not sent elsewhere save to these alone but when after his…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1121…he might win her for himself for he says i came but to the lost sheep of the house of israel verse and now why hast thou known evils was there no king in thee or…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1123…above all to praise christ who said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel b verse for his mercy is confirmed upon us the mercy of god has become…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:141…be shepherded by him for he said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and the evangelist john says he came unto his own and his own received him…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:325…robbed him of honor above all others he quite rightly called these the lost sheep of the house of israel sheep as those who were once shepherded by god you who shepherd israel pay heed it…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:451…i am not sent but to the jews for these he named the lost sheep of the house of israel for in the nineteenth chapter he also said again to the apostles but go rather to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:875…and on this account he said that he was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but since he came unto his own and his own received him not eventually the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1057…lineage of abraham for i am not sent he says but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel and i zacchaeus am small in spiritual stature…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1117…for this reason he also said i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel into his own therefore he came not on account of any need of his own for…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1353…eager to save them for he said i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel and again he said and i lay down my life for the sheep but lest…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:335…but among israel as he himself says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel but because israel was faithless salvation came to the nations who followed the preaching and…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:687…into the way of the nations and commanded them to go only to the lost sheep of the house of israel but now he has entrusted to them the care of all nations go therefore teach…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:703…go into the way of the nations and bade them go only to the lost sheep of the house of israel but now he has entrusted to them the care of all nations going therefore teach…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:943…the lord forbids the disciples to walk making it a short path but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel he calls the israelite people sheep because they were as it were…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:959…through which the lord makes it abrupt for the disciples to go but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel he calls the israelite people sheep because they were as it were…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:815…savior himself also having arisen said i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel thus betrayed and…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1333…been sent to the jews he says i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of jerusalem but they did not receive him for this reason he asks for the nations as…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:475…the lord himself says in the gospels i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel indeed seeing the jews fallen from that ancestral piety and virtue and having turned away…
Nicholas Cabasilas c. 1322–c. 1391PG 150:415…but also by what he taught the apostles to say sending them to the lost sheep of the house of israel for this reason the apostolic letters are read and the gospel itself is also read…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:197…the gentiles and into any city of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel heal the sick cleanse the lepers cast out devils freely ye have…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:323…v and to them indeed he answered i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel ib v but when she approached by herself and persevered in crying out saying yes…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:769…the way of the gentiles matt and i was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of israel matt and it is not good to take the children s bread and throw it…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:423…the nations and into the cities of the samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel to his own mother regarding the time for offering pardon to the…
Job the Monk fl. 6th centuryPG 86:3317…willed to forgive their sins say i am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel matt xv persecuted and turned away but the gentiles hearing it is not meet to take…
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Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:587…and if he himself also began to preach the gospel saying that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and that he must suffer many things from the scribes and pharisees and be crucified and on…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:199…saved and safe wherefore he urges and impels them to salvation crying the kingdom of heaven is at hand by this voice he renders those men attentive to himself who were somewhat timid the apostle of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1011…kingdom of heaven so that according to this the saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand refers not to a time but to actions and disposition…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:307…from that time jesus began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand but mark and he was he says in the desert forty days and forty nights being tempted…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:323…from that time made the beginning of his preaching saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand c mark however after the devil had tempted the lord and after john had been delivered into…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:325…other miracles are performed there nevertheless the lord begins to preach there saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand which seems to be a sign as we demonstrated at the beginning of some place of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1027…his preaching does not say the kingdom of heaven is come but the kingdom of heaven is at hand but i would say the present time seems less like a kingdom than a war through which…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:683…that time therefore jesus began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and walking by the sea of galilee he saw two brothers simon who is called peter and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1045…kingdom of the heavens for it is written that the savior preached saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand and he pronounced blessed those worthy of his own beatitudes promising them the kingdom of heaven…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:75…water unto repentance that in power is the voice saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii also bear fruits worthy of repentance luc iii or perhaps the voice is in power…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:699…chapter i then began jesus to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt iv then he began to reproach the cities matt xi wherein most of his mighty works…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:863C…heaven, for the destruction of him who has the power of death in sin. Chapter XIII And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matth. X, 7)... I charge thee therefore before God,…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:1013…more accurately to that task he then particularly impressed this repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand such an exhortation he had either not used before or had used less frequently and vehemently because…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1029…when his sound went forth into all the earth saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand when the voice of the lord was made upon the waters when the thunder of the evangelical…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587…anxious for nothing yet you do you worry and care about money the kingdom of heaven is at hand yet you do you look after a house and luxury and other pleasures the form of this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:789…zeal of the spirit the forerunner and baptist who says repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt the son of zechariah and the offshoot of the barren woman and the perfect achievement of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:801…all others baptized by me hear these things from me repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and believe in the lord jesus christ the only begotten son of god but when you are…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:735…set for sinners a place of conversion and salvation saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt arranged in his heart thinking to cross from earth to heaven not through one step but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:645…baptist came preaching in the desert of judea and saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for this is he of whom it is said by isaiah the prophet saying the voice of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:657…the jordan unto john when when john was preaching saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt then jesus came that he might receive testimony from john behold the lamb of god who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:861…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and as ye go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt this is what he says my dinner i have prepared…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:183…the baptist preaching in the wilderness of judea and saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand in those days why is christ baptized at thirty years of age in what days does he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:217…stand from that time jesus began to preach and say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand from that time from what time from when john was cast into prison and why did he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:381…mind toward him and as you go he says preach saying that the kingdom of heaven is at hand do you see the magnitude of the ministry do you see the dignity of the apostles they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:765…virtues the great physician of our souls provides counsel saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand approach…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:737…at what hour our lord comes come hear him saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt finally brothers since the judgment is at the doors there is need of many tears of…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:965…also commanded the apostles in summary saying say to them repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for he did not absolutely say this regarding the temporal nearness of the kingdom as though it…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:967…it is a substantial proof of their skepticism therefore he says repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand if then the word shows those who only hear it to be debtors of action by bringing…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:977…this reason the truth offers suitable help to all saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand this is so that neither those who are spiritual nor those who are making progress might neglect…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:587…close upon them was the forerunner crying out and saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand therefore in the fourth period those things which had been delivered in the law began to be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:619…praise the blessed baptist went before the savior saying repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he was indeed capable of persuading he who gave testimony col a through such a splendid and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:405…that it would bring a simpler and preparatory illumination saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand but it reveals nothing at all of those things that are hidden inside the veil namely the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:175…at that time when john appearing much later cried out repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand however it is easy to understand that the kingdom of heaven had indeed been prepared for the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1401…for those who follow named the kingdom of heaven for he says go preach saying the kingdom of heaven has drawn near to you but the prophecy of david concerning these things also refutes them saying…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:661…using the royal and humane proclamation of lenity it cries out repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii but if those who sin setting this admonition at naught and regarding it as of…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1095…hear what christ first preached to the human race do penance for the kingdom of heaven is at hand through penance preaching rest from the labors of life which is in sins and hope for the…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1443…namely the saving baptism concerning which he exhorted them saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and luke made mention of the eleven disciples for this reason because after judas had fallen into…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1435…a he began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for which reason the prophecy also says that he shall have dominion from the river unto the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:855…holy apostles who were commanded to preach the gospel to every creature saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand he says that he who is saved shall be in mount sion and in hierosolyma showing…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1655…holy apostles who were ordered to preach the gospel and to say the kingdom of heaven is at hand x and by saying that he who is saved shall be in mount sion and in jerusalem…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:519…heaven and he commanded the divine apostles as they preached to say the kingdom of heaven is at hand and in another place he said to them when i am exalted from the earth i will…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:779…as if it were the voice of john crying out repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand therefore he also calls the day one of expiation for john is the end of the old…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:817…use god very familiarly and who in imitation of christ cry out the kingdom of heaven is at hand which we attain through the afflictions of this world and the contention of victory yet the institution…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1013…to his own rightful place the trumpets therefore bear witness repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii concerning which he says to the people listen to the voice of the trumpet and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1997…from that time jesus began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for it was necessary to say that the land…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2879…being read in which there was the passage that says repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt iii and being pricked in heart at this he began with tears to lament himself for…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3991…the baptist the forerunner who began the preaching and said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand therefore the deacon says bless o lord asking for the sake of the divine mystery from the…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:287…baptist preaching in the wilderness of jud a and saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand d as if to say that dwelling place in the heavens is now near that at the…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:289…scripture to a close he also remembers john the baptist preaching that the kingdom of heaven is at hand all of which matters he spoke in accordance with the blessed matthew for there is one scope…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1663…salvation for he says to his disciples say to them repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt iii for this reason having left the ninety nine sheep on the mountain the good shepherd…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1167…subtle thought is beyond the end of beings the saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii does not as i think d refer to a contraction of time for it will…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1141…reproves herod and proclaims him who is to come saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand to him be glory and power for ever and ever amen h oration xvi on the holy…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:433…great joy in heaven for one sinner who repents likewise repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand i confess moreover the resurrection of the dead the resurrection i say of the body by which…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:675…that time jesus began to preach and to say do penance for the kingdom of heaven is at hand truly that the prophetic word or the evangelical for both come to the same thing has by…
Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:583…the cross of which kind of life it is said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iv…
Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:585…free he who preached about this freedom in these words repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand others say again that the tree of life is the new man who is born through baptism…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:974…from christ and his divine forerunner announce and exhort you 'repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand ' and i shall not hesitate to recall these things constantly to your memory but for you…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:337…what he says for the lord says in the gospel repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand why then has god who produces all things from nothing who fills all things and who is…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:379…it was also the beginning of the gospel for what is said the kingdom of heaven is at hand this is what it means for unless the soul understanding in an intelligible way receives the sense…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:447…all his commandments of which this is the first do penance for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and again knock and it shall be opened to you for every one that asketh receiveth and…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:489…the very command of god by which it is said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matt iv and again ask and it will be given to you seek and you will find…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:561…beyond faith and hope and i said i see future things and the kingdom of heaven is at hand and the good things which eye has not seen nor ear heard have echoed i behold before…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:645…the commandment that enjoins it for that which is said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii indicates to us an indefinite time for the doing of this work the grace of…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:957…time it says jesus began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii furthermore in a parable he introduces a certain son luc xv who having taken his…
Theodore of Andida fl. 11th c.PG 140:431…the baptist the forerunner who began his preaching by saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and baptizing all who came to him when he has begun the divine liturgy after the first…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:171…jews were arrogant for this reason he forces them to repentance for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he calls the first and second coming of christ the kingdom of heaven as well as a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:183…those too are the father s and the son s repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand the kingdom of heaven is christ himself and it is also a life endowed with virtue d…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel and as ye go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand what kind of men were these fishermen commoners publicans he sends…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:351…of the preaching of john who cried to the people repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and christ said this now at once praising john as having begun the salvation of men and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:913…time he says jesus began to proclaim and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for at hand is indicative of time b and having folded he gave it to the minister…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:945…these things it is described where it is written and as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand and he said have similarly also concerning these things and into come forth and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1035…is clearly announced for john himself first evangelized it saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand by kingdom of god now he means faith in him as being a pledge d of the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:943…does not have any halting point in its journey and as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand the kingdom of heaven is the grace which comes through faith liberating man from…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:111…the evangelical preaching today as a preface to your charity repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and it has not only drawn near but it is also within us for the kingdom of…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:209…and furthermore driving them out of souls preaching repentance and showing that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and leading souls to faith and to a life opposed to the adversary and converting and receiving…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:391…the saving counsel and commandment of repentance saying unto us repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for before the incarnation of the word of god the kingdom of heaven was as far from…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1161…the saving counsel and commandment of repentance saying to us repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for before the incarnation of the word of god as far as heaven is distant from the…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:193…and he said this first knowing our susceptibility to slipping repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for how should he who alone among men is blameless repent or rather he who alone is…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:197…repentance taught saying bring forth fruits worthy of repentance and repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand c prescribing to each one the conduct appropriate to him h chapter liii h that the savior…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:471…repentance therefore both our savior and his baptist c said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he himself clearly is the king of heaven drawing near to those who repent because the lord…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:925…reflect on all that pertains to repentance for he says repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand h question lxxii h some out of a desire for sordid gain perhaps d impose it upon…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:169…to our common malady let us hear john crying out repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand let us approach the savior who extends his hands draws us to himself and says come to…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:401…forerunner and baptist john who began the preaching and said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and who baptized all those coming to him the deacons are the shepherds the priests are the…
AnonymousPG 106:1081…being perfect he might be believed having handed down perfect teachings the saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand he says with regard to his then present appearance for he was the king of heaven…
8Matt 10:8
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:789A…MATTHEW. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses (Matt. X, 8, 9)... ACTS. Then Peter said, Silver an…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:505C…some reward for such great mysteries. For these things of theirs are not similar to those of which the Lord has spoken: "Freely ye have received, freely give" (Matt. X, 8); but they are remote from all sense, a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:455D…mers, since they were sowing the word of religion; pilots, since they were calming the storm of error. For this reason, he sometimes says, "Go, heal the sick" (Matt. 10:8), addressing them as physicians; someti…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:795D…, and even to the end of the earth." And what that power was, he had intimated a little before, saying: "Heal the infirm, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons" (Matt. X, 8). There is, he says, no sickness so hea…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:329C…, not to purloin even the least thing from thence. And he was fulfilling that commandment given by Christ to the disciples: "Freely you received, freely give" (Matt. 10. 8). For did I, he says, contribute anythi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:783B…He calls their sons the apostles, who were of them, whom he had sent earlier to preach, giving them power over unclean spirits, that they might cast them out (Matt. 10.8): who, believing, said: Lord, in thy na…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:841C…as laymen—because they are held to be of the same crime, equally selling and buying the gifts of God; because it is written, You received freely, give freely (Matth. 10. 8). He also overturned the chairs of thos…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:503A…so much as a thread or a shoelace" (Gen. XIV, 21-23). Do you see how he fulfilled that evangelical precept which says, "Freely you have received, freely give" (Matt. X, 8)? Moses too was raised in a barbari…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:45A…e Son and of the Holy Spirit, for the remission of sins (Matt. XXVIII, 19; Mark XVI, 15). Heal the sick, cast out demons; freely ye have received, freely give (Matt. X, 8). Bless them that persecute you, bless,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:667A…ctors and appointed them universal physicians, saying: "Heal the sick, cast out demons, cleanse lepers, raise the dead: freely you have received, freely give" (Matt. 10:8). Great, therefore, are these stones, a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:841…be able to overcome death itself speaking with the greatest divine authority heal the sick cleanse the lepers raise the dead cast out demons and our divine john has confessed to us most clearly saying that…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:757C…h the poverty he so greatly desired, and fulfilled the evangelical legislation before it was brought forth. "For freely," he says, "you received, freely give" (Matt. x, 8). But that admirable man... QUEST.…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1197B…nem martyrio prætulit. ⟦Scholion Maximi 5.⟧ Qui a Deo bonorum particeps est factus, jure debet eadem aliis impertiri: Gratis, inquit, accepistis, gratis date (Matth. x, 8). Qui enim talentum suum humi defodit,…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1375B…ined grace ought to bestow it abundantly upon those who are possessed by the desire of learning, just as the Lord said: "Freely ye have received, freely give" (Matth. X, 8). For from him who has received, and do…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:331B…that hideth his folly, than he that hideth his wisdom." Eccli. XX, 32. — "Wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen: what profit is in them both?" Matth. X, 8. — "Freely have you received, freely gi…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:1309C…ired. He did not only give freely, but he even exceeded the commandment by a great interval. For the commandment says: "Freely you have received, freely give" (Matt. x, 8). But he, in addition to the medicine,…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:77…these vol i glaphyra p d heal the sick cast out demons cleanse the lepers raise the dead freely etc item vol ii p c heal the sick cast out demons raise the dead and expressly…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:197…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel heal the sick cleanse the lepers cast out devils freely ye have received freely give do not possess gold nor silver nor brass in…
9Matt 10:9
