Council; Caiaphas; withdrawal (John 11:44–55)
resurrection: that with hands and feet and eyes bound he came out walking. By the loosing they witnessed that it was not a phantom but Lazarus.
From this it is clear that not all the Jews around Mary saw Lazarus's resurrection, but some of them, who also believed in Christ. The rest, hearing from those who had seen, went down to the Pharisees, stirring them against him as one who had dared something unholy; for they accused him as having ordered the buried to be dug up. Then he says they gathered a council against him and reasoned, saying: If we leave him thus, all will believe in him and the Romans will come upon us on suspicion of tyranny and will destroy our city. These things, even if they said them from envy, also came out when they did not expect it, when they crucified him.
They accused him as having dared something unholy—as ordering the buried to turn back. After so many proofs they spoke as of a bare man, not knowing that he was the Christ, maker of the signs.
If, they say, those who believe in him make him king, the Romans will come upon us as having tyrannized and will strip us of everything. To avoid undergoing the terrible things they said he should be destroyed. And when they murdered him, the grievous things came out against them.
When priesthoods became purchasable, priests no longer served for their whole lifetime nor by lineage, but the Romans gave it to whom they wished, succeeding them when they wished.
With a mouth speaking only, not with the Holy Spirit's grace touching his heart, the gift of foretelling was given him for the honor of the priesthood, not as to a prophet. Prophesying benefits no one. It fits against those who do not believe rightly yet foretell some things, who if they say on the day of judgment to the Lord, "Lord, did we not prophesy in your name," will hear that "I never knew you" (Matthew 7:22–23). So one must not be led astray from this; for prophecy is not a fruit of good works by which we recognize the saints, but wholly the Spirit's work, even if it speaks through human instruments—that is, human tongues.
Christ underwent death for the common salvation of all.
The evangelist calls children of God the faithful from the nations who were "far" and have become "near" into "one body," having Christ as one head (Ephesians 2:13–16). He proclaims beforehand what he does not know, glorifying Christ by necessity as also Balaam did.
He withdraws for the Jews' condemnation, not from cowardice, and teaches us at the peak of anger not to throw ourselves into dangers. He fled waiting for the fitting time of the passion and sparing their salvation.
Those who had sinned voluntary or involuntary faults did not keep the Passover unless they had been purified
Greek
