Origen of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew

3rd c.

Classic translation

Scripture Commentary · English translation, 1890

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 X.
• 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 XI.
• 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 XII.
• 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 XIII.
• 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 XIV.
• 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