Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
Classic translation
3rd c. · Scripture Commentary · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
- Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
- Introduction
- Origen's Commentary on Matthew.
- From the First Book of the Commentary on Matthew
- From the Second Book of the Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew
- Book 10.
- The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus
- Exposition of the Parable
- The Shining of the Righteous. Its Interpretation
- Concerning the Parable of the Treasure Hidden in the Field. The Parable…
- The Field and the Treasure Interpreted
- The Exposition Continued
- The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. The Formation and Difference of Pearls
- The Parable Interpreted is the Light of These Views
- Christ the Pearl of Great Price
- The Pearl of the Gospel in Relation to the Old Testament
- The Parable of the Drag-Net
- The Divine Scriptures Compared to a Net
- Relation of Men to Angels
- The Disciples as Scribes
- The Householder and His Treasury
- Parables in Relation to Similitudes. Jesus in His Own Country
- The Brethren of Jesus
- Prophets in Their Country
- Relation of Faith and Unbelief to the Supernatural Powers of Jesus
- Different Conceptions of John the Baptist
- Herod and the Baptist
- The Dancing of Herodias. The Keeping of Oaths
- The Withdrawal of Jesus
- The Diverse Forms of Spiritual Sickness
- Healing Precedes Participation in the Loaves of Jesus
- Book 11.
- Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand
- Exposition of the Details of the Miracle
- The Exposition of Details Continued. The Sitting Down on the Grass. The…
- The Multitudes and the Disciples Contrasted
- The Disciples in Conflict. Jesus Walks Upon the Waters
- Interpretation of the Details in the Narrative. Application Thereof to All…
- The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing
- Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Who Came and Inquired, Why Do Thy…
- Explanation of “Corban.”
- The Traditions of the Elders in Collision With Divine Law
- Exposition of the Prophecy of Isaiah Quoted by Jesus
- Things Clean and Unclean According to the Law and the Gospel
- The Offence of the Pharisees
- Why the Pharisees Were Not a Plant of God. Teaching of Origen on the “Bread of…
- Eating With Unwashed Heart Defiles the Man
- Concerning the Canaanitish Woman. Meaning of the “Borders of Tyre and Sidon.”
- Exposition of the Details in the Narrative
- Concerning the Multitudes Who Were Healed. Comparison of the Mountain Where…
- Concerning the Seven Loaves. The Narrative of the Feeding of the Four Thousand…
- Book 12.
- Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign From Heaven
- Why the Pharisees Asked a Sign From Heaven
- The Answer of Jesus to Their Request
- Why Jesus Called Them an Adulterous Generation. The Law as Husband
- Concerning the Leaven of the Pharisees
- The Meaning of Leaven. Jesus' Knowledge of the Heart
- Relative Magnitude of Sins of the Heart and Actual Sins
- The Leaven Figurative Like the Water Spoken of by Jesus to the Woman of Samaria
- Concerning the Question of Jesus in Cæsarea, Who Do Men Say That I Am?…
- The Answer of Peter
- The Promise Given to Peter Not Restricted to Him, But Applicable to All…
- Every Sin—Every False Doctrine is a “Gate of Hades.”
- The “Gates of Hades” And the “Gates of Zion” Contrasted
- In What Sense the “Keys” Are Given to Peter, and Every Peter. Limitations of…
- Relation of the Former Commission Given by Jesus to the Disciples, to His…
- Gradual Growth in Knowledge of the Disciples
- Reasons for That Gradual Knowledge
- Jesus Was at First Proclaimed by the Twelve as a Worker and a Teacher Only
- Importance of the Proclamation of Jesus as the Crucified
- Why Jesus Had to Go to Jerusalem
- The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus
- Importance of the Expressions “Behind” And “Turned.”
- Peter as a Stumbling-Block to Jesus
- Self-Denial and Cross-Bearing
- Reference to the Saying of Paul About Crucifixion With Christ
- The Less of Life; And the Saving of It
- Life Lost to the World is Saved
- The Exchange for One's Life
- The Coming of the Son of Man in Glory
- The Word Appears in Different Forms; The Time of His Coming in Glory
- The Simpler Interpretation of the Promise About Not Tasting of Death
- Standing by the Saviour
- Interpretation of “Tasting of Death.”
- Meaning of “Until.” No Limitation of Promise
- Scriptural References to Death
- Concerning the Transfiguration of the Saviour
- Force of the Words “Before Them.”
- The Garments White as the Light
- Jesus Was Transfigured—“As He Was Praying.”
- Discussion of the Saying of Peter
- Figurative Interpretation of the Same
- The Meaning of the “Bright Cloud.”
- Relation of Moses and Elijah to Jesus. The Injunction of Silence
- Book 13.
- Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered
- “The Spirit and Power of Elijah”—Not the Soul—Were in the Baptist
- Concerning the Epileptic
- Spiritual Epileptics
- The Deaf and Dumb Spirit
- Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men
- The Power of Faith
- Jesus' Prediction of His “Delivery” Into the Hands of Men
- Satan and the “Delivery” Of Jesus
- Concerning Those Who Demanded the Half-Shekel
- The Freedom of Sons
- The Stater Allegorized
- The Sacred Half-Shekel
- Concerning Those Who Said, Who is the Greatest? and Concerning the Child That…
- Greatness Varies in Degree
- Why the Great Are Compared to Little Children
- The Little Ones and Their Stumbling-Blocks
- Who Was the Little Child Called by Jesus
- The Parallel Passages in Mark and Luke
- The World and Offences. Various Meanings of World
- The “Woe” Does Not Apply to the Disciples of Jesus
- What the “Occasions of Stumbling” Are
- In What Sense “Necessary.”
- The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye
- The Eye or Hand Allegorized
- The Little Ones and Their Angels
- When the Little Ones Are Assigned to Angels
- Close Relationship of Angels to Their “Little Ones.”
- The Little Ones and the Perfect
- The Sinning Brother
- The Power to Bind on Earth and in Heaven
- Book 14.
- The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer
- The Harmony of Husband and Wife
- The Harmony of Body, Soul, and Spirit
- Harmony of the Old and New Covenants
- The Limit of Forgiveness
- Concerning the King Who Made a Reckoning With His Own Servants, to Whom Was…
- Exposition Continued: the King and the Servants
- The Principle of the Reckoning
- The Time Occupied by the Reckoning
- The Man Who Owed Many Talents
- The Servant Who Owed a Hundred Pence
- The Time of the Reckoning
- No Forgiveness to the Unforgiving
- How Jesus Finished His Words
- How Men Followed Jesus
- Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (By Asking) Whether Was…
- Union of Christ and the Church
- The Bill of Divorcement
- The Divorce of Israel
- Christ and the Gentiles
- Union of Angels and the Souls of Men
- The Marriage of Church Dignitaries
- Some Laws Given by Concession to Human Weakness
- Jewish Criticism of the Law of Christ
- Chastity and Prayer