Matthew 2:7
Douay-Rheims
Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;
John Chrysostom (attributed)
To induce them to do this, he put on the colour of devotion, beneath which he whetted the sword, hiding the malice of his heart under colour of humility. Such is the manner of the malicious, when they would hurt any one in secret, they feign meekness and affection.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 2:7-9
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.