A citation from the library
Augustine of Hippo, on Mark 7:31
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Mark 7:31 · Douay-Rheims
“And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.”
On this verse:
“(ap. Aug. non occ. sed ap. Bed. ubi sup.) If however He, as one Who knew the present and the future wills of men, knew that they would proclaim Him the more in proportion as He forbade them, why did He give them this command? If it were not that He wished to prove to men who are idle, how much more joyfully, with how much greater obedience, they whom He commands to proclaim Him should preach, when they who were forbidden could not hold their peace.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.