Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew: Book XI.
by Origen
The Canaanite woman, the confession at Caesarea Philippi, and the bread of the kingdom.
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand.2. Exposition of the Details of the Miracle.3. The Exposition of Details Continued. The Sitting Down on the Grass. The Division into Companies.4. The Multitudes and the Disciples Contrasted.5. The Disciples in Conflict. Jesus Walks Upon the Waters.6. Interpretation of the Details in the Narrative. Application Thereof to All Disciples.7. The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing.8. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Who Came and Inquired, Why Do Thy Disciples Transgress the Tradition of the Elders?9. Explanation of “Corban.”10. The Traditions of the Elders in Collision with Divine Law.11. Exposition of the Prophecy of Isaiah Quoted by Jesus.12. Things Clean and Unclean According to the Law and the Gospel.13. The Offence of the Pharisees.14. Why the Pharisees Were Not a Plant of God. Teaching of Origen on the “Bread of the Lord.”15. Eating with Unwashed Heart Defiles the Man.16. Concerning the Canaanitish Woman. Meaning of the “Borders of Tyre and Sidon.”17. Exposition of the Details in the Narrative.18. Concerning the Multitudes Who Were Healed. Comparison of the Mountain Where Jesus Sat to the Church.19. Concerning the Seven Loaves. The Narrative of the Feeding of the Four Thousand Compared with that of the Five Thousand.