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:213C…make your journey easily; which also He urged upon them again, saying, "Take nothing for the road; possess neither gold nor silver, nor copper in your belts" (Matt. x, 9), and so forth. He commands them to go…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:789…cleanse the lepers cast out devils freely ye have received freely give provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses matt x acts then peter said silver and gold have i none but such…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:839B…old, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat (Matt. X, 9, 10). LUKE. Take nothing for your j…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:981A…III, 3). And it is clear that the use of a girdle was customary for all the disciples of the Lord, to whom it was forbidden to have money in their girdles (Matth. X, 9). Furthermore, it is necessary for him…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:837B…ver, or gold, or any other property on the earth. For I heard the good King in the Gospels saying to his own disciples, Do not possess anything on the earth (Matt. x, 9, 10; Luc. ix, 4). Whence, I did not hav…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:375B…I will deliver him unto you?" Did Christ teach you this, tell me? Was it for this reason He said, "Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses" (Matt. X, 9), putting off from above the cause…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:385B…you this for so long a time? Have you come to such an oblivion of such frequent admonitions? Did he not say for this reason, “Do not possess gold, nor silver” (Matt. X, 9), so that already from the beginning he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:477C…rough his petition; so full of philosophy was the mind of the righteous man. For what Christ was saying, Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor two tunics (Matt. 10:9), this man, not yet taught by any perso…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:303D…ere indeed he offers counsel, but progressing further he establishes this very thing as a law, saying: Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor a purse in the way (Matt. 10:9-10). For after he had exhibited these thin…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:381…of them then immediately pulling up the root of evils he says provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses nor scrip for your journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet staves he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:251…against them, they suddenly philosophize: "It is written," they say, "Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor two tunics, nor copper in your belts, nor a staff" (Matt. X, 9, 10). But these men have three and four…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2131…them the settled and light load making their journey easy for them provide neither gold nor silver nor brass nor scrip nor two coats nor staff nor shoes in short he d allowed them to possess…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1221B…abor.” Eccli. xl, 18. — “The life of one who is sufficient will be sweetened by the worker.” Eccli. xxxi, 20. — “Sleep of health in a moderate stomach.” Matt. x, 9. — “Do not possess gold, nor silver, no…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:461…not leading a retinue of attendants nor surrounded by virtues he has neither gold nor silver nor brass in his girdle but adorned with faith hope and charity as if with a splendor superior to the…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1261C…Nor did I acquire any possession upon the earth. For I heard the good King, he says, commanding his disciples in the Gospels: Possess nothing upon the earth (Matt. x, 9; Luc. ix, 3). Hence, I had not even a p…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…of all evils might be the more perfectly extirpated he says vers provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses nor scrip for your journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet staves for…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…e led those who wanted to crucify him to the kingdom by the hand. Again he said to his disciples: “Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses” (Matth. 10.9), to incite them to poverty: this again…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:197…w of Christ intruded, which He set for them, saying thus: Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles, neither shoes, nor a staff for the way (Matth. 10. 9. 10). Yet Peter appears to have san…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:199A…charge; but it is further asked, why did Christ command contrary things?" For sometimes He says, Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses (Matt. 10:9); and at other times, He that hath a p…
10Matt 10:10
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1035D…He refers to the law which ordains: "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn" — for the worker is worthy of his reward (1 Tim. V, 18; Luc. X, 7; Matt. X, 10). He forbids yoking the ox and the ass…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:759A…he is commanded to put off if he is to tread upon holy ground (Exod. iii, 5), and such as he who is sent to preach the kingdom of heaven is forbidden to wear (Matt. x, 10)—but incorruptible ones, suited for the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…neither is he worthy to eat d h chapter vii h matthew the workman is worthy of his meat acts i have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:839…h matthew provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses nor scrip for your journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet staves for the workman is worthy of his meat matt x c…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1193…about the cheapness of the item, or because it is not new, let him remember the Lord saying: "The laborer is worthy," not of just anything, but "of his food" (Matth. X, 10). And let him examine himself whether h…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1271A…choke the word and make it unfruitful. But, competing in the good struggle of pleasing God, he believes the Lord who said: “The laborer is worthy of his food” (Matt. X, 10), and he is not anxious about anything…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:61B…would not have harmed the Church if the holy John were to have partaken of the Church, according to the one who says: "For the laborer is worthy of his food" (Matt. 10.10; 1 Tim. 5.18); and again: "Who tends a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:329C…recompensing them, arranges for them to take a certain portion, and in this again fulfilling the apostolic law which says, "The laborer is worthy of his food" (Matt. 10. 10; Luc. 10. 7). For he does not allow the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:381…he says provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses nor scrip for your journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet staves he did not say do not take them with you but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:407C…to them all the houses of the world? For he shows through all things that all are indebted to them: first, when he said: "The laborer is worthy of his reward" (Matt. 10:10); second, by having sent those who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:375D…, they put on board what was necessary." He did not receive a reward, far from it; but that which is written is fulfilled: "The laborer is worthy of his food" (Matt. 10. 10). It is plain, however, that those who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:173A…gs are for those who wish to devour everything and harvest the fruit in its entirety. Thus the Lord also ordained, saying: "The laborer is worthy of his food" (Matt. 10.10). He establishes this not only through…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1011D…it has proceeded. Joshua is promised security, just as Moses was, and the disciples likewise with these words: "Do not take a staff, nor a wallet, nor shoes" [Matth. x, 10]. He gives them power to tread upon ser…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1221…scrip for your journey nor two coats nor shoes nor a staff for the workman is worthy of his meat acts iv and the multitude of believers had but one heart and one soul neither did…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:235…says vers provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses nor scrip for your journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet staves for the workman is worthy of his meat with great zeal…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…that they might not say how shall we be fed he says the workman is worthy of his meat that is you shall be fed by your disciples for they owe this to you as workmen…
11Matt 10:11
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1031B…Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. Into whatsoever city or house you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide, till you go thence" (Matt. 10:11). From these it is plain that the Sodom…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:807…enter inquire who in it is worthy not who is a sinner and there abide till ye go thence this the seller of purple not being ignorant of said to those about barnabas and paul b…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…for it is not proper for teachers to live in luxury vers into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter inquire who in it is worthy and there abide till ye go thence he does not…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:347D…receive that holy man. Just as Christ also said to his disciples: "Into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide" (Matt 10:11). He knew that this woman was worthy to…
12Matt 10:12
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:243B…rs, therefore, because they did not carry an instrument of war in their hearts, He gave the power of bringing peace to the houses into which they should enter (Matt. x, 12). 75. And nation shall not lift up…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:323A…r village ye enter, salute the house; and if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return unto you" (Matt. 10:12-13). We know this, because we think these…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:893D…anded the apostles, upon entering houses, to say this at once, as a sort of symbol of good things. For entering, he says, into houses, say, Peace be to you (Matt. 10:12). For when this is not present, everyt…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:895A…r, entering into the house, salute it; and if indeed that house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you" (Matth. X, 12, 13). We do not know this because we th…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:441A…Egypt due to the arrival of Joseph. Therefore, not without reason did the Savior command the disciples, as they entered a house, to say: Peace to this house (Matth. x, 12). When I provide for myself a house…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1505D…ot, shake off even the dust from your feet. Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in that day, than for that house (Matt. 10:12–15). A poor man enters your courtyard, and…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1059B…ts, the inscription will be thus: to α, and so on; and the letters sent to me should thus have α, or υ, or another of the elements. It must be known also that (cf. Matth. x, 12; Matth. vi, 9).…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…and seem to do injury to those who first received them vers and when ye come into an house salute it saying peace be to this house and if the house be worthy your peace shall…
13Matt 10:13
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:551…overlook the mention of these either but added to what was aforesaid and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1031…entering into the house greet it saying 'peace to this house ' and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it be not worthy let your peace return unto you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:383…proceeds regarding this very thing but entering into a house salute it and if the house be worthy your peace shall come upon it but if it be not worthy your peace shall return to you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:895B…receive you, nor hear your words, amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city" (Matth. X, 13-15). What use is it therefore that you rec…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1243A…nd Abesalom did according to this word to all Israel, to those who came to judgment before the king; and Abesalom gained the hearts of all the men of Israel.” Matth. X, 13. — “Entering the house, salute it. And…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…come into an house salute it saying peace be to this house and if the house be worthy your peace shall come upon it but if it be not worthy your peace shall return to you…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:329…it and let it enjoy peace and tranquility but if it is not worthy let your peace return to you that is let it effect nothing but having taken it back with yourselves depart observe how…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:957…gospel according to matthew the interpretation of that text and if indeed the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you in sua…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:635…preach says thus entering into the house salute it and if indeed the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you and whosoever…
14Matt 10:14
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1065D…from your feet: for it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for that city which does not receive you who were sent by me (Matt. X, 14, 15). But if someone does not receive C…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:755…and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me matth x and whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:843A…h⟧Chapter XXXIV MATTHEW. And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet (Matt. x, 14)... LUKAS. Into whatever city you enter…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:847D…shake off the dust from your feet. Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city (Matt. X, 14, 15)... He who despises you, despises m…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:709…city you enter and they receive not your words going forth even shake off the dust of your feet against them amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1031…be not worthy let your peace return unto you and whoever will not receive you nor hear your words going out of the city shake off the dust of your feet amen i say to you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:383…them both more moderate and more desirable and he adds and whoever shall not receive you nor hear your words going out of that house or city shake off the dust of your feet amen i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:895…become worthy if they receive you he says if however they do not receive you nor hear your words amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:209…the lord commanded them saying if any man will not receive you shake off the dust of your feet these however not only did not receive them but even cast them out of their borders d…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…place that our own works are what most especially bless us vers and whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words when ye depart out of that house or city shake off the dust of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:547…enter into an house there abide till ye depart from that place and whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you when ye depart thence shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:969…fulfill what the lord commanded them saying whosoever shall not receive you shake off the dust of your feet and they not only…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:635…but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you and whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words going out of that house or city shake off d…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:337…the peace come upon them but if they do not receive you shake off the dust of your feet amen i say to you it will be more tolerable for sodom and gomorrah in that day…
15Matt 10:15
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:499…the dust that has clung to your feet upon them it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city or house b which he…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1263…the dust which has clung to our feet against them truly it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city or house which indeed…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1093…sodom they would have remained to this day nevertheless i say to you it shall be more tolerable for sodom in the day of judgment than for you a but if what we have previously said…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:185…to your feet as a testimony against them amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city he wanted…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:279…ago sat in sackcloth and ashes and repented but i say to you it shall be more tolerable for tyre and sidon than for you and the rest for since the savior was the foreknower of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:527…have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes but i say to you it shall be more tolerable for tyre and sidon than for you and you he says capernaum and what follows for since the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:669…still doubt whether the lord who punishes the sodomites is good it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment says the lord having mercy on the sodomites…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1153…scandalized just as it will be more tolerable for tyre and sidon in the day of judgment than for the places in which jesus worked signs and wonders yet he was not believed one might just…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1065…you departing shake off the dust from your feet for it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom in the day of judgment than for that city which does not receive you who were…
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…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:755…city shake off the dust from your feet amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than d for that city ibid…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:847…house shake off the dust from your feet amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city matt x…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1827…in the future age from those words of matthew x it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom in homily on matthew for this was said even as if they too would be punished…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:709…off the dust of your feet against them amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city how therefore…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:999B…our feet against them" (Luke 9. 5), he added, saying: "It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city" (Matt. 10. 15). For by saying "more tolerable," he in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1031…city shake off the dust of your feet amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city into whatever…
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 55:481…until the blood of zachariah matt and how did he say it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah matt for by saying more tolerable he indicates that they are not suffering…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:629…have remained until this day but i say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and the land of gomorrah in the day of judgment than for you matt if…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:53A…what happened to the Sodomites? Hear Christ saying: "It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city" (Matt. 10:15). So that even if women who are adorned…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:383…city shake off the dust of your feet amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city since you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:391B…concerning those who would not receive them he said, "It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city" (Matt. 10. 15); and here again, when he said, "And yo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:415…all those who died before from hell how does he say it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah luke for he declares that those are to be punished more lightly indeed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:423…say to you it will be more tolerable for tyre and sidon in the day of judgment than for you and you capernaum which are exalted to heaven will be brought down to hell for if…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:625…shall rise in the judgment and shall condemn this generation and it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment d why therefore do you play with things…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:673…pe, neither these nor those who were burned alive in Sodom. "For it shall be more tolerable," it says, "for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city" (Matt. 10: 15). For if He cared nothing for us, wheth…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:323D…ceive you, nor hear your words, "Amen I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city" (Matt. 10:15). There is no gain for you, if you do n…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:895…do not receive you nor hear your words amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city matth x…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:457…shake off the very dust from their feet adding that it would be more tolerable for the land of sodom in the day of judgment than for that city it is necessary therefore to welcome those…
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…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:51…it there too the judge himself declared in the gospels it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah than for that city for the sodomites and the jews also paid a penalty…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:885…and will yet pay it there the judge himself said it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah implying that while they have paid a penalty here and will pay one there…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1463…they will pay the penalty there as truth has declared it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city because jerusalem persecuted the heralds…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1465…here and will pay it also there, the Judge Himself declared in the Gospels: "It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city" (Matt. x, 15). And yet, both the Sodomites and the J…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1775…to breed moths a breeder of moths i tokos creation iii it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah iii take these things hence what it means i…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:947…and gomorrah nay rather it shall be more tolerable c for them in the day of judgment than for that land which those who come from a distant land behold that is the pagans who were…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1505…shake off even the dust from your feet amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in that day than for that house matt a poor man…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:895…further evident from this it shall be more tolerable for sodom in the day of judgment than for that city a he says which does not receive the preaching of christ s faith for it…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:377…christ if they will not receive you nor hear you it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for them the third gift of god is…
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 123:549…say to you it will be more tolerable for sodom or gomorrah in the day of judgment than for those who did not receive you for the sodomites having been punished here will be punished more…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:787…he also released all those before from gehenna how he says it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah for this was said as if they would also be punished though indeed…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:869…the blood of zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple verily i say unto you it shall be required of this generation ' c the pharisees so that they might not seem to transgress…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1219…born and concerning the city that had not received the apostles it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom b and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city we respond that…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:331…sent to their land by the savior moreover by saying it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment he indicated that in the future age the sodomites…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:959…and read there the explanation of that saying amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city vers and…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:637…your feet for a testimony against them a amen i say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city and behold…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:141…and will be judged worse than the pentapolitans there for it will be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah he says in the day of judgment than for those who did not receive…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:501…this said concerning certain cities that would not receive his proclamation it shall be more tolerable for the land of sodom and gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city or again according to…
16Matt 10:16
