The portion of the Gospel narrative we are now entering is common to all four Gospels regarding its main facts, which gives every detail a special …

Our Lord, having finished all these sayings about the destruction of Jerusalem, His own Second Advent and the great Day of Judgment, brought back t…

St. Hilary of Poitiers: After the discourse in which the Lord had declared that He would return in splendor, He announced His…

For the other major passion predictions, see comments on 16:21; 17:22–23; 20:18–19. One last time Matthew uses the formula by which he brings all h…

Christ now confirms again what we have seen He had previously predicted to His disciples. But this last prediction clearly shows how willingly He o…

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these
sayings
Meaning either all tha…

Our Lord had often told of his sufferings as at a distance; now he speaks of them as at hand. At the same time the Jewish council consulted how the…

The Evangelist, having related the preparatory events for the Pa ion, here begins to discu Christ’s Pa ion, which is divided into two parts. First,…