João 20

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João 20:1

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Una sabbati, i. e. one day after the sabbath. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 20:18

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Mystically, Mary, which name signifies, mistress, enlightened, enlightener, star of the sea, stands for the Church, which is also Magdalen, i. e. towered, (Magdalen being Greek for tower,) as we read in the Psalms, Thou hast been a strong tower for me. (Ps. 61:3) In that she announced Christ's resurrection to the disciples, all, especially those to whom the office of preaching is committed, are admonished to be zealous in setting forth to others whatever is revealed from above. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 20:19

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Wherein is shown the infirmity of the Apostles. They assembled with doors shut, through that same fear of the Jews, which had before scattered them: Came Jesus, and stood in the midst. He came in the evening, because they would be the most afraid at that time. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 20:21

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] A repetition is a confirmation: whether He repeats it because the grace of love is twofold, or because He it is who made of twain one. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 20:24-25

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] But why does this Evangelist say that Thomas was absent, when Luke writes that two disciples on their return from Emmaus found the eleven assembled? We must understand that Thomas had gone out, and that in the interval of his absence, Jesus came and stood in the midst. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas