Commentary on Matthew

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THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A new Translation Volume 125 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION EDITORIAL BOARD David G. Hunter University of Kentucky Editorial Director Andrew Cain Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. University of Colorado Fordham University Brian Daley, S.J. Rebecca Lyman University of Notre Dame Church Divinity School of the Pacific Susan Ashbrook Harvey Wendy Mayer Brown University Australian Catholic University William E. Klingshirn Robert D. Sider The Catholic University of America Dickinson College Trevor Lipscombe Director The Catholic University of America Press FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles, Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M., Thomas P. Halton Carole Monica C. Burnett Staff Editor ST. HILARY OF POITIERS COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW Translated by D. H. WILLIAMS THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS Washington, D.C. Copyright @ 2012 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standards for Information Science— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI z39.48-1984. ∞ English biblical quotations in footnotes and introduction are drawn from the first edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hilary, Saint, Bishop of Poitiers, d. 367? [In Matthaeum. English] Commentary on Matthew / St. Hilary of Poitiers ; translated by D.H. Williams. p. cm. — (The fathers of the church ; v. 125) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 978-0-8132-0125-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Bible. N.T. Matthew—Commentaries—Early works to 1800. I. Williams, Daniel H. II. Title. BS2575.53.H5513 2013 226.207—dc23 2012012493 ...