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:431A…where no Christian exists, and we are detained by the inhabitants of that place for some days, we ought to be prudent as serpents, and simple as doves (Matt. x, 16), not as fools, but as wise, knowing th…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:361…fox to his disciples moreover he commanded behold i send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves he said this not so that we should…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:285…to charge down and gore their enemies just as the lord said behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:41…whom the lord has called concerning the son behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves concerning the spirit he says in the acts so they having been sent forth by the holy…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1417…life and the hour fall upon you suddenly behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves do not possess gold nor silver nor two tunics nor be afraid of those who kill the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1503B…hing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" (Matth. VII, 15). 28. What then shall we do regarding this? Let us be "prudent as serpents, and simple as doves" (Matth. X, 16), employing wise counsel against his sn…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:399A…Be ye prudent as serpents (Matt. X, 16). And the steward of iniquity was call…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…wilderness to be tempted by the devil behold i send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves but beware of men for they will deliver…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:863B…fully and scrupulously fulfilling the commands of the Lord alone, in deed and in word. Chapter XII Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves (Matth. X, 16)... Go ye therefore, and teach all nati…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1407…then did he say to them when they were expecting these things behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves c and yet having heard a thing most contrary to their own…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1483…priest he makes priests he is a sheep behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves he is rock he makes rock and grants his own to his servants for this is the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1767B…object to me: "How then was the serpent said to be the most prudent of all beasts?" (Gen. III, 1), and again the Lord commands us to be "prudent as serpents" (Matth. X, 16), and again the dishonest steward is sa…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1193D…the Vatican. Moreover, to the disciples in Luke x, 3, the Lord says, Ecce mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos ("Behold, I send you as lambs among wolves"), and Matt. x, 16, Mitto vos sicut oves in medio luporum…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:177B…he son of perdition. And because he was not evil by nature, he heard, along with all the other disciples: 'Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves' (Matt. X, 16). If he calls those who sin wolves; and…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:501…to me in every city saying and matched to that lordly utterance behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves is the statement these therefore having been sent forth by the holy…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1091…was not evil by nature he heard along with all the disciples behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves if he calls those who sin wolves and those who apply themselves…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:651…this reason they say he also says in another place be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves and that which god has well ordained as symbols of instruction these men drag to their own…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:483…the holy spirit went down to seleucia just as christ might say behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves for it seemed good to the holy spirit to lay upon you…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:141…the holy spirit went down to seleucia as if christ were saying behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves for it seemed good to the holy spirit to lay upon you…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:527…chapter xiii concerning the serpent h christ said in the gospel be wise as serpents and harmless as doves the physiologus says regarding the serpent that there are many qualities in its nature the first property…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:65D…ey comes, even if death comes, if no one takes our piety from us, we are blessed above all. This also Christ commanded, saying: "Be you then wise as serpents" (Matt. 10. 16). For just as that creature throws away…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:129C…the ass and the ox, mimic the freedom from care of the birds. Christ also instructs us from animals: for, he says, Be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves (Matt. 10:16). And again: Look at the birds of the a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:779D…es He not reject the honor that surpasses Him? He heard from a certain one, "Good Master," and said, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one, God" (Matth. 10. 16, 17). Although that word "good" may be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:805A…went round the whole world, the sheep among the wolves. Who has seen, who has heard, what He says: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves (Matt. 10:16). What shepherd sends sheep into the mi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:805A…d became sheep. For they were not wolves by nature, but by choice. Behold I send you. What then do you command? Be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves (Matt. 10:16). What do you say, "Wise as serpents"?…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:269A…e as sheep in the midst of wild beasts, and lambs among wolves. This is what he said, sending them: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves (Matt. 10: 16); which is not less than the former mir…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:315DLatin…hil nos juvat reliqua prosperitas: et ideo nihil non dicere et facere oportet, ut eam conservemus. Hoc enim innuit cum dicit: Estote prudentes sicut serpentes (Matth. X, 16). Quemadmodum enim ille reliquum corpus…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:343B…en you will see whence war takes its beginning, and whence the foundation of virtue is to be laid. Therefore, Christ also commands us to be sheep among wolves (Matt. 10:16): do not say, "I have suffered this or…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:343B…f this meekness—that is, the sheep—was not sufficient for him whom He wishes to show as His disciple, He adds something else: "Be," He says, "simple as doves" (Matt. 10:16); mixing the meekness of two meek and s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:705…down but not perishing cor and the lord sending the holy apostles as sheep in the midst of wolves into all the world said to them my peace i give to you my peace i leave…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:519D…the apostles, "Be wise as serpents." Wherefore, if the creature were evil, He would not exhort us to its imitation as an image, saying, "Be wise as serpents" (Matt. 10.16): imitate not the serpent’s venom, not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:519D…overcome his brother by that deception, he was speaking badly; but if he said it to escape terror, he used shrewdness rightly. Be therefore "wise as serpents" (Matt. 10.16); not angry, not ejaculating venom, but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:755…at that time jesus said to his disciples behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves and the rest every evil which happens unexpectedly is too grave but that which is expected before…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:387…amen h homily xxxiii al xxxiv cap v behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves h since he had provided for their…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:389C…own, and not all seem to be of grace, nor be thought to be crowned in vain and for nothing, He says: "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matt. X, 16). And what could our wisdom avail, He s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:543…him whom he has denied let us then so deny ourselves for i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves he says and you shall be led before governors and kings but now…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:113B…le" one, him who is not a wrongdoer, him who is wise. For if this were the case, it would be superfluous to hear, "Be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matt. 10: 16). But why must one say these things, as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:227A…y everywhere; nor let us think that ignorance and simplicity are sufficient for us as an excuse. For He did not command us to be simple only, but also prudent (Matt. 10:16). Let us therefore use simplicity, but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:89…which he said to them came to pass behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves be not afraid of them then again they confirm the resurrection by what they add saying we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:771…And now the Lord, the Lord has sent me, and his Spirit (Isa. 48:16). By the Son the apostles were sent: Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves (Matt. 10:16); they were sent also by the Holy Spiri…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:127C…is Master, when sending the disciples like sheep into the midst of wolves, had commanded them to be like doves: “And you shall be,” he says, “simple as doves” (Matt. 10:16). Since, therefore, they were also amon…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:373C…this Paul now exhorts. And what did Christ say? Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves (Matt. 10:16). That is, be vigilant, giving them no…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:209D…as making His disciples strong, saying: Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore prudent as the serpents, and harmless as the doves (Matth. 10.16). What do you say? We are in the midst…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:427…his own disciples stronger saying these things i send you he says as sheep in the midst of wolves be therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves what are you saying we are in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:495D…or thus the leader of the battle line was commanding, saying: I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves (Matt. 10:16). And he was not only not commanding th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:749…command and are you afraid see the things of the church prefigured behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves and did they say where are you sending us you have seen…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1135A…re, they coil themselves like serpents and hold fast those who wish to escape them, it is necessary for us, also having the commandment, "Be wise as serpents" (Matt. X, 16), to mimic their craftiness and, with s…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:201…manfully he says and let your heart be strong and again be wise as serpents and harmless as doves and when he said that the sheep and oxen should also depart together he indicated i suppose…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:191…possessing simplicity in a good or timely manner hence christ also says be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves for simplicity of character when combined with a noble spirit is deservedly to be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:723…christ was saying to his holy disciples behold i send you d as sheep in the midst of wolves that is being mild and modest but their own strength crushes the hearts of those who fight…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:1017…calls herod a fox luc xiii and he says to his disciples behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:95…finally he most excellently explained the saying of the savior be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves as is contained in the beginning of the epistle to the presbyter martinianus by these words wisdom…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1409B…Lord said to the seventy: "Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves" (Luc. x, 3), and the following; while Matthew attributes these words to the twelve (Matth. x, 16)? And why does Luke alone make mention…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1503A…prudence with simplicity, he guided them according to the divine laws. Similar to this is the command of the Lord: Be wise as serpents, and simple as doves [Matt. X, 16]. For when he had separated the vic…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:913…wolves according to the prediction of the master behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves but after this when the inhabited world had received the preaching and commanders and kings were filling…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1771…the prediction of the master for behold he says i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves but after this when the world had received the preaching and generals and kings had been added…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:223B…have you to be wise in good, and simple in evil. The Lord gave this same law to the Apostles, saying, “Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves” (Matt. x, 16). By the Lord’s saying he also wishes u…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1119…the jews for behold he said to them i send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves and again they will deliver you up to courts and in their synagogues they will scourge you…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:643B…; and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake; and in their synagogues they will scourge you; and you shall be hated by all for my name's sake" (Matt. X, 16, 18, 22). And after these things, teach…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…of the firstborn lowered itself even to the age of a month and upward. And since He wanted us to be such, He says: "Be wise as serpents, and simple as doves" (Matth. X, 16). And Paul also says: "Brethren, be not…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:963…so in the hope of partaking moreover the savior sends his disciples as sheep in the midst of wolves the children of israel drank the milk of these or was not moses an ox threshing and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1757…the varied onsets of temptations as you yourself said in the gospels behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves h there i…
Nicephorus the Philosopher fl. c. 890PG 106:135…wine into old wineskins he said that he was sending the apostles as sheep in the midst of wolves c he has compared the preaching to seed which is cast into good ground and brings forth…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:601B…t be as the horse and the mule" (Ps. XXXI, 9); and, "Horses becoming lustful for females" (Jerem. v, 8); and, "Be prudent as serpents, and guileless as doves" (Matth. X, 16); not that by saying this it changes th…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:665…provocations of temptations just as thou thyself hast said in the gospels behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves there will…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:237…sodomites having been punished here will be punished more mildly there vers behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves he had armed them with miracles he had made them confident about…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:555A…t is evil.» He hints that even some among them had been deceived. He commands here clearly what the Lord commands: «Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves» (Matt. x, 16). For he wishes them to be wise, that i…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1269C…them that are without. Which the Lord also said: "Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matt. x, 16): this he now says also, that you shoul…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:331…might bear it more easily then behold he says i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves i who can do all things send you so that you may be bitten and torn yet…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:333…a as sheep in the midst of wolves that is to say that you may show the gentleness of sheep while lying prostrate before wolves…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1321…rational even when he used to send out his disciples he said behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves whereas shepherds send sheep away from wolves he goes before them as…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1323…sending out his disciples he said behold i am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves whereas other shepherds send their sheep out away from wolves he goes before them and as one…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1421…into the apostolate he said to them that behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves and that they will deliver you up to the councils and in their synagogues they will scourge…
Nilus Doxapatres fl. c. 1142PG 132:1089…ages amen h homily lviii on the words behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves h it was spoken on the feast of the holy great martyr panteleemon you who have gathered…
Nilus Doxapatres fl. c. 1142PG 132:1091…oracles the lord said to his own disciples behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves at first when the savior sent out his disciples to preach he forbade them to walk into…
Nilus Doxapatres fl. c. 1142PG 132:1095…dove we are mystically taught to imitate simplicity behold he says be wise as serpents and harmless as doves for they say that this animal the dove possesses such intimacy toward its masters that even when…
Nilus Doxapatres fl. c. 1142PG 132:1099…the lord said to his own disciples b behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves at first indeed when the savior was sending the disciples to preach he forbade them to travel…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:125D…e their fathers. If this is how things are with snakes, how are we to understand the Gospel saying that declares: "Be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves" [Matt. x, 16]? For the serpent is indeed wicked and…
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:673D…us to imitate the poisonous and deadly nature of the serpent, nor its mindless head, while guarding and keeping it cautious; for the serpent is eager... Matt. x, 16.…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:501…clothed for thus had christ said to them behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves do not be anxious therefore as to what you should say or what you should speak before…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:597…sent them out to preach saying to them behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves but they having put on humility appeared more formidable than lions for it is not boldness that…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:599…ing made them, as it were, of iron and adamant, He then sent them out to preach, saying to them: "Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves" (Matt. x, 16). And they, having put on humility, were shown to be more f…
Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1225…things full of dangers it was said behold i send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves since therefore i too was chosen by the holy church of god by judgments which god knows…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:663…know that his sheep are rational the savior says to his apostles behold i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves again he is called a lion not as a man eater but…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1151…would not fear them at all he said behold i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves and he commanded them to carry nothing on the road for since they possessed nothing of the…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:427A…ts, nor serve our own will, but obey a father according to the faith. 18. (6) Furthermore he said: It is written, Be wise as serpents, and simple as doves. (Matt. x, 16) Being as serpents is said so that we m…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:337…age to come for the lord said this to his disciples saying be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves hear the wisdom of the serpent and for what reason he told you to…
AnonymousPG 106:1101…the mighty and powerful one which suffices for their comfort the phrase as sheep in the midst of wolves reveals their gentleness which they who teach ought to possess and he bids them keep the simplicity…
17Matt 10:17
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:833…for you will have tribulation in the world for they will deliver you up to the synagogues and before governors and kings you will be led for my sake as a testimony…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…any way of the gentiles ' and the rest this is added but beware of men for they will deliver you up to councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and ye shall be…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:483…by which confirming us concerning persecutions he says take heed to yourselves for they will deliver you up to councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you c but he said they will deliver you…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…midst of wolves be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves but beware of men for they will deliver you up to councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues and you will be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:757…job it has been said and he still perseveres in guilelessness job beware of men for they will deliver you in the councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and before kings and governors…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:389D…for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake" (Matt. X, 17, 18).…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:391…be cast down by dangers nor inflamed by anger therefore he said beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and you shall be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:651C…bravely, just as Christ also did, saying, They will deliver you up, and they will scourge you, and they will lead you into the synagogues for my name’s sake (Matt. 10:17). For elsewhere also this blessed man s…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:239…harming others be as a dove that is without malice b verse but beware of men for they will deliver you up to councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and before governors and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:635…the evils which are about to befall them take heed to yourselves for they will deliver you up to councils a he introduces that narrative about them in a timely manner that they will deliver you…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:129A…present time of impunity as he ought, and when it comes to pass, to bear it courageously; just as Christ also said: "They will deliver you up and scourge you" (Matt. x, 17), and this same Paul: "After my departu…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1421…i send you as sheep in the midst of wolves and that they will deliver you up to the councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and that you will be brought before governors…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:941…by which strengthening us concerning persecutions he says take heed to yourselves for they will deliver you up to councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you they will deliver you he said but not…
18Matt 10:18
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…you up to councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to them and to the gentiles but when they…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:819…who would not marvel at that which was predicted and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake as a testimony to them and to the nations and whatever else he predicted concerning…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:821…christians alone according to the words spoken by their savior saying you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake are permitted by judges even until their final breath if they abjure christianity and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1019…all who were about to believe for the saying and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake as a testimony to them and to the gentiles did not apply only to the…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:483…you up not that you yourselves should deliver yourselves up and you shall be brought before governors and kings for my name's sake not that you yourselves should lead yourselves since he also wishes us to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake as a testimony to them and to the a nations and a little further on…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1407…by all nations for my name's sake and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake d having therefore heard all these things contrary to their expectation yet with unyielding neck of mind…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:513B…rom hence, left this inheritance to us, saying, In the world you shall have tribulation (John 16:33); and, You shall be brought before governors and kings (Matt. 10:18); and, The time will come when everyon…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:389…the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues and you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake matt x…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:391…the councils and in their synagogues they will scourge you and you shall be brought before governors and kings for a testimony to them and the gentiles again he prepares them to be vigilant everywhere enjoining…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:421A…e not therefore say this? Did he not, upon calling the twelve, say: "You will be brought before governors and kings, and they will whip you in the synagogues" (Matt. 10:18, 17)? Why then does he say that he did…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:645…they will deliver c you into councils and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:171D…(Luke 14:26 and 33); and again: 'You will be led before kings and governors for my sake'; and again, 'The enemies of a man are those of his own household' (Matt. 10:18 and 36). And affliction is here, but re…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1119…courts and in their synagogues they will scourge you and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake as a testimony to them and to the gentiles and a little later brother will…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:643…as sheep into the midst of wolves and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake and in their synagogues they will scourge you and you shall be hated by all for my…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:157…with so many passages of Scripture if he had never read it? Could he not have spoken by the dictation of the Spirit or the suggestion of the Divine? Matthew x, 18: And you shall be led before governors and kings for my sa…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:601A…'When you are brought before kings and governors, do not worry about what you are to say; for it will be given to you in that same hour what you are to say.' ⟦Matth. x, 18, 19.⟧ Now, therefore, these words are n…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:633…you up to councils and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimony against them and the gospel must first be published…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1421…and in their synagogues they will scourge you and that you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake and that you will be hated by all for my name's sake and that do…
Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:727…about christ how many bishops therefore as it is written were led before governors and kings for my sake d…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:941…you he said but not you yourselves will deliver and you will be brought before governors and kings for my name's sake but not you yourselves will lead for he wishes us to move from place…
19Matt 10:19
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…for my sake for a testimony to them and to the gentiles but when they deliver you up be not anxious how or what ye shall speak for it is not ye that speak but the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1007…apostles when he says they shall deliver you up to the councils take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak for…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:295B…you are to speak; for it will be given to you in that hour what you are to speak. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of my Father who speaks in you. (Matth. X, 19, 20.) The phrase with great power is…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:49…christ he is none of his concerning the spirit the son said take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:391…and to these he adds another no small consolation while he says but when they deliver you up do not think how or what you should speak for it shall be given to you in that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:169B…t, as Christ said: When they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak; for it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak (Matt. X, 19): thus he did all things by faith, all…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:369B…me with greater boldness; but I ask for the impetus of God, for I heard Christ saying: “When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak” (Matt. 10:19). And observe how metaphorically he spo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:935B…ance. The Son calls Him the Spirit of the Father: "Do not think about what you are to speak; for it is not you who are speaking, but the Spirit of the Father" (Matt. 10, 19-20). The Son says, the Spirit of the Fathe…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:1043A…4). Be you, therefore, shining figures, just as it was commanded them by the Lord: "Do not think, nor what you shall say, nor for what you shall bear witness" (Matt. x, 19). You have dared to compare yourselves…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:157…for my sake for a testimony to them and to the gentiles but when they deliver you up do not take thought how or what to speak for it shall be given to you in that…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:501B…hem as a good protection for us. But the Lord, who said, 'Do not be anxious how or what you are to answer when you are brought before kings and governors' (Matt. x, 19), He, being truthful, will not deceive,…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1135…he would say but as christ said take no thought what you shall speak for it shall be given you in that hour what you shall speak so also he opening his mouth acted as a…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:983…to matthew and read in that place the explanation of the saying but when they deliver you up take no thought how or what ye shall speak h chap xlv of him who wanted to divide…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:1167…stand before kings and governors do not think how or what you shall speak for it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak to show that all things which we have…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:1169…reason together how or what you shall speak for it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak this is to show that everything we have…
Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem unknown (pseudonymous; later antiquity)PG 33:1217…the spirit of your father that speaketh in you matt x and take no thought how or what to speak for it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak ibid and…
20Matt 10:20
