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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Wherefore said He, "these"? Because He was to speak others besides. And wherefore, again, doth He depart? Desiring to sow the word everywhere.
Theophylact of Ohrid
Matthew says "these parables" because in a short time He would tell them other ones. He departed so that He could benefit others by His presence. "His own country" means Nazareth, for He was raised there. He was teaching in the synagogue, speaking openly in public, that they might not later have grounds to claim that He was teaching things contrary to the law.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
From the foregoing discourse consisting of these parables, He passes to what follows without any very evident connection between them. Besides which, Mark passes from these parables to a different event from what Matthew here gives; and Luke agrees with him, so continuing the thread of the story as to make it much more probable that that which they relate followed here, namely, about the ship in which Jesus slept, and the miracle of the demons cast out; which Matthew has introduced above.
Jerome
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that he departed from there. And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they marveled and said. After the parables that he spoke to the people, and that only the apostles understood, he went to his own country to teach more openly there. Where does this wisdom and these virtues come from? The Nazarenes marvel at where he gets his wisdom and virtue; but the error is obvious, for they suspect that he is the son of a carpenter.
Thomas Aquinas
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, etc. Here the effect in the crowds is set forth: a twofold effect, namely, of wonder and of scandal. And first the place is described; secondly, the wonder; thirdly, the disapproval. He says therefore: it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. It should be noted that it does not seem that he departed immediately. …
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