Matthew 14-28

✍ Scribed by Manlio Simonetti

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 406
• Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture; Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, New Testament
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators. The patristic commentary tradition on Matthew begins with Origen's pioneering twenty-five-volume commentary on the First Gospel in the mid-third century. In the Latin-speaking West, where commentaries did not appear until about a century later, the first commentary on Matthew was written by Hilary of Poitiers in the mid-fourth century. From that point the First Gospel became one of the texts most frequently commented on in patristic exegesis. Outstanding examples are Jerome's four-volume commentary and the valuable but anonymous and incomplete Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum. Then there are the Greek catena fragments derived from commentaries by Theodore of Heraclea, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria. The ancient homilies also provide ample comment, including John Chrysostom's ninety homilies and Chromatius of Aquileia's fifty-nine homilies on the Gospel of Matthew. In addition, there are various Sunday and feast-day homilies from towering figures such as Augustine and Gregory the Great, as well as other fathers. This rich abundance of patristic comment, much of it presented here in English translation for the first time by editor Manlio Simonetti, provides a bountiful and varied feast of ancient interpretation of the First Gospel.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Praise for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Title Page
Copyright Page
Project Research Team
Contents
Publisher’s Note Regarding This Digital Edition
General Introduction
A Guide to Using This Commentary
Abbreviations
Commentary on Matthew 14-28
The Death of John the Baptist Matthew 14:1-12
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Matthew 14:13-21
Jesus Walks on Water Matthew 14:22-36
The Teachers From Jerusalem Matthew 15:1-9
The Things That Make a Person Unclean Matthew 15:10-20
A Woman’s Faith Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus Heals and Feeds Many People Matthew 15:29-39
The Demand for a Sign Matthew 16:1-12
Peter’s Confession of the Christ Matthew 16:13-20
Jesus Speaks About His Suffering and Death Matthew 16:21-28
The Transfiguration Matthew 17:1-13
Jesus Heals a Boy With a Demon and Speaks Again About His Death Matthew 17:14-23
Paying the Temple Tax Matthew 17:24-27
Who Is the Greatest? Matthew 18:1-5
Temptations to Sin Matthew 18:6-9
The Parable of the Lost Sheep Matthew 18:10-14
A Christian Who Sins Matthew 18:15-17
Prohibiting and Permitting Matthew 18:18-20
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:21-35
Jesus Teaches About Divorce and Blesses the Children Matthew 19:1-15
The Rich Young Man Matthew 19:16-30
Workers in the Vineyard Matthew 20:1-16
Jesus Speaks a Third Time About His Death Matthew 20:17-19
A Mother’s Request Matthew 20:20-28
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men Matthew 20:29-34
The Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem Matthew 21:1-17
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree Matthew 21:18-27
The Parable of the Two Sons Matthew 21:28-32
The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard Matthew 21:33-46
The Parable of the Wedding Feast Matthew 22:1-14
The Question About Paying Taxes Matthew 22:15-22
The Question About the Resurrection Matthew 22:23-33
The Great Commandment Matthew 22:34-40
The Question About the Messiah Matthew 22:41-46
Jesus Warns Against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees Matthew 23:1-12
Jesus Condemns the Legalists’ Hypocrisy Matthew 23:13-28
Jesus Predicts Their Punishment Matthew 23:29-36
Jesus’ Love for Jerusalem Matthew 23:37-39
Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple, of Troubles and Persecutions Matthew 24:1-14
The Desolating Sacrilege Matthew 24:15-28
The Coming of the Son of Man Matthew 24:29-31
The Lesson of the Fig Tree Matthew 24:32-35
No One Knows the Day and Hour Matthew 24:36-44
The Faithful and Unfaithful Servants Matthew 24:45-51
The Parable of the Ten Virgins Matthew 25:1-13
The Parable of the Talents Matthew 25:14-30
The Final Judgment Matthew 25:31-46
The Plot to Kill Jesus Matthew 26:1-5
Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany and Betrayed by Judas Matthew 26:6-16
The Passover Meal With the Disciples Matthew 26:17-25
The Lord’s Supper Matthew 26:26-30
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial Matthew 26:31-35
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane Matthew 26:36-46
Jesus Is Arrested Matthew 26:47-56
Jesus Is Questioned by the Council Matthew 26:57-68
Peter Denies Jesus Matthew 26:69-75
The Death of Judas Matthew 27:1-10
Pilate Questions Jesus Matthew 27:11-14
Jesus Is Sentenced to Death Matthew 27:15-26
The Soldiers Mock and Crucify Jesus Matthew 27:27-43
The Death of Jesus Matthew 27:44-56
The Burial of Jesus Matthew 27:57-66
The Resurrection Matthew 28:1-10
The Report of the Guard Matthew 28:11-15
The Risen Lord Appears to His Disciples Matthew 28:16-20
Appendix: Early Christian Writers and the Documents Cited
Biographical Sketches & Short Descriptions of Select Anonymous Works
Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Period
Bibliography
Authors/Writings Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index
About the Editor
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
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