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:929…spirit of whom the lord says for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and again giving to the disciples the power of regeneration into god he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…deliver you up be not anxious how or what ye shall speak for it is not ye that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you and brother shall deliver up brother to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1761…it is said to those who confess it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you but since that spirit of our father is powerful to speak in us…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:961…it is said to those who confess it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you but since that spirit of our father is powerful to speak in us…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1009…at the opening of your mouth for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who is in heaven who speaks in you for in him in whom the spirit of god…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:541…bear witness concerning me and again for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1007…shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak for it is not ye that speak but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you and sometimes the apostle says that the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1191…of those who heard the savior saying for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you as also peter writing says which now have been declared to you…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:49…shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak for it is not ye that speak but the spirit of my father which speaketh in you concerning the spirit d now when they…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1139…concerning whom the son himself said for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and for this reason…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1235…spirit b inasmuch as when christ said it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you the holy paul says do you seek proof of christ who speaks in…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1301…a creature when the son says for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you since he himself says that the spirit is the father's how can you…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1303…of his father maced how orth for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and the father himself also calls him his own spirit through the prophet…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:181…us according to what is said for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and now the spirit is also understood as the whole in its parts…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:373…me and the savior teaches in matthew for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:455…matthew from the person of the son for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you which is to say not you who are created but the uncreated…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:783…shall receive and open thy mouth and i will fill it and it is not ye that speak but the spirit of my father which speaketh in you concerning whom and from whom even those outside…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1051…another gospel also it is said for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you if therefore the spirit of the father speaks in the apostles teaching them…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:813C…ays to the holy apostles: Do not be anxious how or what you should speak; for it is not you who are speaking, but the Spirit of our Father who speaks in you (Matt. 10:20). And just as he said "Spirit of God,"…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:759…preceded it for greater consolation he did not say to the apostles the spirit of your father which speaketh in you but b he who speaketh in order to show that not only then but not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:391…in that hour what you should speak for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaks in you for lest they should say how shall we be able to persuade…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:715…and the savior himself will confirm this saying it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you since the word of god is life giving for that reason he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:451…saying it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you therefore behold i will roll out from beneath you just as a wagon…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:845…men to cry out and say for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you a yet to perceive this no small measure of sound judgment is required…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:917…christ himself speaking will confirm it for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you god therefore is faithful that is free from all falsehood and truthful and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:653C…d he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit” (I John IV, 13). Paul: “For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you” (Matt. X, 20). “Now we have received, not the spiri…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:839…who ask him a and again for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and paul writing to the believers in the same manner says but you…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:859…applaud others than to say to them themselves it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father which speaks in you b you have spoken most rightly a therefore they by no means…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1127…shall speak namely the mouth and wisdom for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father which speaks in you furthermore blessed paul says do you seek proof of christ who speaks…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1137C…or. XIII, 3). And to the holy apostles, our Lord Jesus Christ Himself says: “For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you” (Matt. X, 20). Since, therefore, the Spirit speaks w…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1179…how or what you should speak for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and again paul but you are not in the flesh but in the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:47…you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you a for what has not been perceived by them which has not been…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:179…hour what you are to speak for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you but in the gospel of luke therefore set it in your hearts not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:987…is fitting for all to say to them it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you for they have proclaimed to us jesus that true light and eternal…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:157…you in that hour what to speak for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you and luke xii but when they shall bring you into the synagogues…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:509…announces his words a for it is not you he says who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you on account of this he even prohibits the sinner through david from declaring…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:239…hour what you are to speak for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you lest they say how shall we being uneducated men be able to persuade…
Peter Chrysolanus, Archbishop of Milan c. 1050 - c. 1113PG 127:917…as in those words of the gospel for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you matth x behold how the truth with only the name of the…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1473…me which corresponds to this evangelical saying for it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you to this the holy spirit produces and effects our common resurrection together…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:67A…. Again, Matt. 17, 11: Elijah indeed (comes) first: ἔρχεται (“comes”) is placed for “he will come.” And indeed this is very frequent in this verb ἔρχομαι. Matt. 10, 20. For it is not you (who are) (they who…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:51…that hour what you shall speak for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and of the father and himself the savior has said i and the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:787…behalf according to what is said for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and now the spirit is also understood as a whole in its parts…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:411…how or what you shall speak for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and just as he said spirit of god and the scripture adds which…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:525…those who ask him and again for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and paul likewise wrote to the believers thus but you are not in…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1151…you have the lord himself saying for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you you also have the apostle god he says sent the spirit of his…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1155…just as also is that saying for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you c as for the greek word gk some of the latin interpreters have…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1317…according to the voice of the lord that it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father which speaks in you likewise again he who does and speaks b having what is opposite…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1161…both you have the lord himself who says it is not you that speak but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you you have also the apostle god sent the spirit of his son…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:183…which is toward us for he says it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you so that he might not seem to be alien to the son and…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:235C…certain gift of the Father, which arrives to us, sanctifies us, and works within us. For the Lord says: The Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you (Matt. X, 20). Whence it is also called the Spirit o…
Manuel of Corinth c. 1460–c. 1530PG 140:497D…e precipitated us into many errors. For example, in the Gospel we read written: "For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you" (Matt. 10:20). Likewise: "I and the Father are one"…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:971…the father as the savior says for it is not you who speak but the spirit of your father who speaks in you and again the apostle paul for this cause i bow my knees to…
Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem unknown (pseudonymous; later antiquity)PG 33:1217…one’s neighbor in the word of God, proceed from His own inspiration, who said: "It is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you" (Matt. x, 20); and, "Take no thought how or what to…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1189…is himself solicitous for them for it is not you he says that speak but the spirit of your father that speaks in you and the apostle for god hath revealed it to us by his…
21Matt 10:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…of your father that speaketh in you and brother shall deliver up brother to death and the father his child and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1129…he delivered him not by that delivery of which it is written and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death and the father the children but he is said to have delivered him in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:473…saying brother shall deliver brother to death and father his child and children shall rise up against their parents and shall kill them and again do not a think that i have come to send peace…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…death and a father his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death and you will be hated by all for my name's sake but he who endures…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:637…r He foretold all these things from the beginning. He says: Brother will betray brother, and father his child; and children will rise up against their parents (Matt. 10. 21). He foretold these things at that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:391…brothers and children and parricides for our sake for brother shall deliver brother to death and the father the son and children shall rise up against their parents and shall put them to death how you…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:343…father in law previously therefore he had made a simple enumeration saying the brother shall deliver up the brother to death and the father the son but here he has enumerated in another way more c…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:607…brother shall deliver up brother to death and father his son and children shall rise up against their parents and shall put them to death it is likely that all these things happened even if the…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1131D…heir own kin (and this, too, the Lord predicted, saying: "The father will betray the son, and the brother the brother" ), and those who were despoiled, Matt. x, 21.…
22Matt 10:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but he that endureth to the end the same shall be saved…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1471A…e is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules (II Tim. II, 5). And again the Lord says: But he who has persevered to the end, he will be saved (Matth. X, 22). Clearly, with sacred contests propose…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:499D…o at those which are to come from them, the retributions, the remunerations, the rewards, the prizes. "For he who has persevered to the end, he will be saved" (Matt. 10:22), He says. For in the Old Testament, be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:161D…trouble. Cleave unto him, and depart not away (Eccli. 2:1-2). Another word also exhorts us: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved (Matt. 10:22). But all these are canons and boundari…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:573B…tience of his was truly patience, extended until the end, concerning which the Savior says: "But the one having endured until the end, this one will be saved" (Matt. 10:22). "Fire fell from heaven." Daily he lab…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:753D…gs, yet did not persevere. For it is written: "In your patience possess your souls" (Luc. 21:19); and, "He that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved" (Matth. 10:22). For unless you ask with toil and much…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:929B…he slightest harm to those whom they persecute . "For the patience of the poor shall not perish forever." For, "he who perseveres to the end will be saved" (Matt. x, 22). And, "Blessed are the poor in spirit,…
John Kaminiates fl. c. 904PG 109:733C…ing severely persecuted by Photius, came to me; and, as God granted, I strengthened them, and finally adding, He who perseveres to the end, he will be saved (Matt. 10:22), I dismissed them. On the following ni…
23Matt 10:23
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:831…they have persecuted me they will also persecute you and furthermore if they persecute you in this city flee into another d…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1285…offered themselves as judges h when on the other hand he says when they persecute you in this city flee to the other he does not exhort us to flee because being persecuted is in itself…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…but he that endureth to the end the same shall be saved but when they persecute you in this city flee into the other and if they persecute you out of this flee into the next…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:781…taught his disciples not to be rash he said to them if they persecute you in this city flee to the other and if they persecute you in the other flee again to another and by…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:867…to flee and perhaps he mandates this to his disciples saying if they persecute you in this city flee into another and if they persecute you in that flee into another for he wishes us to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:897…account of the events regarding john but also taught it saying if they persecute you in this city flee to the other when a trial comes upon us that is not in our power to avoid…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:483…us for his name's sake as we hear him saying again and when they persecute you in this city flee into another for he does not wish us to desert to the shield bearers and satellites…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:799…able to endure it, and the will of God, must be sought through prayer. Caput III. MATTHEW: "But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another" (Matt. 10:23). "Then the Pharisees went out and took…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1245…on the right and so forth or it is that which says when they persecute you in this city flee to the other interrogation ccxlv who is he that is prudent as a serpent and innocent…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:773A…QUESTION CXXII. Num peccat qui tempore persecutionis fugit? ANSWER. The Lord said: "When they persecute you in this city, flee into the other" (Matt. x, 23). If, therefore, the persecution tends…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:37B…affliction, preserved the nobility of the soul by flight, having in memory that evangelical saying: "If they persecute you in this city, flee into the other" (Matt. 10:23); and citing for themselves that saying…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:635D…f weakness because they fled; for they were fulfilling the dominical precept, which says: "When they shall persecute you, out of this city, flee into another" (Matt. 10:23). Having heard this, they fled, and mea…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:613…7. 43, 44): so also the Church teaches its children daily, when they suffer persecution, saying: "If they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another" (Matth. 10. 23); and, "Give place unto wrath" (Rom. 12…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:395…sustained without food he would have forbidden this as well c x when they persecute you in this city flee into the other he instructs the disciples to flee from one city to another and from…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1389…of piety for for what reason did he command his holy disciples when they persecute you in this city flee ye into another or how did the all wise paul himself even though he says to…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:575…a brothers it is written in the gospel if they persecute you in this city flee to another since therefore the emperor excludes us from the churches know that we shall hold our…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1301…VI, 2). And: "Narrow is the gate, and straight is the way that leads to life" (Matth. VII, 14). And: "When they persecute you in this city, flee into another" (Matth. X, 23). And all things similar to these. The…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:623C…y endured such a flight, since it seemed safe to them to obey the divine law that cries out expressly: "If they persecute you in this city, flee into another" (Matt. x, 23). And they preferred this praiseworthy…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:577…prudence fortitude temperance justice following the decree of christ even in this when they persecute you in this city flee into another so that as exiles we might not have to care what we shall eat…
Peter of Sicily 9th–10th c.PG 104:1295…of christ why did you not teach them what the lord said when they persecute you in this city flee into another i shall refute you however by your own words for you wrote thus to…
Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 852-925PG 111:373D…lves and to him, what must be done? Must we stubbornly resist? It is not my precept, but the Lord's: "If they persecute you in this city, flee into another." ⟦Matt. x. 23.⟧ Here, however, as he says, he is expe…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:973B…at is, prudence, fortitude, temperance, justice—following in this also the sentence of Christ: When they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another (Matt. x, 23). Wherefore, let us not care what we sh…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1165D…s, that is, prudence, fortitude, temperance, justice—having carried out here also Christ's judgment, "When they persecute you in this city, flee to the other" (Matt. X, 23). So that, being exiled, we may not wor…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:525A…to place in the manner of a fugitive?" To whom Ignatius replied, "Christ, our King and Father, commanded: 'If they persecute you in one city, flee to another' (Matt. x, 23)." Overcome by the innocence and virtue…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:605…of cowardice but in fulfilment of the lord s precept which ordains when they persecute you in this city flee into the other when seleucus learned that the god bearer had departed from there he was…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:241…a but when they persecute you in this city flee into another amen i say to you you shall not have finished the cities of…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:1005…unto men and otherwise how was he to legislate b later if they persecute you in this city flee into the other thus the economy of the incarnation having begun from humility and patience culminated in…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1129…weaker ones might be spared and the lord said in the gospels when they persecute you in this city flee into another d and in these things the canon is explained but when the lord nicholas…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1131…hid themselves in this also following the evangelical command the lord saying when they persecute you in this city flee into the other those therefore who were caught in flight or handed over by their own…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:483…he who spoke to moses arrived and gave this command again saying when they persecute you in this city flee to the other and a little later he says…
Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:231D…e Savior, and relying on the patronage of the leader, turned that day of freedom for the servants of Christ into mourning. For the Gentiles indeed, who Matt. x, 23.…
Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:657…had once spoken to moses appeared he gave again this command saying when they persecute you in this city flee into the other and a little later he says when therefore you see the abomination of…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:941…his name s sake as again we hear him saying d and when they persecute you in this city flee into the other for he does not want us to desert to the lackeys and bodyguards…
24Matt 10:24
Pope Telesphorus r. c. 127-137 (martyred)PG 5:1085…be taught and corrected by them not they by the people because the disciple is not above his master in no way therefore can the lord s pontiffs and the remaining priests to whom the lord…
Pope Pius I r. c. 142-155PG 5:1121…accuse the bishop nor the common people argue against him since 'the disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord ' bishops moreover are to be judged by god alone who chose…
Pope Fabian d. 250 (pope 236-250)PG 10:193…the voice of the truth saying the disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord pride is hateful before god and men and all iniquity is execrable god hath destroyed the memory…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1381…i have sought thy commandments b but if the savior says somewhere the disciple is not above his master and the rest it must be said that these words were spoken by the savior after he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:193…more his domestics matt and again the disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord ibid v looking he says this is that we may learn to run let us look to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:409…much more his domestics and again the disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord looking he says this is so that we might learn to run for as children attend to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1069…entered into death for us for inciting us to this he says the disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord if they persecuted me they will also persecute you if they…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1119…himself endured the cross despising shame and for this reason he said the disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:397…mind and making them superior to all for what does he say the disciple is not above his master he teaches one to bear every kind of reproach patiently and not to think oneself above the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:853…which was said by our savior the disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:607…who also for this very reason says to us in one place the disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord h chapter of the twelfth book h h that the son…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1375…a be beaten saying the disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord it is enough for the disciple that he be as his…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:105…you strive to overcome your teacher with blasphemous utterances for the disciple is not above his master the lord said eran i also confess that god the word is immutable and that he assumed…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:723…not attempt to surpass in malice the one who begat it for the disciple is not above his master according to the voice of the lord b let us ask them again therefore if these things…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1051…pass through the gates of the underworld as has been shown for the disciple is not above his master b yet i do not think they will be detained as before since according to what is…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1231C…tth. VII, 16. — "Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? A good tree cannot produce evil fruits, nor can a corrupt tree produce good fruits." Matth. X, 24. — "The disciple is not above his teach…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:241…christ and were with him b the disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:379…a nor of him and the disciple is not above his master what is it that he says author and finisher that is to say he himself both placed…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1381…also in the nineteenth chapter according to matthew seek there the saying the disciple is not above his master and what follows c non est servus so long as the one is a servant to the…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:931…of the saints will indeed pass through the gates of hades for the disciple is not above his master however they will not be held fast as before when sin reigned together with death but they…
25Matt 10:25
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1261…others and how will another word of his stand which he said it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master xxviii peter to this our master he said who was a true…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:831…all things and we through him and consider that which he says it is enough for the disciple that he be not simply as the master but as his master if therefore some person does not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:773…is not above the teacher nor is a slave above his master it is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher and the slave as his master ' but luke has it thus…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:663A…nt against them. Certainly, when He afforded firmness and confidence to His disciples with these words: "If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul [Matt. x, 25]," He declared that He Himself was…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:105…himself lord of his father s house as the only begotten son if they have called the master of the house beelzebul how much more his household therefore that jesus christ is god the lord of…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:383…and this testimony from the gospel they bring forward and again say it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master what then they say jesus was circumcised be circumcised yourself also christ…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:469…and master and you say well for i am if therefore they called the master of the house beelzebub how much more his domestics and the servant cannot be above his master nor the disciple above…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:637…not at all surprising if one considers that saying of the savior if they have called the master of the house beelzebub how much more those of his household if they do not hesitate to deny…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:659…also maligned by satan and by wicked men wherefore he also said if they have called the master of the house beelzebub how much more his household do not therefore fear them and that wicked demon…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:193B…h. Which indeed Christ himself was constantly saying to his disciples: If they have called the father of the family Beelzebub, how much more his domestics? (Matt. 10:25) and again: The disciple is not above…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1069…lord if they persecuted me they will also persecute you if they called the master of the house beelzebub how much more those of his household d the law then forbids eating it raw or even…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1119…his lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if they have called the master of the house beelzebul how much more his household c furthermore blessed are you when they shall persecute…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:495…said by the savior the disciple is not above his teacher and it is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher a vi this is the work of god that you believe in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:853…disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his lord b for if the lord does…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:485…persecution said if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if they have called the master of the house beelzebub how much more his domestics b and he exhorts them and most usefully by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1375…disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his lord if they have persecuted me they…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1259…says if they persecuted me they will also persecute you and again if they have called the master of the house beelzebub how much more his household but that we may refute their shamelessness in superabundance…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1651…themselves unworthy of the promises having become ungrateful toward their benefactor who called the master of the house beelzebub and killed the heir and not only did not render the fruits in due time but even…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1057…they have kept my word they will also keep yours and again if they have called the master of the house beelzebub how much more those of his household the laws then are of this sort…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1301…ersecuted me, they will also persecute you" (Joan. XV, 20). And: "If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household" (Matth. X, 25)? And: "The hour comes, that whosoever…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1375B…ed me, they will also persecute you; if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?" (John XV, 20; Matth. X, 25). Then He encouraged them, showing how…
