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Jerome, on Matt 2:3
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
Matt 2:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.”
On this verse:
“(Epist. 57.) The Jews are here blamed for ignorance; for whereas the prophecy says, Thou Bethlehem Ephrata; they said, ‘Bethlehem in the land of Judah.’”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew
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