Matthew 2:17
Douay-Rheims
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:
Rabanus Maurus
Rachel is well set for a type of the Church, as the word signifies ‘a sheep’ or ‘seeing;’ (vid. note i, p. 19.) her whole thought being to fix her eye in contemplation of God; and she is the hundredth sheep that the shepherd layeth on his shoulder.
Source details
A.D. 856 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 2:17-18
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.