John 8:57
Douay-Rheims
The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
Gregory the Great
(ut sup.) What does our Lord mean by hiding Himself, but that the truth is hidden to them, who despise His words. The truth flies the company of an unhumbled soul. His example shews us, that we should in all humility rather retreat from the wrath of the proud, when it rises, than resist it, even though we might be able,
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A.D. 604 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 8:57-59
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.