Matthew 5:25
Douay-Rheims
Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
John Chrysostom
Or, He here speaks of the judges of this world, of the way which leads to this judgment, and of human prisons; thus not only employing future but present inducements, as those things which are before the eyes affect us most, as St. Paul also declares, If thou doest evil fear the power, for he beareth not the sword in vain. (Rom. 13:4.)
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:25-26
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.