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2323…aled; who also said, “If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more his household” (Matt. x, 25). This, too, the servant of God fulfill…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1373C…"Thus says the Lord: If you separate the worthy from the unworthy, you shall be as my mouth; and they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them." Matth. x, 25. — "A disciple is not above his teacher…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:469…any time a but now is the time to say if they called the master of the house beelzebub how much more those of his household for these present day jews do speak having borrowed their…
Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:541…excess of this blasphemy but do not be surprised for if they called the master of the house beelzebub what of those of his household in the second act he portrayed him being spat upon and…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:959A…his truly good shepherd, the divine patriarch, trusting in the Prince of shepherds, Christ, who commands, “If they persecute you in one city, flee to another” (Matt. x, 25), when Alexandria was about to be surre…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:241…disciple is not above the master nor the servant above his lord it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his lord he teaches here to endure insults…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:367…teachers which d also he himself said learn of me and again if they have called the master of the house beelzebub how much more shall they call them of his household…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:369…(Matth. x, 25). What is the meaning of "author an…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:929…virtue perfectus suus he said indeed also in the aforementioned nineteenth chapter it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master quid autem fratris tui all these things have been spoken of in…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1323…if the appellation of the demon were known to the disciples say if they have called the master of the house beelzebul what moreover is the interpretation of such a name resp just as men learned…
26Matt 10:26
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1289B…public, because you not only were ignorant of the truth, but did not even wish to hear from those who knew it. For if you had wished to listen, that saying ⟦85 Matth. x, 26.⟧ of His would have been known to you,…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:877…be revealed is also designated in the gospel when it is said there is nothing covered that shall not be manifested nor hidden that shall not be revealed but the apostle also says in the following…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1497C…and her virtues flourished, the fragrance of her most glorious labors spread to many. "For there is nothing," it says, "concealed that shall not be revealed" (Matth. x, 26). For God knows those who love him, and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:491…now through the grace of god have come out into the open for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and hidden that shall not be known x indeed there will be no reason…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1073A…our pride with a mask, and feign humility and piety to hide your envy? There is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known (Matth. 10:26). Falsehood is a wicked reproach for a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:759…shall be saved h homily xxv from chapter i h nothing is covered that shall not be revealed and hidden that shall not be known and the rest now he announces to them the future progress…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:399…matters but only about those then proposed for what does he say there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed nor hidden that shall not be known the meaning of what he says is this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:931A…emies who only attack the body, but leave the soul without a wound. For He says: "Be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul" (Matt. 10:26). Mindful, therefore, of this divine vo…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:473…from this we shall see the truth of 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…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1375B…asily calumny is detected; for He added: "Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known" (Matth. X, 26). And we have seen the truth of thi…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:983A…the matter might not come into the open. But He who judges has judged, and he who said it did not lie, that there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed ⟦Matth. X, 26⟧; so that, even if we were unwilling, s…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:241…beelzebub how much more them of his household therefore fear them not for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and hidden that shall not be known take consolation he says from my example…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:875…of the leaven of the pharisees which is hypocrisy for nothing is covered that shall not be revealed and nothing hidden that shall not be known because what you have said in the darkness shall be…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:939…that shall not be made manifest in the nineteenth chapter matthew says for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and hid that shall not be known and read their exposition it is likely…
27Matt 10:27
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1021A…. And that which you hear in the ear, preach upon the housetops (Matt. X, 27), as if he desired to instruct them fir…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1181…thence begins the lord who brings forth martyrs to passion he says what i tell you in darkness speak in light and what you hear in the ear preach upon the housetops assume he says constancy…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:711A…, preach upon the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt. X, 27, 28) ....... Everyone therefore who wil…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:827A…you in the dark, say in the light: and what you hear in the ear, preach upon the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul (Matt. x, 27, 28) .... The wedding indeed is prepar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:761…have a glorious exit and as if having the consolation of promises what i tell you in darkness that speak in the light and what you hear in the ear preach upon the housetops what is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:55B…all time. 'But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery' [1 Cor. 2:7]. In what mystery? Yet Christ says, 'What you have heard in the ear, preach upon the housetops' (Matt. 10:27). How then does he call it a mystery? B…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:863…ago for the saviour himself also commanded them this when he said what i tell you in darkness speak ye in the light and what ye hear in the ear preach ye upon the housetops they…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:241…even if they slander you now later they will acknowledge you d what i tell you in darkness that speak ye in the light and what you hear in the ear that preach ye upon the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:145B…takes anything away; so we too preach those things which were commanded to us, only in the hearing of all, just as Christ said: Proclaim upon the housetops (Matth. X, 27), thereby commending the boldness of th…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:199C…t as when you hear Christ saying: What ye have heard in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops; and what ye have heard in the darkness, speak ye in the light (Matt. 10:27)—you do not think that He commands them…
28Matt 10:28
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:833…an exchange for his soul and furthermore do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:935…them do not fear those who kill the body but cannot c kill the soul but rather fear him who has the power to cast both body and soul into hell and to preserve those confessions…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…be numbered with the apostles and the words themselves are as follows fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:607…rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell a following these the lord teaches us that no one…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:373…understood of the day of judgment before god the judge who can destroy both soul and body in hell because elsewhere also the prophet says to jerusalem i have given thy commutation egypt ethiopia and soene…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:717…inheritance but shall come to the judgment of him who can c destroy both soul and body in hell and he shall rise out of jacob and shall destroy the one released from the city he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1691…and as the lord himself taught us to fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell and from the fact that he said nothing about the spirit it is evident that the spirit…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1699…think and he will divide those who have not feared him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell he divides him when his spirit returns to god who gave it while the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1893…says who can kill the body but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in hell this according to the powers of our intellect we have briefly said but the animal man does…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:155…fear of god even though it affects those who fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell perfect love casts this out but the true fear of god is religious piety…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:185A…ut the knowledge of Christ—like sweet wine—to the prudent in the cup of knowledge, as he says: "Do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul" (Matt. 10:28). For indeed, he himself slaughtered th…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:223…showed this in the gospels when he said fear not those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul so that the one is soul the other body and both together are…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:461A…divine word which says: Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt. 10:28). A wondrous thing! Such a violent whir…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1183…of death against the body fear rather he says him who can destroy both soul and body in hell for to men power against the body was given and that only once but to god there…
Eusebius of Emesa c. 300-359PG 86:539A…and the reason does not limp: and nature bears witness, and the Lord confirms it, saying: "Do not fear those who can kill the body, but cannot kill the soul" (Matth. x, 28). If they cannot—not because they do no…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1143…common opinion of men for the lord says fear not them that kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but if the soul is carnal as your opinion holds why does it…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:505…what is this but that which says do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:711…housetops and do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell matt x everyone therefore who will confess me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:719…espised, but feared, even if the due punishment does not follow immediately. Caput I. MATTHEW. But rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Matth. x, 28). LUKE. But if that servant shall s…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:801A…ill fall to the ground without your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows (Matt. x, 28-31). LUKE. And when they bring you into th…
Amphilochius of Iconium c. 340 – after 394PG 39:23…fear child this emperor who is able to kill the body but not able to kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna the deacon said…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:867…as it is said in the gospel but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell b since these things are so nothing prevents us for the sake of greater…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1089…shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth and fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell and the passage in paul he will give life to your mortal bodies on…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1093C…its teeth in a certain manner, just as teeth are accustomed to collide. That statement, however, Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt. X, 28), perhaps teaches us that the soul is i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:299A…ese words: "Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. X, 28). Is it now persuaded to you that one m…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:85D…e. If, therefore, someone threatens death, say to him: "I have been instructed by Christ not to fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul" (Matt. 10.28). If he threatens confiscation of subst…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:437D…ist also says, "Do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but fear rather Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. 10.28); for that which is destroyed exists, b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:245…the soul hear christ saying do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul and see the great difference he made he who sheds he says the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:299B…e of you." Not as if his soul were about to die[1] did the righteous man say this ("Do not fear," he said, "those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul" [Matt. 10:28]), but simply according to custom he ad…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:557A…trembled. This the prophet also says to the cowardly in times of persecution, that having heard, Do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul (Matt. 10: 28); and, Do not fear the reproach of men…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:635C…nal fire, that is. For this is the death of sinners, just as the Savior Himself also says: Rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt 10:28). In the morning therefore I put to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:705A…the Lord said: Be not afraid of those that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt. 10: 28). I will rejoice in thy words, as one…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:399…all for what does he say a and fear not them that kill the body but are not able to kill the soul see how he makes them superior to all things teaching them to despise…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:401…more necessary to fear the greater thing and to dread him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell and he does not manifest himself openly now as the one who is able…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:253…darkness others perish as is shown by but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell so i give eternal life signifies this for they who have done evil shall…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:257…ieve that they will receive retribution. Let us not, therefore, provoke Him, but let us hear Him saying, "Fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. X, 28); so that through fear we may become be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:501B…roses of commendation; for he has already crowned himself with the contests of the faith. It was written indeed: "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body" (Matt. 10:28); but the attachment to the body brough…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…Him who said: "Do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but fear rather Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. 10. 28); or whether some have opened churches…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:407D…nishing the Egyptians, He said, "This is my great power"), and is power toward destruction (for He says, "Fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell" [Matt. 10:28]), therefore he says: "These things I b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:489…but cannot kill the soul but the fearful one fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell therefore having fled this one let us choose that deadness the one blessed and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:683A…y, more than every garrison. Which commands? I am with you (Matt. 28:20); I will not leave you orphans (John 14:18); Do not fear those who kill the body (Matt. 10:28); Hold fast to the head (Col. 2:19);…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:763A…be punished by the body; but if I do not obey God, I shall be punished in both. For he knew Him who says: "Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body" (Matt. 10. 28). These things have been said to demons…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:931…without a wound for he says be not afraid of them that kill the body but are not able to kill the soul matt mindful therefore of this divine voice which spurred him on to the…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:547…explores the heart searches for the thoughts makes manifest the purposes being able to destroy both soul and body in the hell of fire examine yourself who you are know your own nature that your body…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1311…us saying do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell c to him be the glory…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:625…saying to the holy apostles do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul and the rest and he instructed us in these things not only by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1323…says elsewhere do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell and elsewhere if anyone wishes to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:463…had said do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell since therefore they although they had…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:809B…use our Lord Jesus Christ said: “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna” (Matt. x, 28). We, however, O most excellent one, w…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1373…make us also manly obeying him who says fear not them that kill the body but are not able to kill the soul matth x for because they were about to have tribulation in the world…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:969…soul to which no one can object but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell b this is a truthful proof both of the resurrection and of the punishment…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1229…the judgment through many other things and in saying fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell he completely delivered all from that suspicion or rather to speak more truly from…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1065…which the lord was speaking in the gospels fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell therefore not in vain did he add i am the lord but he shows that he who…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:107…holy disciples do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who can destroy both body and soul in hell and the most divine moses having recorded the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:225…the body but cannot kill the soul rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell orth therefore in this life it has escaped death as it is immortal but in that life…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:241…could we remembering the lord's exhortation saying do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul d orth does it not seem to you impious and absurd when hearing…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:269A…in no way possible; for it has been allotted an immortal nature. Therefore the Lord also said: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul" (Matt. X, 28). If, therefore, we do not say that eve…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:491A…, and showed that there are two natures, not three. The Lord himself also says in the Gospels: "Do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul" (Matt. x, 28). And many such things can be found in…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1379…to the apostles in the holy gospels do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul the dogmas of the heretics therefore have such great conflict and dissension among…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1525…to them shall be inflicted a much greater punishment since god can destroy both soul and body in hell i say these things however on account of those who do not require that the faithful live…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:711…soul that sinneth it shall die not the spirit but if god is able to destroy both soul and body in hell that is not as though it were naturally apt to accomplish this but perhaps…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3403…dread your threats for we have learned not to fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul and we loathe your promises as separating us from god and joining us…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3691A…'Fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul' (Matth. x, 28); and again: 'He that shall persevere t…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1955…destroy both soul and body in hell even before the time of torments come let us cast ourselves into the sea of god s…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1089B…li. xl, 26, 27). Do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matth. x, 28). As the Father has loved me, so I hav…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431A…. For our God, whom we serve, is in heaven, and He is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and He will deliver us out of thy hands, O king." Matt. x, 28, 29. — "Fear not them which kill the bo…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:591…and again do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell therefore these men paying heed to the fulfillment…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1127…for terror since we read do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to harm the soul why then my friend do you bring the matter to a useless person…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1197…let us not fear those who kill the body but him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell now is the time for exultation and gladness for b if we suffer with…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:983…for it preparing for it punishment and eternal corruption fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell therefore god alone is simple and uncircumscribed for everything that is circumscribed is not…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:539…king so that if fear is to be rendered to god who is able to destroy both soul and body we should by no means yield to kings when they exhort us to any absurd thing…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:563…into your mind for i have learned not to fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul when the emperor had heard these things and having despaired of ever bringing…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:95…the body but cannot kill the soul but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell ' b ii so as the saints were heartening one another with these words…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:411…like a curtain and founded c the earth upon the waters who is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna he holding dominion over all accepts rational and bloodless sacrifices which are offered to…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:521…kill the body but cannot kill the soul fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell with these exhortations that good pastor strengthening his own sheep offered an oblation to christ our almighty…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:1077B…is a contest of the soul by means of the tribulations of the body. We have been taught by our God not to fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul (Matth. x, 28); but if you think we have sinned in an…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1017…such a name at all obeying the lord's command which says 'fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him which is able to destroy both…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:145…cardinal virtues fortitude prudence justice and temperance fortitude when the lord says fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul prudence when he admonishes be ye b prudent as…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:241…he adds and fear ye not them that kill the body and are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell he teaches us also…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:155B…the soul; and that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the future glory which shall be revealed to those who love the Lord" (Matth. X, 28; Rom. VIII, 18). When the emperor heard…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:339…will by no means be able to overcome the soul but he is able to destroy both soul and body in hell that is to punish d them therefore cast out the fear of men by…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:977…anyone may understand well from this for christ says in one place fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him which is able to destroy…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:87…do not fear he says them who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna b the breath therefore was not…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1337D…ce the breath of life" (Gen. II, 7). This, then, is one soul. Christ also says in the Gospels: "Do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul" (Matth. X, 28). And Paul in Troas, when he speaks of…
Constantine Akropolites d. c. 1324PG 140:917…molestation whatsoever to my soul ever terrify me just as he who is able to destroy both soul and body being the maker and master of both ordained b how do you think they felt after…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:409…the unbearable and endless punishment of soul and body by him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell let us flee from this temptation brethren as much as we are able for…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:953…when we exhort people to fear rather him who has the power to destroy both soul and body in hell what do we call the soul if not the essence of the soul itself theot these…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1309B…that the incorporeal soul is something other than his wounded flesh. Likewise, this saying: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul" (Matt. x, 28), shows that there is something in the…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1341…a himself teach the disciples saying fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell response what the lord said he who fears is not perfected in love was…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:627B…er spirits, how is he omnipotent? But the Lord refutes them, saying in the opposite sense: Fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Matth. x, 28). For if He does not have authority ove…
Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1777…kill the body kill the nature or not and do those who are not able to kill the soul not prevail over a nature other than the body or not if therefore they were truly men…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:407B…as one treading the winepress. Verse 9, a fin. agenealogētos. Hebr. VII, 3. Verse 7, a fin. tēn genean tis. Isa. LIII, 8. Page 797, verse 26, phobēthēte. Matth. X, 28, 32. Noera tagmata. Rightly, not as i…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:973…fear in general h d matth x do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul ibid xxvi the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak act…
29Matt 10:29
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:801…devised or again if someone because it is said in the gospel are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall to the earth without the will of your father…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:313…nothing happens without god when the lord and saviour proclaims and says are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and not one of them shall fall upon the ground without your father who is in…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:607…to the contest of martyrdom without divine providence for it is said are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father which is in…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1623B…3). For even of the two sparrows which are sold for an as, as the Scripture has named it, not one falls into the snare without the Father who is in heaven (Matt. x, 29, 30); and to such an extent has divine…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1681A…ίπτει εἰς παγίδα. Origen also has the same in Contra Cels., Book VII, p. 794, "he falls into a snare," just as Chrysostom also reads: but in the editions of Matth. X, 29, it is read "it will fall upon the grou…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1421…etc he says that all are under the providence of god for are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall without my father who is in heaven shall i…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:927…and how with all confidence he asserts the providence of god saying are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without the will of the father…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:205…no arrogance in god yet the lord will shame them nonetheless saying are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father who is in…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:639B…he voice of the Lord which says: "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without my Father which is in heaven" (Matt. x, 29), and that for us who are faithful, eve…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:661…even of the air and of these exhalations is god who says are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin and not one of them will fall to the ground without your father who is…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:801…him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin and not one of them will fall to the ground without your father but even…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:783…the savior are not five sparrows sold for two pennies and again are not two sparrows sold for a penny and not one of them will fall into a snare without your father who is in…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:747C…sert that we are introducing fate. For He is present who says, "Not one sparrow shall fall to the ground without the knowledge of our Father who is in heaven" (Matt. x, 29); for in His hand are the ends of the e…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:767…without the nod of god for it is written two sparrows are sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall upon the ground without the will of my father who is in heaven…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:671A…d not one of them falls to the ground without the command of your Father? How much more you of little faith? But the very hairs of your head are all numbered (Matt. 10. 29, 30). Every man, however evil he may ha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:179B…s and to console them, He says: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fall upon the ground without your Father who is in heaven? (Matth. 10.29). He said this to show that nothing hap…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:399…he introduces a discourse about the providence of god with these words are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and not one of them shall fall to the ground without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:311…because your names are written in heaven and at another time again are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father which is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:459…not rather attributed the governance of things to god although christ says are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:849…done the savior himself declares when he says to his holy apostles are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father which is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:45…divine and immortal mind which our lord jesus christ himself testifies saying are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:253…insignificant things let them be put to shame by hearing christ say are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin and not one of them will fall to the ground without your father who is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:519…each individual case and the savior himself will testify to this saying are not two sparrows sold for an assarion and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:897…christ speaking and marveling at the providence of god and the father are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall upon the ground without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:991…a for regarding god and the father the son himself was saying are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and not one of them shall fall upon the earth without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:595…he himself who knows his own father god will teach us saying are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall upon the ground without your father who is in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1261…him alone who is god by nature thus also the saviour said are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father who is in…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…tars" (Ps. CXLVI, 4). And that saying: "He will call them all by name" (Isa. XL, 26). Yes, even to the sparrows, the Savior asserts that His knowledge extends (Matt. X, 29). And the knowledge of the righteous, H…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:941A…o a talkative lawyer, someone said: "One should not say little in many words, but much in few words." SERMON XLVIII. Concerning Providence. Matt. x, 29. — Are not two sparrows sold for a fart…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1265…differ from the lord's baptism question xxx how when our savior says are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them will not fall without my father who is in heaven paul who…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:101…origin to the wicked one how does our lord jesus christ say are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin and not one of them falls to the ground without your father who is in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:243…the permanence of punishment for gehenna is named for its perpetuity vers are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your father but the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…no arrogance in god yet the lord will overturn their opinion saying are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and not one of them shall fall upon the ground without your father who is in…
Gennadius Scholarios, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1473PG 160:559…last is god who in wisdom is called and two sparrows are sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without my father and the things that follow our lord…
Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:209C…not hand over the creation to him, but through him and in him he provides for the creation, so that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father (Matth. x, 29), nor is the grass clothed without God…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:611…creator of the world let him hear him saying to them again are not two sparrows sold for a penny and one of them will not fall to the ground without my father who is in…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:501…with him neither consenting to it nor preventing it for he says are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin and one of them shall not fall to the ground without my father who is…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:923…be believed h sermon xlv al clviii on providence h matt x are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father but the very…
30Matt 10:30
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:799…if one puffed up by the fact that the lord said the hairs of your head are all numbered should wish to inquire curiously into the number of each man's…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:581…adulterer both are furthest from our way of life but even the hairs of your head are all numbered says the lord and they are numbered even on the beard and indeed even those on the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:607…not fall on the ground without your father which is in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered fear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many sparrows whosoever therefore…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:299…a origenis meratos for he says but even the hairs of your head are all numbered in this he certainly did not mean those hairs of the head which are usually shorn off…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:589…a for he says but the very hairs of your head are all numbered by this most certainly he did not mean those hairs of the head to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1351…lord and god the lord also taught this counting saying even the hairs of your head are all numbered or he says the lord will recount the counting of the peoples and the leaders who were…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:355…one of them is not forgotten before god v but even the hairs of your head are all numbered do not therefore fear you are worth more than many sparrows notice that he did not say…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:427…towers stood out and were distinguished from the rest of the building but the very hairs of your head are all numbered for he who raised them to such a height and established them as the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:705…to those who were not such the savior said but even the hairs of your head are all numbered for each hair of the disciples being part of a more precious body as necessary and contributing…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:661…fall to the ground without your father who is in heaven c but the very hairs of your head are all numbered quest civ is a man who flees from one city to another region removed…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:801…them will fall to the ground without your father but even the hairs of your head are all numbered do not fear therefore you are of more value than many sparrows matt x luke and when…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:417…as well as their growth just as christ also says even the hairs of your head are all numbered luke at the same time the discourse shows us both providence and knowledge your eyes saw my…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:671…the command of your father how much more you of little faith but the very hairs of your head are all numbered matt every man however evil he may have been before he does some iniquity…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:765…a and the very hairs of your head are all numbered what profit is it to us to have our hairs numbered if we die they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:353D…common, but also for each individually; which He also manifested in the case of the disciples, saying: "But even the hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matt. 10. 30). And one could see this clearly from t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:399…to the ground without your father who is in heaven but the hairs of your head are all numbered for what is more worthless than these he says yet they will never be caught without god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:311…not fall on the ground without your father which is in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered b i think the precision of the care for them is very well indicated…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:459…not fall on the ground without your father who is in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered fear not therefore you are of more value than many sparrows for the creator…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:849…not fall on the ground without your father which is in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered pall you speak rightly cyr beyond this he further commanded that a second registration…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:45…not fall on the ground without your father who is in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered if then even the number of our hairs is a concern to god and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:725…of them is forgotten before god d he added also that the hairs of your head are all numbered do you see how much care he has for those who love him for if he extends…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1261…not fall on the ground without your father who is in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered c behold therefore what great providence christ exercised over created things so that it…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1035…for thoughts on account of which the lord said but even the hairs of your head are all numbered for to him as judge and scrutinizer of hearts all our thoughts are numbered it is not…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1567ALatin…um Dominus esset et Deus. Hanc autem dinumerationem Dominus etiam noster sanctos apostolos docuit, dicens: "Vestri autem quoque capilli capitis numerati sunt" (Matth. x, 30). Et hanc descriptionem rursus discipul…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1939A…s mention: "For judgment, he says, sat, and the books were opened" (Dan. VII, 26). And the Lord in the holy Gospels: "The hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matt. X, 30). By books, therefore, we must understa…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1073A…(Ps. XCVII, 6). And in Jeremiah: "Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before me" (Jer. XV, 1). Indeed, even the hairs of the disciples of Jesus are numbered (Matt. X, 30). And there is also a discourse in the…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1545…of flesh see the interpreters cod hidden kekrummenen luke xii but even the very hairs of your head are all numbered see st augustine de civit dei xxii matt xiii so shall it be at the…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:941…of them will fall on the ground without your father but the hairs of your head are all numbered rom xi o the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of god how unsearchable are…
Theognostus the Monk d. c. 890PG 105:849C…whom one and only God knows to have a well-calculated quantity, as he himself, the One, triumphed, saying: “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered” (Matt. X, 30). He, therefore, who is able to count t…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:935…in the day of judgment matt xii and again but even the hairs of your head are all numbered matt x in which passage surely by the hairs he signified even the most minute considerations and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:243…one of them shall not fall to the ground without your father but the very hairs of your head are all numbered do not therefore fear you are of more value than many sparrows he says…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:877…and not one of them is forgotten before god but even the hairs of your head are all numbered do not therefore fear you are worth more than many sparrows since the lord rebuked the hypocrisy…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:341…one who cooperates but as one who permits a but even the hairs of your head are all numbered you are of such great value that even all the hairs of your head are numbered by…
Nicolaus V Papa 1397-1455 (pope 1447-1455)PG 160:1199…are surely common even to the irrational creatures but regarding his own but the very hairs of your head are all numbered showing the extraordinary providence he exercises over them and to the many he grants…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:923…one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father but the very hairs of your head are all numbered rom xi o the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge…
31Matt 10:31
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:607…in heaven but the very hairs of your head are all numbered fear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many sparrows whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him will i confess also…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:801…hairs of your head are all numbered do not fear therefore you are of more value than many sparrows matt x luke and when they bring you into the synagogues and before magistrates and authorities do…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1827…thing to come to pass. For St. John Chrysostom concludes that some wicked men are punished both in this age and in the future age from those words of Matthew x, 31, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in Homi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:599B…d, wishing to show this to His own disciples, how much they excelled others in holiness, says to them: "Do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows" (Matt. X, 31). Therefore also Solomon cries out, say…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:649…is in heaven philip therefore perhaps he was saying fear not you are of more value than many sparrows luke ps likewise john ate wild honey because as yet before christ before the holy spirit he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:401…this is the greatest deliverance from troubles do not fear then you are of more value than many sparrows do you see how he has already mastered their fear for he knew the secret things of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:459…very hairs of your head are all numbered fear not therefore you are of more value than many sparrows for the creator indeed provides for those upon the earth yet he allows each one also to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1129…read it so as clement of alexandria stromata book i page you are of more value than many sparrows i expressed it as the greek codex of cyril had it i do not in the least…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:739…took the grounds of persuasion from birds of no value saying you are of more value than many sparrows b so also now from the birds or from the flowers of the fields he produces for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:243…hairs of your head are all numbered do not therefore fear you are of more value than many sparrows he says this so that they may not be troubled as though they were abandoned if not…
32Matt 10:32
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:333…him through whom we have known him and he also says whoever shall confess me before men him will i confess before my father b this then is our reward if we confess him through whom…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:607…fear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many sparrows whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him will i confess also before my father which is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:119…the father to judge the world in justice for whoever he says shall confess me before men him will the son of man also confess before the angels of god but he who denies me before…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:607C…whoever shall confess Me before men" (not indeed the one who denies by word, but the one who denies by character), "I also will confess him before My Father" [Mt. X, 32]. Consider what glory, what honor, what…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:269D…ose his soul for my sake, shall find it" [Matt. 16, 25]; and, "Whoever shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in heaven" [Matt. 10, 32]. For the toil of this attainment is gr…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:11…nge? "For whoever confesses Me," He says, "before men, I also will confess him before My Father who is in heaven. And whoever denies Me, I also will deny him" (Matt. 10:32-33). And, "Blessed are the pure in heart,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:397…be revealed for i do not attend to reproaches but to hearts whosoever therefore shall confess me before men he who confesses that christ is god humbling himself shall deserve to have christ bear witness of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:841…has also stated these things in the holy gospels whosoever shall deny me before men him will i also deny before my father which is in heaven then he teaches that he who denies him does…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1357…the gain from the remembrance for i heard the lord saying whosoever shall confess me before men him will i also confess before my father who is in heaven and i know clearly that by bringing…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:165B…"But God has not confined all salvation to the heart, saying: Whoever shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven (Matt. X, 32). And the divine Apostle teaches, sayin…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:223B…ieve Him, and He will recover you.” Eccli. xxii, 6. — “The discourse of a just man is always wisdom.” Eccli. xxxvii, 17. — “Be assiduous with a religious man.” Matth. x, 32. — “Everyone who will confess me before…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:793C…he divine prediction of our Savior Jesus Christ is fulfilled in this as well, setting a daughter and daughter-in-law against father, mother, and mother-in-law [Matt. 10, 32], and setting the new and recent agains…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:1297B…om of heaven I will crown you; and just as you yourself have confessed me before men upon the earth, I also will confess you before my Father who is in heaven [Matt. x, 32]. Take courage, therefore, and rejoice,…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1121B…hing of the rest, are orthodox. But what does Christ say? "Whoever will confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in the heavens" (Matth. X, 32). And conversely regarding denial. For…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:331…in the heavens for the lord said in the gospels b whosoever shall confess me before men him will i also confess before my father who is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me before men…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1093…more than me is not worthy of me and whosoever shall deny me before men him will i also deny before my father which is in heaven matt x having pondered these things a and bound…
33Matt 10:33
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:607…ye are of more value than many sparrows whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him will i confess also before my father which is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me before men him will…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:611B…ds to be treated as a cause for shame; but this must be heard: "Whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven"; ⟦Matth. x, 33⟧ and that: "For whoever shall be ashame…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:599…the blasphemy of the Jews who deny the Son of God, fearing that threat: “Whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven” (Matt. x, 33). Let us flee, then, as is fitting, tho…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:69B…hich we have done either willingly or against our will. For whoever, He says, denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven (Matt. 10:33). But that denial is sometimes not volu…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:899…l and purpose, but even for those which we commit when coerced at times? For, he says, whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father (Matt. 10:33). And certainly it often happens that t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:625A…in the contrary things. And consider what one who has been denied in his kingdom is likely to suffer: Whoever shall deny me, he says, I also will deny him (Matt. 10:33). The retribution is not on equal terms…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1263…will also confess in him before my father who is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me before men i will also deny him before my father who is in heaven many of the saints have…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1007…i will also confess him before my father who is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me before men i will also deny him…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:841…the master himself has also stated these things in the holy gospels whosoever shall deny me before men him will i also deny before my father which is in heaven then he teaches that he who…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1357…from the remembrance for i heard the lord saying whosoever shall confess me before men him will i also confess before my father who is in heaven and i know clearly that by bringing the memory…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:205…also confess him before my father who is in heaven but whoever shall deny me before men him will i also deny before my father who is in heaven c these things the word made flesh…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:331…heavens for the lord said in the gospels b whosoever shall confess me before men him will i also confess before my father who is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me before men him will…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1093…father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and whosoever shall deny me before men him will i also deny before my father which is in heaven matt x having pondered these things…
34Matt 10:34
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:611B…also, as they despise shame, shall sit with him and reign with him in the heavens, with him, I say, who "came not to send peace upon the earth, but a sword." ⟦Matth. x, 34⟧ For since "the word of God is livi…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:569…says do you think that i came to send peace upon the earth i came not to send peace but a sword do you want to see therefore what peace god gives upon our land if…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1831…peace let the diligent reader of scripture inquire how the savior speaks i came not to send peace upon the earth but a sword and yet now the angels at his nativity chant on earth peace…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1027…vessels are to be plundered and therefore the savior himself also says i came not to send peace but the sword for so long must they who wish to reign in life through jesus christ fight…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1525…i am god making peace and creating evils explain how jesus says i came not to send peace but a sword since both say similar things it is one of two things either both are good…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:49A…l, etc. HARL. Deals with the incorporeal and invisible God, and six homilies on the incorporeal soul and the spiritual thought of man. On what the Lord says, Matt. x, 34: "I came not to send peace upon the ear…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:429…not such which the same one indeed testified in the gospels saying think not that i am come to send peace upon the earth and what follows and under the shadow of his hand he hid…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1177…. How then will these things be consistent with one another? Jesus is peace, and He Himself says: Do not think that I came to bring peace upon the earth (Matth. x, 34). Yet it was said concerning Him: He c…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1177…t to hear—He Himself says: Do not think that I came to bring peace upon the earth. And He adds yet more vehemently: I came not to bring peace, but a sword (Matth. x, 34). In what manner not peace, and in what…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:165…does the same on the same page iv the words of christ i came not to send peace but a sword our author understands thus on page so that the name of the sword signifies the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:887B…r life? Hence, I shall return to what was proposed, if I first add one more prophecy. "I have not come," He says, "to send peace upon the earth, but a sword" (Matt. 10:34), not declaring what He himself desired…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:189D…s, but you are sufficient to yourself. Hear also him, the God of peace, saying to the disciples: I have not come to cast peace upon the earth, but a sword (Matt. X, 34). And again: I came to cast fire upon t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:313A…have quickly recognized the truth. For it is possible to be split well. Therefore he himself also said: "I did not come to bring peace on earth, but a sword" (Matt. 10. 34). For there is such a thing as evil con…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:357…law he set down the very words even without them saying anything think not that i am come to destroy the law but here he arrests the suspicion in general what was the need of such…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:157…s like this: If anyone does not hate his father and mother, he is not worthy of me (Luc. 14:26); and, I came not to send peace upon the earth, but a sword (Matt. 10:34); and, You shall have tribulation in t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:753…im swallow me as a lamb, and he will be pierced through by the three-edged sword from within; For I did not come to bring peace to him, but a sword (Matt. 10:34). Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. I…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:781…V of the Fasts. 757-760 ON fasting. ON prayer. 739-742 "I have come to send fire on the earth" (Luke 12. 49); "and I have not come to send peace, but a sword" (Matt. 10. 34). 741-744 SPIRITUAL ADMONITIONS. 761-76…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:783C…Sunday of the fasting ones. 731-732 ON fasting. 731-738 ON oration. 739-742 I came to send fire on the earth (Luke 12:49); and not peace on earth, but a sword (Matt 10:34). 739-742 SPIRITUAL ADMONITIONS. 741-74…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1329…ν ἑορταί. On the martyrs. Fronto Ducaeus translated it. II, 661. — Montf. II, 667. Savil. V, 618. Duc. V, 696. Ai τῶν νηπίων φιλότεκνοι. On the text, Matthew X, 34, "I came to send fire on the earth." It is not Chrysostom’s…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1391…the words brought forth through the most wise moses for he says think not that i am come to destroy the law or the prophets i am not come to destroy but to fulfil for verily…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:969…good a and our own saviour of all christ also says think not that i am come to destroy the law or the prophets i am not come to destroy but to fulfil but he…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:923C…justice. But if justice joins it, then at last it will be truly called peace. Whence even Christ said: "I came not to send peace upon the earth, but a sword" (Matt. x, 34). For that He rejects and proscribes no…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:277B…sation. But God has called us in peace. And yet the Lord said: I did not come to bring peace upon the earth, but a sword, to divide a man from his neighbor (Matt. x, 34). But this is not contrary to that sta…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2463…god from those who are not he says indeed in the gospels think not that i am come to send peace upon the earth i am not come to send peace but a sword and what…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:667B…ve not come," says the Lord, "to bring peace upon the earth" (to those who have chosen to serve me, children from parents and brothers), "but war and a sword" (Matth. X, 34), to divide the lovers of God from the…
