Lucas 21

John Chrysostom · Comentário Patrístico (catena)

Lucas 21:3-4

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (Hom. 1. in Ep. ad Heb., Hom. 28.) For God regarded not the scantiness of the offering, but the overflowing of the affection. Almsgiving is not the bestowing a few things out of many, but it is that of the widow emptying, herself of her whole substance. But if you cannot offer as much as the widow, at least give all that remains over. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 21:9

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] But He says, that the end of the city shall not come immediately, that is, the taking of Jerusalem, but there shall be many battles first. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 21:11

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (Hom. 11. in Acta.) For an earthquake is at one time a sign of wrath, as when our Lord was crucified the earth shook; but at another time it is a token of God's providence, as when the Apostles were praying, the place was moved where they were assembled. It follows, and pestilence. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 21:23

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (adv. oppug. mon. vit.) He next assigns the cause of what he had just now said, For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. For the miseries that took hold of them were such as, in the words of Josephus, no calamity can henceforth compare to them. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 21:25

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] For as in this world the moon and the stars are soon dimmed by the rising of the sun, so at the glorious appearance of Christ shall the sun become dark, and the moon not shed her ray, and the stars shall fall from heaven, stripped of their former attire, that they may put on the robe of a better light. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 21:26

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ad Olymp. Ep. 2.) Or the heavenly powers shall be shaken, although themselves know it not. For when they see the innumerable multitudes condemned, they shall not stand there without trembling. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 21:27

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] For God ever appears in a cloud, according to the Psalms, clouds and darkness are round about him. (Ps. 17:11.) Therefore shall the Son of man come in the clouds as God, and the Lord, not secretly, but in glory worthy of God. Therefore He adds, with great power and majesty. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas