Mateus 27
Cyril of Alexandria · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Mateus 27:11-12
They led Jesus to Pilate. And they handed him over to the Roman soldiers. Thus the things announced beforehand by the holy prophets were fulfilled to them. For it says, "Woe to the lawless man. Evil will be his lot according to his works." Just "as you have done, so shall it be done to you. Your retribution will be paid back upon your own head." — FRAGMENT 302
Mateus 27:32
The Savior is led to the suffering that brings salvation. They laid his cross on Simeon of Cyrene. Another of the holy Evangelists said that Jesus himself carried the cross. Now surely both [accounts] are correct. For the Savior carried the cross, and, having met the Cyrene about half way, they transferred the cross to him. It is said about him through the voice of Isaiah that "a child has been born to us, and a son has been given to us, and the government shall be upon his shoulders." Now the cross has become the means by which he governs, through which he continues to rule over all heaven, since it is true that even as "far as death" he has become "obedient, even to death of a cross. Therefore God has exalted him." — FRAGMENT 306.32