21:5 - Tell all of you the daughter of Sion, Behold, your King comes unto you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Methodius Oration on the Psalms
Let us, with the children, raise the branches aloft, and with the olive branches make glad applaud, that upon us also the Holy Spirit may breathe, and that in due order we may raise the God-taught strain: "Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest."[17]
21:8 - And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and scattered them in the way.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
recognised David their king in His sorrow of soul, and spread their garments for Him, and ornamented the way with green boughs, crying out with great joy and gladness, "Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: hosanna in the highest."[136]Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate
I saw him sitting upon an ass, and the sons of the Hebrews held branches in their hands, and shouted; and other spread their clothes under him saying, Save now, thou who art in the highest: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.[8]
21:9 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
"Plucking," it is said, "branches of olives or palms, the children went forth to meet the Lord, and cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; "[20]Methodius Oration on the Psalms
In psalms and hymns, let us raise to Him our shouts of thanksgiving; and, without ceasing, let us exclaim, "Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; "[8]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII
"Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord"[118]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII
Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord," being the Lord God who appeared to us, "Hosanna in the highest."[122]Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate
And seeing the linen and the napkin, and recognising him, I said, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;[125]The Account of St. John the Theologian
He that cometh in the name of the Lord;[12]
21:10 - And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
Methodius Oration on the Psalms
the city began to inquire, saying, Who is this?[23]Origen Commentary on John Book X
" It is to be noted that John makes this transaction of Jesus with those He found selling oxen and sheep and doves in the temple His second work; while the other Evangelists narrate a similar incident almost at the end and in connection with the story of the passion. Matthew has it thus:[63]
21:12 - And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
Dubious Hippolytus Fragments
frosts, inexorable scorching winds, unexpected thunderings, unlooked-for conflagrations; and in general, lamentation and mourning in the whole earth, without consolation. For, "because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."[28]
21:13 - And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but all of you have made it a den of thieves.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For He who uttered them was Truth, and did truly vindicate His own house, by driving out of it the changers of money, who were buying and selling, saying unto them: "It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."[23]Tertullian On Modesty
She has none to whom to make such a promise; and if she have had, she does not make it; since even the earthly temple of God can sooner have been called by the Lord a "den of robbers,"[9]2 Clement
but if we do not the will of the Lord, we shall be of the scripture that saith, "My house was made a den of robbers."[100]
21:14 - And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Methodius Oration on the Psalms
And when the chief priests and Pharisees saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,[51]
21:15 - And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul
-the former of which states, when meeting Him with approving shouts, proved its ability to offer Him testimony;[155]Cyprian Epistle IX
For besides the visions of the night, by day also, the innocent age of boys is among us filled with the Holy Spirit, seeing in an ecstasy with their eyes, and hearing and speaking those things whereby the Lord condescends to warn and instruct us.[9]Methodius Oration on the Psalms
The children acknowledge their Creator, but their unbelieving parents said, Who is this? The age that was young and inexperienced sang praises to God, while they that had waxen old in wickedness inquired, Who is this? Sucklings praise His Divinity, while seniors utter blasphemies; children piously offer the sacrifice of praise, whilst profane priests are impiously indignant.[34]
21:16 - And said unto him, Hear you what these say? And Jesus says unto them, Yea; have all of you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and infants you have perfected praise?
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
and for this reason were unwilling that the king should come, and who said to Him, "Hearest thou what these say? "did the Lord reply, "Have ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou perfected praise? "[138]Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
And the Scripture appears to me, in allusion to the prophecy just mentioned, reproachfully to upbraid the thoughtless: "Have ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise? "[21]Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul
But (we hold the contrary): for Christ, by "accepting praise out of the mouth of babes and sucklings,"[153]
21:19 - And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on you henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VIII
and did not discover (any). Wherefore, he says, He cursed the fig-tree,[8]Methodius Discourse X. Domnina
But when the Lord dried up the false branches, the imitations of the true branches, uttering the sentence against the bitter fig-tree, "Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever,"[17]
21:22 - And all things, whatsoever all of you shall ask in prayer, believing, all of you shall receive.
