João 19
Bede
João 19:2
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] For instead of a diadem, they put upon Him a crown of thorns, and a purple robe to represent the purple robe which kings wear. Matthew says, a scarlet robe, (Mat. 27:28) but scarleta and purple are different names for the same colour. And though the soldiers did this in mockery, yet to us their acts have a meaning. For by the crown of thorns is signified the taking of our sins upon Him, the thorns which the earth of our body brings forth. And the purple robe signifies the flesh crucified. For our Lord is robed in purple, wherever He is glorified by the triumphs of holy martyrs. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:8
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] It was not the law that he was afraid of, as he was a stranger: but he was more afraid, lest he should slay the Son of God. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:13
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Lithostraton, i. e. laid with stone; the word signifies pavement. It was an elevated place. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:14
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] And it was the preparation of the Passover. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:19
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Wherein was shown that His kingdom was not, as they thought, destroyed, but rather strengthened. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:26
Beyond the others, Jesus loved the one who, being a virgin when chosen by him, remained forever a virgin. Now stories handed down say the [Christ] called [John] from his marriage ceremony when he wished to marry, and on that account he granted the more desirable sweetness of his own love to one whom he had withdrawn from fleshly pleasures. Accordingly, when [Christ] was about to die on the cross, he commended his mother to [John], so that virgin might watch over virgin, and when he himself ascended to heaven after his death and resurrection, a son would not be lacking to his mother, whose chaste life would be protected by his chaste services. — Homilies on the Gospels 1.9
João 19:26-27
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] By the disciple whom Jesus loved, the Evangelist means himself; not that the others were not loved, but he was loved more intimately on account of his estate of chastity; for a Virgin our Lord called him, and a Virgin he ever remained. Another reading is, Accepit eam discipulus in suam, his own mother some understand, but to his own care seems better. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:30
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] It may be asked here, why it is said, When Jesus had received the vinegar, when another Evangelists says, He would not drink. (Mat. 27:34) But this is easily settled. He did not receive the vinegar, to drink it, but fulfil the prophecy. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:31
Parasceve is interpreted as preparation.… They called it this as the day when it was necessary that they prepare for the sabbath according to the command they had received concerning the manna, "On the sixth day you shall gather double, etc." … Therefore, because it was on the sixth day that human beings were made and the whole creation of the world completed, but on the seventh day it was required that he rested from his work and this is the sabbath, that is, rest—so it is only right to call that the day on which our Lord was crucified the sixth day fulfilling the reparation of humanity back to what it was at the beginning. [And we read], "And when he received the strong drink, he said 'It is finished,' " that is, the work of the sixth day is perfect as I have totally accomplished the restoration of the world. But on the sabbath he rests in the sepulcher awaiting the event of the resurrection, which will occur on the eight day. — On the Gospel of Luke 6.23.54
João 19:31
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Parasceue, i. e. preparation: the sixth day was so called because the children of Israel prepared twice the number of loaves on that day. For that sabbath day was an high day, i. e. on account of the feast of the passover. Besought Pilate that their legs might be broken. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:38
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Arimathea is the same as Ramatha, the city of Elkanah, and Samuel. It was providentially ordered that he should be rich, in order that he might have access to the governor, and just, in order that he might merit the charge of our Lord's body: That he might take the body of Jesus, because he was His disciple. Their ferocity being appeased for the time by their success, he sought the body of Christ. He did not come as a disciple, but simply to perform a work of mercy, which is due to the evil as well as to the good. Mystically, the name Joseph means, apt for the receiving of a good work; whereby we are admonished that we should make ourselves worthy of our Lord's body, before we receive it. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:38
It was providentially ordered that he should be rich, in order that he might have access to the governor, and righteous, in order that he might merit the charge of our Lord's body. — On the Gospel of Mark 4.15
João 19:39
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Nicodemus joined him: And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. We must observe however that it was simple ointment; for they were not allowed to mix many ingredients together. (Exod. 30:34, 38) — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:40
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Hence hath come down the custom of the Church, of consecrating the Lord's body not on silk or gold cloth, but in a clean linen cloth. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 19:40
It has come down as the custom of the church of consecrating the Lord's body not on silk or gold cloth but in a clean linen cloth. — On the Gospel of Mark 4.15