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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And I go unto Him that sent Me." This was enough to terrify and throw them into an agony. For that they should stand in need of Him, He declareth also. "Ye shall seek Me," He saith, (not only "ye shall not forget Me," but ye shall even "seek Me,") "and shall not find Me." And when did the Jews "seek Him"? Luke saith that the women mourned over Him, and it is probable that many others, both at the time and when the city was taken, remembered Christ and His miracles, and sought His presence. …
Cyril of Alexandria
And where I am, YE cannot come. With greatest gentleness does He again put the race of the Jews forth from the kingdom of Heaven, adding words correspondent to those that He had already uttered, yet concealing therein a deep Mystery. For applying our mind more simply to the words, and admitting a more surface consideration thereof, we say that it signifies something of this sort, that He will in no wise be apprehensible by them, nor yet will fall into their meshes, having gone back to the Father. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Showing that His death would not be such as that of everyone in general, He says: where I go, "you cannot come." For if His death were common and similar to the death of most people, and He were to remain dead, He would not have said that you cannot come. For we all come to the common death. But, as I said, wishing to show that His death is not such as that of everyone, He says that you cannot come where I will be. By the words "you will seek Me, and will not find Me," He shows that they will desire Him. When did they seek Him? …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come." Here He has already foretold His resurrection; for they would not acknowledge Him when present, and afterwards they sought Him when they saw the multitude already believing on Him. For great signs were wrought, even when the Lord was risen again and ascended into heaven. …
Thomas Aquinas
When he says, You will look for me, and you will not find me, he is predicting what the Jews will desire in the times to come. As if to say: You can enjoy my teaching for a short time; but this brief time, which you are now rejecting, you will look for later, and you will not find it: "Search for the Lord while he can be found" (Is 55:6); and "Seek the Lord (at the present time), and your soul will live" (Ps 68:33). …
Bonaventure
"You will seek me and will not find me;" you will seek my aid in the devastation wrought by the Romans under Titus and Vespasian. Or: "You will seek me;" through compunction and sorrow, "and you will not find me," because many fell into despair; yet some who were penitent sought and did not find him bodily, but spiritually: Acts 2: "Having heard these things, they were pricked in their heart." Or: "You will seek me and will not find me," in judgment: Proverbs 1: "They will rise early and will not find me, because they had held wisdom …
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