Leontius of Neapolis c. 590–c. 650PG 93:1609…head christ and they brought terror to the demons for that saying i came not to send peace but a sword was not said concerning a worldly sword for the sword that christ sent is the…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:589…s advent in the flesh for he himself says in the gospels i came not to send peace but a sword for i have come to set a man at variance against his father and the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:243…vers do not think that i came to send peace upon the earth i came not to send peace but a sword for i came to set a man at variance against his father and the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:705A…on. And there they were preaching the Gospel. And the multitude of the city was divided. This was what Christ said: I came not to send peace, but a sword [Matt. x, 34]. Being aware of it, the apostles fle…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:993…matthew he called a sword seek there the explanation of the saying think not that i am come to send peace on earth i came not to send peace but a sword b vers and kindled…
Manuel I Komnenos c. 1118–1180PG 133:773A…s an appropriate time for each thing. Hence, even the peaceful Christ once said most opportunely: "I have not come to bring peace upon the earth, but a sword" (Matt. x, 34). And neither can our serenity maintain…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:401C…. katadyontai. Page 648, vers. 1, "My peace." Joan. XIV, 27. Vers. 11, he says, Philipp. IV, 7. Vers. 13, dikaiōthentes. Rom. V, 1. Vers. 23, "I came not." Matth. X, 34. Vers. 45, Osē, II, 19. Vers. 3,…
35Matt 10:35
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1195…man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter in law against her mother in law c and when two are in the same bed to take one and leave the other…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:405…did not come to cast peace but a sword for i came to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1177…to bring peace, but a sword (Matth. x, 34). In what manner not peace, and in what manner a sword? For He comes to set a man at variance against his father (Matth. x, 35); for I receive His Son, and the father…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:577…agitations among men according to the word of the lord setting a daughter in law against her mother in law and a son against his father yet afterwards he calmed those agitations and brought peace to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:887B…things. "For I have come," He says, "to set a man against his father, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and the daughter against her mother" (Matt. 10:35). From where did He prophesy these thin…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:405…i came not to send peace but the sword for i came to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1037A…e do because of will and purpose, but even what we commit because we are forced. For he says, "Whoever denies me before men, I will deny him before my Father" (Matth. 10, 35). And it happens that it is often a mat…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:313…man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter in law against her mother in law and a man s enemies shall be those of his own household and again foretelling the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:751…the son dishonors the father the daughter rises up against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law all the men in his house are enemies lxv sinning in many ways and provoking…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1061…of christ when the savior says clearly i came to divide man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law and the enemies of a…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1353…neighbor a son against his father a daughter against her mother a daughter in law against her mother in law and habakkuk also foretelling these things says you have ridden your horses into the sea troubling…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1627…i came not to send peace upon the earth but a sword to set a man at variance against his neighbor son against his father daughter against her mother daughter in law against her mother in…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1119…set a man against his father and daughter against her mother and daughter in law against her mother in law and a man s enemies will be his own c domestics each of these things o…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:51…do for the son dishonors the father and the daughter rises up against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law a man s enemies are they who are in his own…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:123…man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter in law against her mother in law and whose winnowing fan is in his hand and he will clear his threshing floor and…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1093…but a sword for i came to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the rest and that he that loveth father…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:589…i came not to send peace but a sword for i have come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the bride against her mother in law…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:243…i came not to send peace but a sword for i came to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:245…for he says ch vii the daughter shall rise against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law and the enemies of a man are they of his own household and this prophetic…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:905…daughter against mother mother in law against her daughter in law and daughter in law against her mother in law christ is indeed our peace but i have not come he says to give peace whence…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1169…dishonors a father a daughter will rise up against her mother a daughter in law against her mother in law a man s enemies are all those in his house h c because the israelites acted…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1237…bring peace but a sword for i came to set a man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law a similar thing is also…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:343…the son dishonoureth the father the daughter riseth up against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law a man s enemies are the men of his own house again through these most…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:995D…interpretation of that saying: For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the rest, which is very much in conformity with the present words. Matt. x, 35. ⟦alt-version omitted⟧…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:391…the son dishonors the father the daughter rises up against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law a man s enemies are all the men in his house he says that there…
36Matt 10:36
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:485B…corrupt; for no one succeeds through outsiders unless it be through those who are close; as the Savior said: A man's enemies are those of his own household (Matt. 10. 36). It speaks therefore through the serpe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:405…daughter in law against her mother in law and a man's enemies shall be they of his own household he again sets forth things more burdensome and does so with great authority and he foretells even…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1427…his kinsmen according to the flesh the jews persecuted him b because a man's foes shall be they of his own household vers now after two days he departed thence and went into galilee he did…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1009…it is nothing new it is written and a man s enemies shall be they of his own household and these have played the pimp and served the adulterous marriage…
37Matt 10:37
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:833…he says to his disciples to us ourselves thus he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:613…just seed have now upon your lips this word he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and that he who finds his soul shall lose it and he who…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:987…gospel whoever does not take up his cross and follow me he is not worthy of me and whoever does not hate his father and mother and brothers and sisters and even his own soul is…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1605…savior also said whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me we have often distinguished between fear and love and we have said that the one who loves is…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1033…the saying whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me and in general observe the word after for it is a good thing when someone walks after the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1097…in the gospel whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:49A…the incorporeal soul and the spiritual thought of man. On what the Lord says, Matt. x, 34: "I came not to send peace upon the earth." On the Lord's command, Matt. x, 37: "What I tell you in the ear, proclaim…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:669…disposition toward him wherefore he precisely said in matthew he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me for while he indeed left room in these words for affection toward those…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1179…does life shout he who loves he says father or mother above me is not worthy of me and this is not enough for he says again and he who does not take up his cross…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1185…loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me there are these three things which are around us and in us and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1381…or mother and whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me and whoever does not renounce all that he possesses cannot be my disciple c and even commands one…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:171…in the kingdom of heaven for thus also the savior teaching said he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me if therefore anyone wishes to find his soul he must…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:245…himself also said whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me nor can he be my disciple matth x luc xiv but here there is need of great caution…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:657…whoever does not hate father and mother and wife and follow after me is not worthy of me but if you desire something greater hear this it was said he says to those of old you…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1423A…ht to disregard the mutual duties that are considered natural and legal, since the Lord says: "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" (Matt. x, 37). Likewise, what follows is closely sit…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:629…he says he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and if any man hate not his father and mother…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:705B…not worthy of me... If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it (Matt. x, 37, 38; xvi, 24, 25). REGULA III…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…saved and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me john these things i have spoken to you that you should not be made to stumble they will…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1205…it may be is reprobate the lord himself saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me interrogation clxxxiv how can one when he exhorts and when he corrects not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1519…nature in accordance with our lord jesus christ saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and likewise regarding the rest of our nearest kin it being evident that…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1569…definitively he who does not take up his cross daily and follow me is not worthy of me from these and similar burning words of our lord jesus christ who said i am come to send…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1689…for he was foreknowing of the saving voice saying he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me in order therefore that he might be held worthy of god according to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:351B…ording to his desire. 3. But love not your own kin more than the Lord. For he says: "He who loves father or mother or brothers above me, is not worthy of me" (Matt. x, 37). But what does the Lord's command…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:785…or mother or brothers or wife or children or fields and follow me is not worthy of me for in no other thing is the salvation and rest of men found as we have heard for…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1573A…was spoken, in order that Abraham, the father of the Church, might also fulfill that saying: "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" (Matt. 10:37). But if anyone says that Abraham depar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:591CLatin…sus omnia, quæ præclarum hoc studium impediant, fortiter nitendum esse, audi quid Christus censeat: Qui patrem aut matrem amat supra me, non est me dignus (Matth. 10. 37). Quippe ubi quid Deo acceptum persequi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:75…by deeds for he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me he says matt this he said not that we should carry wood on our shoulders but that we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:741…e priest to compassion. For he had not been taught by Christ, who said: "He who loves father or mother, or son or daughter, more than me, is not worthy of me" (Matt. 10. 37). But he was imitating the Father, of w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:187B…recepts, and you will see his power. Unless one renounces all, and besides hates his own soul, he says, he is not worthy of me (Luke XIV, 33; John XII, 25; Matt. X, 37). But nevertheless, the word prevailed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:773…we crucify ourselves to the life for he says he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and you observe how he wishes god to be glorified in the trinity…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:767…show this from the fact that he says he who loves father more than me is not worthy of me for he who loves his father more than god remains with his father but he who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:769…father is not worthy of me but he said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me for just as it is piety to love one's parents after god so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:405…great goods i demand also great obedience and disposition he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:429…father and mother he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me and whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath he cannot be my disciple…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:491…a net do you see how justly christ said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me for if she had kept this law she would not have transgressed so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:405…and if anyone does not take his cross and follow me he is not worthy of me and he was about to say further things rebuking them he says do you think that you feel sorrow…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:481D…be greatly loved comes from greatly loving. For this reason He also said to the apostles: He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me (Matth. 10. 37). 6. For this reason, since the soul i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:127…were divided. What then? Whence were these divisions? They had heard Christ saying: "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" (Matt. 10:37). So that they might not think that He was introducing wars…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:171…affliction' john he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me matt he who does not hate his soul will not find it and he who does not renounce…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195…christ himself saying he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me matt as if to say if you are he says a disciple imitate your master for this is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:389…have tribulation he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me he who does not hate his soul will not find it and he who does not deny all…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1283…arrangement when the lord says he who loves father or mother or son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and therefore the lord again said to those who have kept his commandments…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:33…some time he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me matth x since therefore you have emerged worthy of christ the lord because you have taken up your…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:165…the savior himself called us to a similar fortitude of soul saying he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:421…kindness and this i believe is what christ said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me for let the law of natural affection be dismissed at that time and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:509…been said wisely by christ the savior of all he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me i will also mention that other saying for when the disciple begged to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:811…parents saying these words he who loves father or mother more c than me is not worthy of me pall you have spoken well cyr therefore it is commanded that priests should in no way be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:963…says somewhere he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me matth x but the most holy paul seems to understand outside the gate as being outside the world…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1045…union of blood this is what christ himself said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1071…says he who does not take his cross daily and follow after me is not worthy of me the walk and way of christ is holy in yet another different way by which it tends everywhere…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1185D…His own acquaintances: "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me" (Matth. x, 37). For truly man's mother and father, th…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1037…and fathers for so did christ c somewhere say he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and zorobabel the son of salathiel of the tribe of judah and jesus…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:397…who loves the temporary life here he says and prefers it to me is not worthy of me but he who neglects this life that passes away b quickly and holds me and my commandments in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:757…christ expressed this in another way to us saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:859…comes to pass he himself will teach us saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and i came to set a man against his father and the rest…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:387…bring forward christ himself to you as an interpreter he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me but that friendship with god is superior to earthly and carnal kinship and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:651…lord jesus christ says whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me and to take the cross i think signifies nothing other than to renounce the world for his sake…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:999…also said he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me matth x and the outside the gate is understood as outside the world for the will to follow…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:105C…ex Ægypti provincia Alexandriæ congregata Nestorio religiosissimo piissimoque sacrorum comministro in Domino salutem. Cum Salvator noster diserte pronuntiet (Matth. x, 37): « Qui amat patrem aut matrem plus qua…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:149…who said he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me since therefore you have turned out to be worthy of christ the lord because you have borne your…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:537…to you whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me matt i think it necessary nay i maintain that it is accepted by all that he who is…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:881…he said he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me that is he who does not thus renounce the world just as it has been handed down to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:89…chamber c for he himself pronounced the judgment saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves sons or daughters more than me is not worthy…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:161…and mother and wife and fields b and vineyards for my sake is not worthy of me and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me and if…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:565…greeting in the lord since our savior says openly he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:389…that we should value god more than parents for he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me they shall not take a woman divorced by her husband etc xxi for…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:613…prefer them to the deity according to this oracle he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me that reverence is to be deferred to progenitors is shown by the example…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:769…are commanded to prize god more than our parents for whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me they shall not take a woman repudiated by her husband etc xxi for…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:803…preferred far above kinship of blood for he says he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me moreover that also follow me and let the dead bury their dead when…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:909…set aside such is that saying of the savior he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me it is also good to harmonize with these things the words spoken to…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:927…s saying does not abrogate this reverence for parents he that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me nor does that which he said to the man desiring to bury his…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:565…and savior jesus christ has said in the gospels he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and the rest d then again the same whoever does not renounce father…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:927…worthy of god and of his love for man as he says he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that does not take his cross and follow…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:915…of earthly things hear what they hear from him he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and after a few words and whoever does not take up his cross…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:591…being brought to pass he who loves father or mother he says more than me is not worthy of me and he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:657…so that he might win them whereas christ said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me but how is this loving them more than christ if indeed they were…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:975C…the good works that spring from it. Note also this, that just as he had previously said, "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me," [Matt. 10:37] in order that it might not seem a heav…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1199…x vers and he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me photii he who does not carry my cross he says is not worthy of me this is to…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:403…the desertion of these commandments for the lord says 'he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ' and 'he who does not hate his father and mother and his…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:409…the sake of my name and take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me therefore it is not possible otherwise to attain to this merit and perfection unless in the manner which…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:499…in order to gain the former but christ says he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me but this is not to love them more than christ for what was…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:91…a fleshly mother hear what my god christ says 'he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ' for as for riches i disregard them and i prefer to be…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:197…great grief that with the lord explicitly crying out 'he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ' and 'whoever does not renounce all that he possesses cannot be my…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven he that loveth father or mother more than…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:955…me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he that…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1093…father and the daughter against her mother and the rest and that he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and whosoever shall deny me before men him will i…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:245…us or rather when they even hinder us from the faith vers he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:869…us to understand the dispassionate life which is pure from every evil he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me the lord does not forbid the love toward those who…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:871C…assage of the Gospels: "He that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" (Matt. x, 37): although in the Decalogue it is comma…
Isaac the Great, Catholicos of Armenia fl. c. 1145PG 132:1215…and his own life also he cannot be my disciple and further he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:53D…ning of which is, "Our Savior clearly saying, 'He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,'" says: "Even if the Spirit is in hypostasis Matth. x, 37.…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:615…the beginning of which is our savior clearly saying 'he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me' says even if the spirit exists in his own hypostasis and is indeed…
George Metochites c. 1250–1328PG 141:1281…his discourse to nestorius of which the beginning is he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me he thus decides although the spirit may be in his own hypostasis in…
