8:1 - When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate
And another Jew stepped up and said: I was crooked, and he straightened me with a word. And another said: I was a leper, and he cured me with a word.[25]
8:2 - And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.
Origen Commentary on John Book VI
Naaman then says, not understanding the great mystery of the Jordan, "Behold, I said that he will certainly come out to me, and will call upon the name of the Lord his God, and lay his hand upon the place, and restore the leper." For to put his hand on the leprosy[138]
8:3 - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be you clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Origen Against Celsus Book I
And similarly to this, and more as a matter to be understood by the mind than to be perceived by the senses, Jesus touched the leper,[85]
8:4 - And Jesus says unto him, See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Cyprian Epistle LIV
And when he had cleansed the leprous man, he said, "Go, show thyself to the priest."[18]Cyprian Epistle LXIV
For when He had cleansed the leper, He said to him, "Go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift."[9]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI
Which law is so very holy and righteous, that even our Saviour, when on a certain time He healed one leper, and afterwards nine, said to the first, "Go, show thyself to the high priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them; "[106]Origen Commentary on John Book II
"You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the earth." The leper who was cleansed[108]
8:5 - And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Tertullian On Idolatry
albeit, likewise, a centurion had believed;[159]Tertullian Against the Valentinians
) than he runs to him with haste and joy, with all his might, like the centurion in the Gospel.[255]Tertullian On Baptism
" Pray does the emperor in person set forth, or the prefect in person cudgel? One whose ministers do a thing is always said to do it.[114]
8:9 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
They maintain that he is the centurion mentioned in the Gospel, who addressed the Saviour in these words: "For I also am one having soldiers and servants under my authority; and whatsoever I command they do."[94]
8:10 - When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
Wall, I observe again, that the centurion, a man exceedingly wealthy and well dowered with worldly influence, possessed a faith surpassing that of all Israel;[473]
8:11 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
But the children of the kingdom shall go into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."[596]Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
nd six months, and sit in the temple at Jerusalem; and then the Lord will come from heaven in the clouds, in the glory of the Father, sending this man and those who follow him into the lake of fire; but bringing in for the righteous the times of the kingdom, that is, the rest, the hallowed seventh day; and restoring to Abraham the promised inheritance, in which kingdom the Lord declared, that "many coming from the east and from the west should sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."[261]Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
In the Gospel the Lord says: "Many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall lie down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; but the children of the kingdom shall go out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."[114]The Narrative of Joseph
And the sons of the kingdom, the children of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.[12]
8:12 - But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
-not even a hair, as also not an eye nor a tooth. And yet whence shall come that "weeping and gnashing of teeth,"[236]Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
ath, and the next day should fall dangerously sick upon his bed, with a distemper in his bowels, his stomach, or his head, or any of the incurable diseases, as a consumption, or gangrene, or looseness, or iliac passion, or dropsy, or colic, and has a sudden catastrophe, and departs this life; is not he deprived of the things present, and loses those eternal? Or rather, he is within the verge of eternal punishment, "and goes into outer darkness, where is weeping and gnashing of teeth."[16]
8:13 - And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you. And his servant was healed in the very same hour.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
and, "Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee."[613]
8:17 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
Bear the infirmities of all, as being a perfect athlete [in the Christian life], even as does the Lord of all. For says [the Scripture], "He Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."[9]Origen Commentary on John Book II
of the flesh of sin and for sin, and condemned sin by taking ripen Him the likeness of the flesh of sin, then it cannot be said of Him, absolutely and directly, that there was no darkness in Him. We may add that "He[79]
8:20 - And Jesus says unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
This, I think, is signified by the utterance of the Saviour, "The foxes have holes, but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head."[44]Tertullian On Idolatry
That Lord walked in humility and obscurity, with no definite home: for "the Son of man," said He, "hath not where to lay His head; "[143]Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Of this same thing in Matthew: "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where He may lay His head."[439]
8:22 - But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III
They who sing thus, and sing in response, are those who before hymned immortality,-found at last wicked and wickedly singing this most pernicious palinode, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." But not to-morrow in truth, but already, are these dead to God; burying their dead,[153]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Quod si usurpent vocem Domini, qui dicit Philippo: "Sine mortuos sepelire mortuos suos, tu autem sequere me: "[17]
8:24 - And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Tertullian On Baptism
Others make the suggestion (forced enough, clearly "that the apostles then served the turn of baptism when in their little ship, were sprinkled and covered with the waves: that Peter himself also was immersed enough when he walked on the sea."[124]Clementine Homily XIX
it evidently sends forth its fruits to nourish all who are made by Him? And how does it not fear Him as superior, as trembling through earthquakes it confesses, and as, though its billows ran high, yet, when the Teacher was sailing on it and commanded a calm, it immediately obeyed and became still?[34]
8:26 - And he says unto them, Why are all of you fearful, O all of you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
" But plainly, unrighteous gain is pleasure and pain, toil and fear; and, to speak comprehensively, the passions of the soul, the present of which is delightful, the future vexatious. "For what is the profit," it is said, "if you gain the world and lose the soul? "[212]Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
rose and gave His commands to the winds and the sea.[540]Acts of Andrew and Matthias
And a great wind having arisen, and the sea being stormy, so that the waves were uplifted, and came under the sail of the boat, and when we were in great fear, the Lord stood up and rebuked the winds, and there was a calm in the sea; for all things feared Him, as being made by Him.[8]
8:28 - And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Origen Commentary on John Book VI
The transaction about the swine, which were driven down a steep place by the demons and drowned in the sea, is said to have taken place in the country of the Gerasenes.[118]
8:29 - And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? are you come here to torment us before the time?
Tertullian Against Praxeas
."[370]Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: "What have we to do with Thee, Thou Son of David? why art Thou come hither to punish us before the time? "[306]Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas
Wherefore dost thou wish to destroy us, when our time has not yet come? On what account dost thou wish to take away our power? for until the present hour we have had hope and time left us.[35]Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI
and who call Him Son of God, and that without the addition "truly" like the demoniacs who say, "What have we to do with Thee, Thou Son of God; "[163]
8:30 - And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Tertullian On Modesty
he handed himself over to the prince of this age. He set him over "swine," to feed that flock familiar to demons,[111]
8:31 - So the devils besought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Clementine Homily XIX
What! did not the demons go out through fear and respect for Him, and others of them desired to enter into swine; but they first entreated Him before going, plainly because they had no power to enter even into swine without His permission? "[35]