Lucas 4
Theophylact of Ohrid
Lucas 4:1-2
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Christ is tempted after His baptism, showing us that after we are baptized, temptations await us. Hence it is said, But Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit, &c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:4
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] As if He said, Not by bread alone is human nature sustained, but the word of God is sufficient to support the whole nature of man. Such was the food of the Israelites when they gathered manna during the space of forty years, and when they delighted in the taking of quails. (Exod. 16:15, Numb. 11:32) By the Divine counsel Elias had the crows to entertain him; (1 Kings 17:6) Elisha fed his companions on the herbs of the field. (2 Kings 4:44.) — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:5-6
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The enemy had first assailed Christ by the temptation of the appetite, as also he did Adam. He next tempts Him with the desire of gain or covetousness, showing Him all the kingdoms of the world. Hence it follows, And the devil taking him up. But how did the devil show Him all the kingdoms of the world? Some say that he presented them to Him in imagination, but I hold that he brought them before Him in visible form and appearance. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:13
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Or, having tempted Him in the desert with pleasure, he retires from Him until the crucifixion, when he was about to tempt Him with sorrow. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:18
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] That He might teach us to benefit and instruct first our brethren, then to extend our kindness to the rest of our friends. But these things may be understood also of the dead, who being taken captive have been loosed from the dominion of hell by the resurrection of Christ. It follows, And recovering of sight to the blind. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:33-35
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] We must know also that many now have devils, namely, such as fulfil the desires of devils, as the furious have the dæmon of anger; and so of the rest. But the Lord came into the synagogue when the thoughts of the man were collected, and then says to the dæmon that dwelt there, Hold thy peace, and immediately throwing him into the middle he departs out of him. For it becomes not a man always to be angry, (that is, like the brutes,) nor always to be without anger, (for that is want of feeling,) but he must take the middle path, and have anger against what is evil; and so the man is thrown into the midst when the unclean spirit departs from him. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:36
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] As if they said, What is this word by which he commands, Go out, and he went out? — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:38-39
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] We must know also that many now have devils, namely, such as fulfil the desires of devils, as the furious have the dæmon of anger; and so of the rest. But the Lord came into the synagogue when the thoughts of the man were collected, and then says to the dæmon that dwelt there, Hold thy peace, and immediately throwing him into the middle he departs out of him. For it becomes not a man always to be angry, (that is, like the brutes,) nor always to be without anger, (for that is want of feeling,) but he must take the middle path, and have anger against what is evil; and so the man is thrown into the midst when the unclean spirit departs from him. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 4:40-41
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] We must observe the zeal of the multitude, who after the sun had set bring their sick unto Him, not deterred by the lateness of the day; as it is said, Now when the sun was setting, they brought their sick. Because, "praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner." Or, because He did not wish to inflame the envy of the Jews by being praised of all. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas