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Matthew 19:1

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

Having constantly left Jud'a on account of the envy of those men, now He frequents it from this time forth, because the passion was to be nigh at hand; He goeth not up, however, unto Jerusalem for a while, but "into the coasts of Jud'a."

Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 62 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee, and came into the region of Judea beyond Jordan. And great multitudes followed Him; and He healed them there. Again He sojourns in Judea so as not to give the unbelievers in Judea any excuse to say, "He did not visit us frequently, as He did the Galileans." Once again, when the teaching and the speaking are finished, the miracles follow, for we must both teach and act. …

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Western Saints

Hilary of Poitiers

Also He cures the Galileans on the borders of Judæa, that He might admit the sins of the Gentiles to that pardon which was prepared for the Jews.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Above it was shown how one must come to eternal life by the common way; here he teaches how one must come by the way of perfection, which is treated with respect to two things: with respect to continence, and with respect to voluntary poverty. Regarding the first he does two things. First he treats of the arrival; secondly of continence, at his disciples said to him etc. Regarding the first he does three things. First the testing by the Pharisees is presented; secondly, Christ's solution; thirdly, the objection against the solution. …

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Rabanus Maurus

Here then He begins to relate what He did, taught, or suffered in Judæa. At first beyond Jordan eastward, afterwards on this side Jordan when He came to Jericho, Bethphage, and Jerusalem; whence it follows, And He came into the coasts of Judæa beyond Jordan. It should be known, that the whole territory of the Israelites was called Judæa, to distinguish it from other nations. …

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