George Metochites c. 1250–1328PG 141:1351…the beginning of which is our savior clearly saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me he uses no other words even if the spirit is in his own…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:135…he suffered whoever does not bear his own cross and follow after me is not worthy of me do you see how even before the cross was set up the cross was the source of salvation…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:325…receive an hundredfold and shall possess life everlasting and he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me since then god and the father gave his own beloved son for us…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:95B…rough the Son. The same in the third epistle to Nestorius, the beginning of which is: He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me (Matth. x, 37): Although, he says, the holy Spirit i…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:199…delivered to us the life of the monks saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1055…who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me has this even if the spirit has a proper subsistence by which it…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:469…will be required of everyone for the lord says he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and whoever does not hate his father and mother and wife and children…
38Matt 10:38
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:833…to us ourselves thus he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he who…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1033…is the saying whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me and in general observe the word after for it is a good thing when someone walks after…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1179…does life shout he who loves he says father or mother above me is not worthy of me and this is not enough for he says again and he who does not take up his cross…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1185…loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me there are these three things which are around us and in us and are ours for what we…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:245C…lat. VI, 14). For this reason, the Lord himself also said: "Whoever does not take up his cross, and follow me, is not worthy of me, nor can he be my disciple" (Matth. X, 38; Luc. XIV, 27). 34. But here there is n…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:657…you whoever does not hate father and mother and wife and follow after me is not worthy of me but if you desire something greater hear this it was said he says to those of old…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:705…chapter iii h matthew he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he that…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:797…be saved and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me john these things i have spoken to you that you should not be made to stumble they…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1519…lord jesus christ saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and likewise regarding the rest of our nearest kin it being evident that this applies even more so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:75A…to be always thus affected, and to fulfill the law of Christ by deeds: "For he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me, is not worthy of me," He says (Matt. 10.38). This He said not that we should carry…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:61B…n. What condition is this? He who loves me, He says, will keep my commandments (John 14:23). And again, Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me (Matt. 10:38); and many other things which are writt…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:769…me but he said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me for just as it is piety to love one's parents after god so it is impiety to love…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:405…great obedience and disposition he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:429…when he says if any man hate not his father and mother he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me and whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:193…cannot attain the good things promised to us. And Christ, showing this, says now: If anyone will not take up his cross and follow me, he is not worthy of me (Matt. 10:38); and at another time, I came to cast…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:63D…ter, and comic matters. For who, having lived a life in such things, when he hears, "Unless someone takes up his cross and follows me, he is not worthy of me" (Matth. 10:38); and, "I did not come to bring peace,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:47A…23). And what does an inculpable life profit him who is slothful and somnolent? For if anyone does not take up his cross and follow me, he is not worthy of me (Matt. 10:38); and, Unless one shall lay down his so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:171C…ch He has promised. How? 'In the world,' He says, 'you will have affliction' (John 16:33). He who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me (Matt. 10:38). He who does not hate his soul will no…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195B…that it is rather the cause of rest and remission. For hear Christ himself saying: He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me (Matt. 10:38). As if to say: If you are, he says, a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:389…have tribulation he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me he who does not hate his soul will not find it and he who does not deny all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:33C…ame this world and prepared eternal goods for you, and yet nevertheless said at some time: He who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me (Matth. x, 38). Since, therefore, you have emerged wo…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:165…fortitude of soul saying he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:963D…e cross endured for us and because of us. And the Savior Himself also says somewhere: "He who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me" (Matth. X, 38). But the most holy Paul seems to under…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1045…what christ himself said he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1071…footsteps says he who does not take his cross daily and follow after me is not worthy of me the walk and way of christ is holy in yet another different way by which it tends…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1185…to his own acquaintances he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son d or daughter more than me is not worthy of me matth x…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:757…way to us saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me therefore when for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:999C…oach, that is, the cross which He suffered for our sake. Thus He Himself also said: "He who does not take his cross, and follow after me, is not worthy of me" (Matth. x, 38). And the "outside the gate" is underst…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:537C…Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave us the sign, saying: “Amen, amen I say to you, whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me” (Matt. 10:38). I think it necessary—nay, I maintain…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:89…pronounced the judgment saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves sons or daughters more than me is not worthy of me and the ancient…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:161…of me and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me and if you wish to be perfect sell what you have and give to the poor and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:565…our savior says openly he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me what must we…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:927…man as he says he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me he…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:915…they hear from him he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and after a few words and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:591…to pass he who loves father or mother he says more than me is not worthy of me and he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me and…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1199…christ given to us later or the new testament cap x vers and he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me photii he who does not carry my cross…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:955…me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he that…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:245…from the faith vers he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me you see that…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:871…the true father and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me since the affection of parents for children seems to be more vehement than that of children for those…
Isaac the Great, Catholicos of Armenia fl. c. 1145PG 132:1215…my disciple and further he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he that…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:135…before he suffered whoever does not bear his own cross and follow after me is not worthy of me do you see how even before the cross was set up the cross was the source of…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:325…possess life everlasting and he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me since then god and the father gave his own beloved son for us and the only begotten son…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:199…of the monks saying he who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and whoever does…
39Matt 10:39
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:171…things b indeed the savior himself says he that findeth his soul shall lose it and he that loseth his soul for my sake shall find it that is he who has sought his soul and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:549…he does having discoursed concerning gehenna and the kingdom for by saying he that findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it and by saying he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:369…the ages of ages amen h homily lxvii h he that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal if any man serve…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:271A…d when He says, "He who loses his soul for my sake shall find it," and, "He who confesses me before men, I will confess him before my Father who is in heaven" (Matt. X, 39, 32); He does not say this because thes…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1109…he that findeth his soul that is to say in remembering offenses shall lose it and he that loseth his soul for my sake shall find it unto life eternal to him be glory unto the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:397…witness of him to the father because he is a faithful servant he that findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it he who loves the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:423…will save his life shall lose it but he that shall lose his life for my sake shall find it there are some of them that stand here that shall not taste death since the disciples…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1475…are going to believe in me as god vers he that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal the lord said this…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:953C…nt to view the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for one who has been delivered from dangers to remember his toils. SERMO LIII. Concerning the Soul. Matt. x, 39. — He who finds his soul shall lose it;…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1011…h on blind self love and selfishness john xii he that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal ii cor x for not…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:245…followeth after me that is he lives according to my laws vers he that findeth his life shall lose it and he that shall lose his life for my sake shall find it he seems to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:125…rising and all will believe in me as god he that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal if any man serve…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:325…thus inherits eternal life for he says he that findeth his soul shall lose it and he that shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it what does it mean he that shall lose…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:733…says if any man will follow me let him deny himself and he that findeth his life shall lose it…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:949…clxvii on the soul h matt x he that findeth his soul shall lose it and he that loseth his soul for my sake shall find it ii cor iv though our outward man perish yet…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1185…h h concerning self love h c john xii he that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal ii corinthians x for…
40Matt 10:40
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:755B…he who does not hear them, nor receive them, is condemned. Caput I. He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me (Matth. X, 40)... And whosoever shall not receive you…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:847C…received just as the Lord himself, for the glory of Him who sent them, Jesus Christ our Lord. Chapter III MATTHEW. He who receives you, receives me (Matt. X, 40)... He who receives whomsoever I send,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:221B…r of the Father? And what is this, one might say? For this can also be observed in the case of the apostles: "For he who receives you," He says, "receives Me" (Matt. 10:40). But there, because He makes the thing…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:389…amen amen i say to you he that receiveth whomsoever i send receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me great is the recompense for the care shown toward the servants of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:307A…er to me those who do iniquity, and cast them into the furnace" (Matt. XIII, 41). As for the righteous, it is not so, but, "He who receives you, receives me" (Matt. X, 40); and again, "Bind his hands and feet,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:573B…d, or rather, even take pride in the deed; but if you do not receive them as Christ, do not receive them at all. "He who receives you," he says, "receives Me" (Matt. 10:40). If you do not receive them in this wa…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:609D…nor God; but he who has learned to despise the priest, by proceeding on this path, will one day insult God also. "He who receives you," he says, "receives me" (Matt. 10:40); and, "Hold his priests in honor." Fro…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:771C…n honor shown to them as conferred upon Himself. He said in the Gospels: He who receives you, receives me; and he who receives me, receives Him that sent me (Matt. 10:40).…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:397…holds me and my commandments in high esteem shall find eternal life he that receiveth you receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me he who receives you he says you who…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:65…good will of the bridegroom for christ also says to the apostles he that receiveth you receiveth me and whosoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:649D…pestilence of the soul verging toward death. Scholion 21. Whoever admits the word of truth receives God, as the Lord says: "He who receives you, receives me" (Matt. x, 40).…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:143D…octrines, and discourses, and opinions are perverse. Just as, therefore, he who [receives] the true apostles and prophets... Eph. iv. 11. † Mark xiii. 37. ‡ Matt. x. 40; Luke x. 16.…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:417B…ledge this, moreover, in good deeds; for we hear in the Gospels the Savior God declaring to His venerable disciples: “He that receiveth you, receiveth me” [Matt. x, 40]. In like manner, the sins committed ag…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:695…the son and the father for the savior also says concerning them he that receiveth you receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me let him know that he is speaking wrongly…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:245…strangling himself but for christ s sake he shall save it vers he that receiveth you receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me he that receiveth a prophet in the name…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:209B…ve Christ in their midst. And how is it possible for this to happen, you ask? Through the priests themselves. For he that receiveth you, he says, receiveth me (Matt. X, 40). If, therefore, you drive away the…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1287D…r God; but he who learns to despise the priest, proceeding on that path, will eventually insult God Himself. "He who receives you," Christ says, "receives Me" (Mt. X, 40). And another [text] elsewhere: Give ho…
41Matt 10:41
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1163A…m the rich man’s table. Heribert Rosweyde explains this passage about the Recognitions. VIII. The Author of the Imperfect Work on Matthew, hom. 27, on Matth. x, 41. (Among the Works of St. John Chrysosto…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1247…according to the ratio of men s lives for he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet s reward and he who receives a righteous man in the name…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:635…disciple is greater and again he who receives a righteous man or a prophet in the name of a righteous man or d…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:533…have been greatly honored similar to this is that he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet s reward d i will number them and they shall be multiplied…
Pseudo-Ignatius fl. c. 375-380PG 5:853…yet the greatness of your zeal is large for he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet s reward c it is manifest and has been demonstrated…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1069B…onor the priests, fulfilling the commandment of Christ which says: He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward (Matt. 10:41). But if you do not know the priest you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:521C…he name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward (Matt. 10:41); so he who receives a martyr in the na…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:393C…prophet, was in continuous prosperity. For this reason Christ also said: "He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward" (Matth. 10. 41). You saw yesterday of what the patriar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:563D…to say: He who has done it to one of these, has done it to me; and, He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet (Matt. 10:41). For will the Lord reward you accordin…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:647…the benefit will not flow so much toward them as toward ourselves he that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet for if those who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:769…of christ in his own body receive christ himself he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet and he who receives a just man in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:771…his reward his reward shall not perish because he had said above he that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet and he that receiveth a just…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:407…he pledges another reward after this for he says he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive the reward of a prophet and he who receives a just man in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:489…and to receive the prophet she knew indeed that he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward and he who gives to drink a cup of cold water…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:607…receive a person of proven worth is not blamed, but even has a reward; for he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward (Matt. 10:41). But he who through this ill-timed ove…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:609D…not worthy of honor, will Himself render you the reward. For if he who receives a prophet, he says, in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward (Matt. 10:41); also he who honors, and welcomes, an…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:159A…person prefers his own affects to the divine oracles. 134. The Law and the prophets were a preparation for the Gospel. 135. Exposition of the saying of Christ, Matt. x, 41: "He who receives a prophet in the name…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1765…to promises made in evils iv prophets were sent iii to receive a prophet in the name of a prophet what it is iv the prophets foretold many things about christ iv what is to be…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1823…he who receives me receives him who sent me he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward and he who receives a righteous man in the name of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:227A…th, he receives grace from neither the righteous man nor the sinner. For he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward (Matt. 10:41). And again the Lord says: According t…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:389A…r his beasts, and they washed their feet, and they ate and drank." Job xxxi, 32. — "A stranger did not lodge outside; my door was open to everyone who came." Matt. x, 41. — "He who receives a prophet in the na…
Stephen Deacon of Constantinople fl. c. 807-809PG 100:1169…and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man s reward therefore may the lord grant you a…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:479B…name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward" (Matt. X, 41). Whoever, therefore, runs to the templ…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:779…let us hear the lord in the gospels saying he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet s reward and he who receives a righteous man in the name…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:1009…why it is not expedient to promise something vehemently a to receive a prophet in the name of a prophet a b the chorus of the prophets appeared in the sacred oracles which they edited as…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:245…receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me he that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet and he that receiveth a just…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:327…a great reward and the lord declaring this said he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward and he who receives a just man in the name of…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:357…gain with the saints just as the lord said 'he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward ' if anyone therefore is a lover of the martyrs and…
AnonymousPG 106:1103…who is deprived of it through death ver the one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet and a righteous man will receive a prophet s reward this means not to receive him…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1097…him certainly from the most high himself matt x he who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet s reward and he who receives a righteous man in the name…
42Matt 10:42
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:637…receive their reward and he who gives to drink to one a of these little ones a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple shall not lose his reward this therefore is the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1191…word that men shall speak but also if anyone has ever given a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple and these things shall be when that which is written in daniel…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1203…that men speak and even if one has at any time offered a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple c and these things shall be when that which was written by…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:757A…all give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward (Matth. X, 42). LUKE. And he looked up, and saw the r…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:859…cold water shall lack its reward for he said whoever shall give a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple truly i say to you he shall not lose his reward and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:959B…evil desire and because you have curbed an untimely ambition. For if he who gives only a cup of cold water for God’s sake shall inherit the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 10.42), consider how great a compensation he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:231C…msgiving, prayers, modesty, and every other virtue. And why do I speak of almsgiving? If you give even a cup of cold water to Him, not even this will you lose (Matt. X, 42), but He reserves this diligently for H…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:293D…of mankind. Hast thou no obol? Give a cup of cold water; "Whoever shall give a cup of cold water to one of these least in my name, shall not lose his reward" (Matt. 10.42). Heaven is commerce and trade, and we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:333A…a cup of cold water. Whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water, says the teacher of spiritual trade, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward (Matt. 10. 42). Is a cup of cold water worthy of a re…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:701D…ifficulty more severe, by that much greater is your reward. For if one who gives a cup of cold water will not be without his reward for his brief kindness (Matt. 10:42), consider how great a reward you will…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:243A…this reason, the Lord also said: Whoever gives to drink even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward (Matt. 10:42). Is there anything more trivial than a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:771…does not receive him as a non christian but as a christian and whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:407…so that no one might plead poverty he says whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple amen i say to you he will…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…ad to the needy, we give it for the sake of Him who said: "Whoever gives a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple shall by no means lose his reward" (Matt. 10. 42); or whether we visit prisons, we visit…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1023…christ himself saying and whoever gives to one of these little brethren a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple truly i say to you he shall not lose his reward one…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1955C…gin to emulate the luminous stars. It is better for you to have even a few merits than to have none at all. Christ accounts to your credit a cup of cold water (Matth. X, 42), visiting the sick, and descending int…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1467D…must certainly be noted: "if he might receive." That he "forces the laws" is an explanation and confirmation of the superior sentiment contained in verse 427. Matt. X, 42: "And whosoever shall give to drink to…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1459B…alms may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. Matth. IX, 13. — Go and learn what it is: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. Matth. X, 42. — Whoever shall give to one of these l…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:779…man shall receive a righteous man s reward and whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple truly i say to you he shall…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:931…reflections is clear for the lord says d whoever shall give to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple he shall not lose his reward and…
Bartholomew the Younger of Grottaferrata c. 980 - c. 1055PG 120:89…him father why does the gospel say 'whoever gives a drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water shall by no means lose his reward' the father answered him this saying is…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:247…receives it shall also receive the reward which the righteous receive ver and whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:345…poverty see to what point he descends d and whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water shall receive his reward he called the disciples little ones teaching them to observe…
Nicephorus Choumnos c. 1255–1327PG 140:1451A…and nothing else, nor the pleasures of foods. And when promising the reward of a cup to those who share, He does not speak of a cup of wine, but of cold water (Matt. 10:42); therefore, this is water. For what is…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:327…he said whoever shall give to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple amen i say to you he shall not lose his reward but…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:1055…holy mouth whoever shall give to one of these little ones one cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple amen i say to you he shall not lose his reward and he…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:335D…able, if she shows much kindness and cordiality, she has earned the full reward of hospitality. For if a cup of cold water alone secures the kingdom of heaven (Matt. X, 42), what, I pray, will receiving one unde…
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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399A…ewish people, and the ass a type of the Gentiles. Verse 21, 1. Habakkuk. For in him is found the passage, chapter III, verse 23, tên sar [i.e., the flesh]. Matt. X, 47. Verse 31, statēra (stater). Matt. XV…