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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 22:14-18

Orthodox 1107
Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107
“Or He says, With desire have I desired; as if to say, This is My last supper with you, therefore it is most precious and welcome to Me; just as those who are going away to a distance, utter the last words to their friends most affectionately.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 22:14-18 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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