As against a robber (ως επ ληιστην). As a robber, not as a thief, but a robber hiding from justice. He will be crucified between t…

Against a thief. Rather, a robber. This was the manner in which they would have sought to capture a highwayman …

Are you come out as against a thief? — This is better translated as as against a robber with swords and clubs. T…

Luke says that this question was put to “the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders.” Yet even to them Jesus only addre…

Origen of Alexandria: After commanding Peter to put away his sword—an act of patience—and healing the ear that was cut off—an…

Every day for the preceding week, and presumably on earlier visits to the Holy City, Jesus had been teaching in the temple courts; yet the authorit…

Are you come out, as against a robber? With these words, Christ expostulates with his enemies for intending to make him odious by coming e…

In that same hour said Jesus to the multitude
That is, to the heads and chief of them, the chief priests, captains o…

No enemies are to be abhorred as much as those professed disciples who betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our…

Here, the events preparatory to the Passion were related, namely, the institution of the Sacrament and Christ’s prayer. Here, however, the Evangeli…