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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 August 2024
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he Said to his disciples: You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified. This was a good opportunity for him to speak of die Passion. He Had been reminding them of the Kingdom and its reward, and of everlasting punishment; and he seemed to be saying: Why be afraid of sufferings which pass away so quickly when the good things of heaven await you? Notice, too, how he led up gradually to what he knew would grieve the disciples, and softened its impact upon them. Instead of saying: You know that after two days I am to be betrayed, he said: You know that after two days is the pasch; and then added that he would be betrayed and crucified.
1 Homily St Matthew's Gospel.
2 Matt. 26, 1-2.
3 The Greek word ‘mysterion’ meant ‘sacrament’, not only in the limited sense of the Seven sacraments’, but but also (as here) in the wider sense of any action effects what it signifies.
4 Matt. 26, 3-5.
5 Luke I, 5. The usual explanation of this is that Zachary was descended from Abia, one of Aaron's twenty-four grandsons, to whom was given the task of officiating by turn in the Temple. Chrysostom seems to have some other explanation, but his meaning is none too clear.
6 Amos 6, 6. Micheas I, II (Septuagint).
7 proverns l2, 28 (Septuagint). Ecdus. 28, 3.
8 2 Cor. 4, 16. Rom. 5, 3.
9 I Cor. 14, 20.
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