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III
Of faith He says: "Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."[196]Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Bartholomew
the Father unbegotten, the Son begotten, the Holy Spirit proceeding; and in Thee the Father, and in the Holy Spirit, Thine only begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ is, in whose name Thou hast given us power to heal the sick, to cure paralytics, to expel demons, and raise the dead: for He said to us, Verily I say unto you, that whatever ye shall ask in my name ye shall receive.[13]
21:23 - And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority?
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
and they assert that in this passage the Aeons receive the name of heavens. Moreover, by His not replying to those who said to Him, "By what power doest Thou this? "[261]Tertullian On Baptism
In fact, the doctors of the law and the Pharisees, who were unwilling to "believe," did not "repent" either.[101]Origen Commentary on John Book VI
"John the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking, and ye say he hath a devil; "and how could He say to those who asked Him,[99]
21:25 - The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did all of you not then believe him?
Tertullian On Baptism
The baptism announced by John formed the subject, even at that time, of a question, proposed by the Lord Himself indeed to the Pharisees, whether that baptism were heavenly, or truly earthly:[96]Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X
John whose father was Zacharias, and whose mother was Elisabeth, who were themselves not undistinguished among the people? But it is probable that the fact of his being the Son of Zacharias was not unknown to the people, who thought with regard to John that he was truly a prophet, and were so numerous that the Pharisees, in order to avoid the appearance of saying that which was displeasing to the people, were afraid to answer the question, "Was his baptism from heaven or from men? "[143]
21:28 - But what think all of you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
For ye are those that were once sent into the vineyard, and did not obey, but these they that did obey;[139]
21:31 - Whether of them two did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus says unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
], together with all her house, through faith of the scarlet sign; as the Lord also declared to those who did not receive His advent,-the Pharisees, no doubt, nullify the sign of the scarlet thread, which meant the passover, and the redemption and exodus of the people from Egypt,-when He said, "The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of heaven before you."[316]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II
" Such is he who fulfils the law, "doing the will of the Father,"[35]Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V
And again, he says, the Saviour has declared, "The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of heaven before you."[97]Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments
And in the Gospel,[48]
21:32 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and all of you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and all of you, when all of you had seen it, repented not afterward, that all of you might believe him.
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity
Whosoever shall blaspheme against Him, "hath not forgiveness, not only in this world, but also not in the world to come."[264]
21:33 - Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto these husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy these wicked men, and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their season."[558]Tertullian Against Praxeas
He also introduces a parable of the mission to the vineyard of the Son (not the Father), who was sent after so many servants,[376]
21:35 - And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
But they, being uneasy on account of their own covenants, have not only left the vineyard uncultivated, but have also killed the stewards of the Lord of the vineyard,[140]
21:39 - And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
nay, at last they "cast the Heir Himself out of the vineyard, and slew Him."[143]
21:42 - Jesus says unto them, Did all of you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
And by them He was rejected as an unprofitable stone,[144]Origen Commentary on John Book I
" And the Gospel shows, as also does Luke in the Acts, that the stone is no other than Christ; the Gospel as follows:[117]
21:43 - Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Origen Against Celsus Book IV
nations? Jesus declared, "The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof; "[200]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
For concerning the former Israel the Lord speaks thus, on account of their unbelief: "The kingdom of God shall be taken from them, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof; "[138]Origen Commentary on John Book X
And possibly the coins which bore the stamp of material things and not of God were poured out by way of type; because the law which appears so venerable, with its letter that kills, was, now that Jesus had come and had used His scourge to the people, to be dissolved and poured out, the sacred office (episcopate) being transferred to those from the Gentiles who believed, and the kingdom of God being taken away from the Jews[74]Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X
ption of vain movements which, though conceived by the ruler of the wicked and those who feast along with him to be regular and pleasing to them, were irregular and out of tune, if truth be umpire, then Jesus withdraws from the place in which prophecy was attacked and condemned; and He withdraws to the place which had been barren of God among the Gentiles, in order that the Word of God, when the kingdom was taken from the Jews and "given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof,"[168]