For (γαρ). Explanatory use of γαρ.

The Scripture (την γραφην). Probably Ps 16:10. Jesus had repeatedly for…

The scripture. See Luke 24:26, 46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as, for example,[Reference Psa…

For as yet they did not know the scripture.—This explains in what sense it was that Saint John now believed. Up to this t…

They did not understand it; even John himself did not until then.

The rest of the disciples had never placed that interpretation on our Lord…

St. John Chrysostom: The Sabbath was now over, a time when it was unlawful to be there. Mary Magdalene could rest no longer, b…

The teaching of Scripture, however, was not yet clear to the disciples, and they required fuller explanation by Jesus (cf. Lk 24:25-27, 44-47). To …

For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. They had often heard from Christ's own mouth what they now …

For as yet they knew not the Scripture
Meaning not some particular passage of Scripture, but the writings of the Old…

If Christ gave his life a ransom and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a g…

1. Having related the mysteries of Christ’s pa ion, the Evangelist now speaks of the resurrection. He explains that the resurrection was fir…