Ezechiel 24:19
And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixit ad me populus : Quare non indicas nobis quid ista significent quæ tu facis ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μὲ ὁ λαός Οὐκ ἀναγγέλλεις ἡμῖν τί ἐστιν ταῦτα ἃ σὺ ποιεῖς;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלַ֖י הָעָ֑ם הֲלֹֽא תַגִּ֥יד לָ֨נוּ֙ מָה אֵ֣לֶּה לָּ֔נוּ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Matthew XIII. 34, 35
Then pointing out that He is not making a new thing, He brings in the Prophet also, proclaiming beforehand this His manner of teaching. And to teach us the purpose of Christ, how He discoursed in this manner, not that they might be ignorant, but that He might lead them to inquiry, he added, “And without a parable spake He nothing unto them.” Yet surely He did say many things without a parable; but then nothing. And for all this no man asked Him questions, whereas the Prophets, we know, they were often questioning: as Ezekiel,for instance; as many others: but these did no such thing. Yet surely His sayings were enough to cast them into perplexity, and to stir them up to the inquiry; for indeed a very sore punishment was threatened by those parables: however, not even so were they moved.