To encounter (συνβαλειν). Second aorist active infinitive of συνβαλλω, old and common verb, to throw or bring together, to dispute…

With ten thousand to meet, and so on: whether he will be able, with the forces he has, to meet his enemy. Christ here perhaps intends to d…

What king, going to make war against another king . .?—Here also there may have been a side-glance at contemporary histor…

If you cannot fight the world, the flesh, and the devil, – if there is no power that can help you to do it, or if you are not willing to be helped …

St. Gregory the Great: Because He had been giving high and lofty precepts, the comparison of building a tower immediately follo…

Jesus uses two different circumstances to illustrate his basic point: discipleship requires a conscious advance commitment, made with a realistic e…

Or what king going to make war against another king ,
&c.] Our Lord illustrates the same thing, the busine of a prof…

Although the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, they all bear their cross and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus instructs them to anti…