ἀναστάσεως τὸ δεδεμένων τῶν χειρῶν καὶ τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐξελθεῖν περιπατοῦντα. διὰ τοῦ λύειν ἐμαρτύρουν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν φάντασμα, ἀλλ' ὁ Λάζαρος ἦν. ® 389 {3Jο 11, 45 48}3Ἐκ τούτου δῆλόν ἐστιν, ὅτι οὐ πάντες οἱ περὶ τὴν Μαρίαν Ἰουδαῖοι ἐθεάσαντο τὴν ἀνάστασιν Λαζάρου, ἀλλά τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν, οἳ καὶ ἐπίστευ σαν εἰς Χριστόν. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἀκούσαντες ὑπὸ τῶν τεθεαμένων ταῦτα κατῆλθον πρὸς τοὺς Φαρισαίους διερεθίζοντες αὐτοὺς κατ' αὐτοῦ ὡς ἀνόσιον τετολ μηκότος· διέβαλλον γὰρ ὡς τὸν τεθαμμένον ἀνασκάψαι ἐπιτάξαντα. εἶτά φησιν, ὅτι συνήγαγον κατ' αὐτοῦ συνέδριον καὶ διελογίζοντο λέγοντες· ἐὰν ἀφῶ μεν αὐτὸν οὕτως, πάντες πιστεύσουσιν εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπέρχονται ἡμῖν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ὡς ἐπὶ ὑποψίᾳ τυραννίδος καὶ καθελοῦσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν. ταῦτα δέ, εἰ καὶ βασκαίνοντες ἔλεγον, ἀλλ' ἐξέβη καὶ μὴ προσδοκώντων αὐτῶν, ὅτε αὐτὸν ἐσταύρωσαν. 390 {3Jο 11, 46}3Ὡς ἀνόσιόν τι τετολμηκότα ποιῆσαι διέβαλλον ὡς τὸν τεθαμμένον ἀνα κάμψαι ἐπιτάξαντος. μετὰ τοσαύτας ἀποδείξεις ὡς περὶ ψιλοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔλεγον ἀγνοοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ τῶν σημείων δημιουργός. 391 {3Jο 11, 48}3Ἐάν, φησίν, οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν αὐτὸν βασιλέα, ἐπέρ χονται ἡμῖν ὡς τυραννήσασιν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ γυμνοῦσιν ἡμᾶς πάντων. διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπομεῖναι τὰ δεινὰ ἔλεγον, ἵνα ἀναιρεθῇ. καὶ ὅτε αὐτὸν ἐφόνευσαν, ἐξέβη τὰ λυπηρὰ κατ' αὐτῶν. 392 {3Jο 11, 49}3Ὅτε ἐγένοντο ὠνηταὶ αἱ ἱερωσύναι, οὐκέτι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἑαυτῶν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἱεράτευον οὔτε κατὰ γένος, ἀλλ' οἷς ἐβούλοντο οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ® ἐδίδουν αὐτὴν διαδεχόμενοι αὐτούς, ὅτε ἤθελον. 393 {3Jο 11, 49 51}3Στόματι λαλοῦντι μόνον, οὐ μὴν τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος χάριτος ἁψαμένης αὐτοῦ τῆς καρδίας, πρὸς τιμὴν τῆς ἱερατείας ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τὸ προειπεῖν, οὐ μὴν ὡς προφήτῃ. οὐδὲν δὲ ὠφελεῖ τινα τὸ προφητεύειν. ἁρμόζει κατὰ τῶν μὴ ὀρθῶς πιστευόντων προλεγόντων δέ τινα, οἵτινες, ἐὰν εἴπωσιν ἐν «ἡμέρᾳ» κρίσεως τῷ κυρίῳ· «κύριε, οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι ἐπροφητεύσαμεν», ἀκούσονται, «ὅτι» οὐκ οἶδα «ὑμᾶς». οὐ δεῖ οὖν ἐκ τούτου πλανηθῆναι· ἡ γὰρ προφητεία οὐκ ἔστι καρπὸς ἔργων ἀγαθῶν, ἐξ ὧν τοὺς ἁγίους καταλαμβάνομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ πᾶν τοῦ πνεύματος ἔργον, εἰ καὶ δι' ὀργάνων ἀνθρωπίνων, ὅ ἐστιν γλώττης ἀνθρώπων, λαλεῖ. 394 {3Jο 11, 52}3 394Ὑπὲρ τῆς κοινῆς ἁπάντων σωτηρίας ὁ Χριστὸς τὸν θάνατον ὑπέμεινεν. 395 {3Jο 11, 52}3Τέκνα θεοῦ τοὺς πιστοὺς καλεῖ ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν τοὺς «μακρὰν» ὄντας καὶ «ἐγγὺς» γεγονότας «εἰς ἓν σῶμα», μίαν κεφαλὴν ἔχοντας τὸν Χριστόν. προαναφωνεῖ ὃ οὐκ οἶδεν, δοξάζων τὸν Χριστὸν κατ' ἀνάγκην ὡς καὶ ὁ Βαλαάμ. 396 {3Jο 11, 54}3Εἰς κατάκριμα τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀναχωρεῖ οὐ δειλιῶν καὶ ἡμᾶς διδάσκων ἐν ἀκμῇ τῆς ὀργῆς μὴ ἐπιρρίπτειν ἑαυτοὺς κινδύνοις. ἔφυγεν ἀναμένων τὸν ἐπιτήδειον τοῦ πάθους καιρὸν καὶ τῆς ἐκείνων φειδόμενος σωτηρίας. 397 {3Jο 11, 55}3Οἱ ἡμαρτηκότες ἑκούσια ἢ ἀκούσια πταίσματα οὐκ ἐποίουν τὸ πάσχα, εἰ μὴ ἡγνίσθησαν
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Ammonius of Alexandria, Fragmenta in Joannem (Greek).
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