Mateus 4

Glossa Ordinaria

Mateus 4:1-2

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) This desert is that between Jerusalem and Jericho, where the robbers used to resort. It is called Hammaim, i. e. 'of blood,' from the bloodshed which these robbers caused there; hence the man was said (in the parable) to have fallen among robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, bearing a figure of Adam, who was overcome by dæmons. It was therefore fit that the place where Christ overcame the Devil, should be the same in which the Devil in the parable overcomes man. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:5

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ord.) The Devil places us on high places by exalting with pride, that he may dash us to the ground again. (ord.) Observe here that all these things were done with bodily sense, and by careful comparison of the context it seems probable that the Devil appeared in human form. (ap. Anselm.) He set Him on a pinnacle of the temple when he would tempt Him through ambition, because in this seat of the doctors he had before taken many through the same temptation, and therefore thought that when set in the same seat, He might in like manner be puffed up with vain pride. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:6

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) We must explain thus; Scripture says of any good man, that He has given it in charge to His Angels, that is to His ministering spirits, to bear him in their hands, i. e. by their aid to guard him that he dash not his foot against a stone, i. e. keep his heart that it stumble not at the old law written in tables of stone. Or by the stone may be understood every occasion of sin and error. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:8

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ord.) He saw not, as we see, with the eye of lust, but as a physician looks on disease without receiving any hurt. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:8-11

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) Though Luke's order seems the more historical; Matthew relates the temptations as they were done to Adam. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:9

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (non occ.) See the Devil's pride as of old. In the beginning he sought to make himself equal with God, now he seeks to usurp the honours due to God, saying, If thou wilt fall down and worship me. Who then worships the Devil must first fall down. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:12

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) Though Luke's order seems the more historical; Matthew relates the temptations as they were done to Adam. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:13

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) He came as Luke writes to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and there entering into the synagogue, He read and spoke many things, for which they sought to throw Him down from the rock, and thence He went to Capernaum; for which Matthew has only, And leaving the town of Nazareth, He came and dwelt at Capernaum. (ord.) Nazareth is a village in Galilee near Mount Tabor; Capernaum a town in Galilee of the Gentiles near the Lake of Gennesaret; and this is the meaning of the word, on the sea coast. He adds further in the borders of Zabulon and Naphtali, where was the first captivity of the Jews by the Assyrians. Thus where the Law was first forgotten, there the Gospel was first preached; and from a place as it were between the two it was spread both to Jews and Gentiles. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:15

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) But Matthew here so quotes the passage as to make them all nominative cases referring to one verb. The land of Zabulon, and the land of Naphtali, which is the way of the sea, and which is beyond Jordan, viz. the people of Galilee of the Gentiles, the people which walked in darkness. (ord.) Note that there are two Galilees; one of the Jews, the other of the Gentiles. This division of Galilee had existed from Solomon's time, who gave twenty cities in Galilee to Hyram, King of Tyre; this part was afterwards called Galilee of the Gentiles; the remainder, of the Jews. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:18

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ord.) He rightly goes to fishing places, when about to fish for fishermen. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:19

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (interlin.) Follow me, not so much with your feet as in your hearts and your life. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:21

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) These last disciples were an example to such as leave their property for the love of Christ; now follows an example of others who postponed earthly affection to God. Observe how He calls them two and two, as He afterwards sent them two and two to preach. (ap Anselm.) and John that he may ascribe the whole to God's grace. The calling of four only is mentioned, as those preachers by whom God will call the four quarters of the world. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:22

Ord.: He rightly goes on fishing places, when about to fish for fishermen. interlin.: "Follow me," not so much with your feet as in your hearts and your life. ap. Anselm: These last disciples were an example to such as leave their property for the love of Christ; now follows an example of others who postponed earthly affection to God. Observe how He calls them two and two, and He afterwards sent them two and two to preach. ap. Anselm: and John that he may ascribe the whole to God's grace. The calling of four only is mentioned, as those preachers by whom God will call the four quarters of the world.

Mateus 4:24

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) Because preachers should have good testimony from those who are without, lest if their life is open to censure, their preaching be contemned, he adds, And the fame of him went abroad through all Syria. 'Sickness' means a lasting ailment; 'torment' is an acute pain, as pleurisy, and such like; they who had dæmons are they who were tormented by the dæmons. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mateus 4:25

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ap. Anselm.) The crowds that follow the Lord, are they of the Church, which is spiritually designated by Galilee, passing to virtuousness; Decapolis is he who keeps the Ten Commandments; Jerusalem and Judæa, he who is enlightened by the vision of peace and confession; and beyond Jordan, he who having passed the waters of Baptism enters the land of promise. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas