João 8

Alcuin of York

João 8:1

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Our Lord at the time of His passion used to spend the day in Jerusalem, preaching in the temple, and performing miracles, and return in the evening to Bethany, where He lodged with the sisters of Lazarus. Thus on the last day of the feast, having, according to His wont, preached the whole day in the temple, in the evening He went to the mount of Olives. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:2

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The anointing with oil is a relief to the limbs, when wearied and in pain. The mount of Olives also denotes the height of our Lord's pity, olive in the Greek signifying pity. The qualities of oil are such as to fit in to this mystical meaning. For it floats above all other liquids: and the Psalmist says, Thy mercy is over all Thy works. And early in the morning, He came again into the temple: (Ps. 144) i. e. to denote the giving and unfolding of His mercy, i. e. the now dawning light of the New Testament in the faithful, that is, in His temple. His returning early in the morning, signifies the new rise of grace. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:2

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The sitting down, represents the humility of His incarnation. And the people came to Him, when He sat down, i. e. after taking up human nature, and thereby becoming visible, many began to hear and believe on Him, only knowing Him as their friend and neighbour. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:3-4

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] But while these kind and simple persons are full of admiration at our Lord's discourse, the Scribes and Pharisees put questions to Him, not for the sake of instruction, but only to entangle the truth in their nets: And the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:6

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The ground denotes the human heart, which yieldeth the fruit either of good or of bad actions: the finger jointed and flexible, discretion. He instructs us then, when we see any faults in our neighbours, not immediately and rashly to condemn them, but after searching our own hearts to begin with, to examine them attentively with the finger of discretion. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:8

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] This is like our Lord; while His eyes are fixed, and He seems attending to something else, He gives the bystanders an opportunity of retiring: a tacit admonition to us to consider always both before we condemn a brother for a sin, and after we have punished him, whether we are not guilty ourselves of the same fault, or others as bad. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:12

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Having absolved the woman from her sin, lest some should doubt, seeing that He was really man, His power to forgive sins, He deigns to give further disclosure of His divine nature; Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the Light of the world. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:13

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] As if our Lord Himself were the only (one that bore) witness to Himself; whereas the truth was that He had, before His incarnation, sent many witnesses to prophesy of His Sacraments. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:17-18

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Or it is as if He said, If your law admits the testimony of two men who may be deceived, and testify to more than is true; on what grounds can you reject Mine and My Father's testimony, the highest and most sure of all? — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:18

João 8:20

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Treasury (Gazophylacium): Gaza is the Persian for wealth: phylattein is to keep. It was a place in the temple, where the money was kept. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:26

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] And to hear from the Father is the same as to be from the Father; He has the hearing from the same sense that He has the being. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:27

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] They did not understand however what He meant by saying, He is true that sent Me: they understand not that He spake to them of the Father. For they had not the eyes of their mind yet opened, to understand the equality of the Father with the Son. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:38

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Because He Himself, Who is the truth, was begotten of God the Father, to hear, being in fact the same with to be from the Father. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:40

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] As if to say, By this you prove that you are not the sons of Abraham; that you do works contrary to those of Abraham. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:44-45

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Our Lord being the truth, and the Son of the true God, spoke the truth; but the Jews, being the sons of the devil, were averse to the truth; and this is why our Lord says, Because I tell you the truth, ye believe not. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:48

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The Samaritans were hated by the Jews; they lived in the land that formerly belonged to the ten tribes, who had been carried away. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:54

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The Father glorified the Son, at His baptism, on the mount, at the time of His passion, when a voice came to Him, in the midst of the crowd, when He raised Him up again after His passion, and placed Him at the right hand of His Majesty. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:55

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] As if to say, Ye call Him your God, after a carnal manner, serving Him for temporal rewards. Ye have not known Him, as He should be known; ye are not able to serve Him spiritually. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

João 8:59

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] He fled, because His hour was not yet come; and because He had not chosen this kind of death. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas