Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

NPNF (V1-14)St. Chrysostomthe Father's, 177; used lowly expressions of Himself, not to offend the Jews, 178; declaredHis Equality to show His agreement with the Father, ib.; His prudence and humility in reasoningwith the Jews from the Law, 179; rebukes the Jews, both by their ignorance and by theirknowledge, 181, 188; foreshoweth His death, 182; His foreknowledge of the Jews' vainrepentance, ib.; referred to the Scriptures, 183; answered not the careless, 185; how the Lightof the World, 187; judgeth not yet, 188; began to speak boldly, ib.; of the same substance with,and equal to, the Father, 189; His hour, that is, His Crucifixion, was of His own appointing,190; manifested to the Jews after His Passion, 191; why He forbore judging the Pharisees, ib.;makes Himself known in punishment, ib.; condescended, that men might believe, 192; benefitof meditating on His humble birth and education, ib.; sought not to triumph in argument, butto save, 194; relaxes the Law, ib.; signified His Power by "His Father's House," ib.; showedmost boldness after miracles, 195; one with the Father in Power, Substance, and Truth, 194,195; love of, the proof of our knowing God, 196; His care to show His own power in healingthe blind man, 204; why always retired after miracles, 204; defended by the blind man, 210;His meekness in praying for His murderers, 219; His mercy in receiving sinners, an exampleto us, 221; delivered men from prison, ib.; His washing men's feet was to set an example ofmercy, ib.; why abode in Judea towards His Passion, 222; His meekness in replying to maliciousquestions, 223; His works His chief and sufficient witness, ib.; His Hand and His Flock, onewith the Father's, ib.; His coequality in Power, 224; delayed doing, to show the truth of, Hismiracle, 227; His care to clear it from suspicion, 228; His condescension, to raise men's faith,229; His love of Lazarus, 231; why would not raise Lazarus from a distance, 223; spoke formen's salvation, not His own honor, 236; condescended in preaching, not to give offense, ib.;declared His Generation from, and Equality with, the Father, 237; His humiliation was worthyof His Divine Love, ib.; so prayed at the grave of Lazarus as to show He needed not prayer,238; why prayed at raising Lazarus, ib.; showed His power in deeds, humility in words, ib.;identity of His Will with the Father's, ib.; His moderation in not claiming honor, 239; gave noreal offense to the power of the Romans, ib.; wept for the Jews' hardness, 240; retires fromJewry, 241; His care to save Judas, 243; His royal riding into the City, 245; waited for theJews, before He would call the Gentiles, 246; how prepared the disciples for His death andtheirs, 248; His shrinking from death proved His Humanity, and fits Him to be our pattern,249; His Victory, 250; like the Sun, will reappear shortly, 251; withdrew often, to avoidoffense, and returned to declare His Power, 252; One with the Father, because seen by Isaiah,ib.; His condescension in speaking of His knowledge, 255; His care always to show HimselfInseparable from God, ib.; our pattern of suffering in the flesh, 256; His forbearance withJudas, 257; His unceasing love for "His own," ib.; taught humble-mindedness by the washing,ib.; by doing all Himself, 258; signified cleansing of the conscience by washing, 259; adoptsthe disciples' confession of Him, 260; shames our pride, by washing the feet of Judas, ib.;taught patience with servants, by His own with Judas, 261; His full knowledge of His comingPassion, ib.; strove for Judas to the end, 262; comforts the disciples, 263; was "troubled" onaccount of Judas, ib.; did not expose him openly, 265; His care for the poor, and His ownpoverty, ib.; His Glory at, and after, the Crucifixion, ib.; why He discoursed after the Supper,266; comforted the disciples with the New Commandment, 266, 272; by promises of Heaven,268; by reading their hearts, ib.; how the Way, the Truth, and the Life, 269; His independentauthority to be followed by self-mortification, 273; left us free to practice or not virginity, but763