Searchearlychristianwritings.online Volume 9 - 15.3.6.0.0

Previous Vol 9 - 15.3.6.0.0 Next

Origen

Commentary on the Gospel of John - Book X

Contents

Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This.

The Discrepancy Between John and the First Three Gospels at This Part of the Narrative, Literally Read, the Narratives Cannot Be Harmonized: They Must Be Interpreted Spiritually.

What We are to Think of the Discrepancies Between the Different Gospels.

Scripture Contains Many Contradictions, and Many Statements Which are Not Literally True, But Must Be Read Spiritually and Mystically.

Paul Also Makes Contradictory Statements About Himself, and Acts in Opposite Ways at Different Times.

Different Accounts of the Call of Peter, and of the Imprisonment of the Baptist. The Meaning of “Capernaum.”

Why His Brothers are Not Called to the Wedding; And Why He Abides at Capernaum Not Many Days.

How Christ Abides with Believers to the End of the Age, and Whether He Abides with Them After that Consummation.

Heracleon Says that Jesus is Not Stated to Have Done Anything at Capernaum. But in the Other Gospels He Does Many Things There.

Significance of Capernaum.

Why the Passover is Said to Be that of the “Jews.” Its Institution: and the Distinction Between “Feasts of the Lord” And Feasts Not So Spoken of.

Of the Heavenly Festivals, of Which Those on Earth are Typical.

Spiritual Meaning of the Passover.

In the First Three Gospels the Passover is Spoken of Only at the Close of the Ministry; In John at the Beginning. Remarks on This. Heracleon on the Passover.

Discrepancy of the Gospel Narratives Connected with the Cleansing of the Temple.

The Story of the Purging of the Temple Spiritualized. Taken Literally, It Presents Some Very Difficult and Unlikely Features.

Matthew's Story of the Entry into Jerusalem. Difficulties Involved in It for Those Who Take It Literally.

The Ass and the Colt are the Old and the New Testament. Spiritual Meaning of the Various Features of the Story. Differences Between John's Narrative and that of the Other Evangelists.

Various Views of Heracleon on Purging of the Temple.

The Temple Which Christ Says He Will Raise Up is the Church. How the Dry Bones Will Be Made to Live Again.

That the Son Was Raised Up by the Father. The Charge Brought Against Jesus at His Trial Was Based on the Incident Now Before Us.

The Temple of Solomon Did Not Take Forty-Six Years to Build. With Regard to that of Ezra We Cannot Tell How Long It Took. Significance of the Number Forty-Six.

The Temple Spoken of by Christ is the Church. Application to the Church of the Statements Regarding the Building of Solomon's Temple, and the Numbers Stated in that Narrative.

The Account of the Building of Solomon's Temple Contains Serious Difficulties and is to Be Interpreted Spiritually.

Further Spiritualizing of Solomon's Temple-Building.

The Promises Addressed to Jerusalem in the Prophets Refer to the Church, and are Still to Be Fulfilled.

Of the Belief the Disciples Afterwards Attained in the Words of Jesus.

The Difference Between Believing in the Name of Jesus and Believing in Jesus Himself.

About What Beings Jesus Needed Testimony.

How Jesus Knew the Powers, Better or Worse, Which Reside in Man.