Matthew 11:12
Douay-Rheims
And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
Hilary of Poitiers
Otherwise; The Lord bade His Apostles go to the lost sheep of Israel, but all their preaching conveyed profit to the publicans and sinners. Therefore the kingdom suffers violence, and the violent take it by force, for the glory of Israel, due to the Fathers, foretold by the Prophets, offered by Christ, is entered and held by force by the might of the Gentiles.
Source details
A.D. 367 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 11:11-15
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.