John 11:48
Douay-Rheims
If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation.
Origen
(t. xxviii.) Mystically: It was fit that the Gentiles should occupy the place of them of the circumcision; because by their fall salvation came to the Gentiles. (non occ.). The Romans represent the Gentiles, being the rulers of the Gentile world. Their nation again was taken away, because they who had been the people of God, were made not a people.
Source details
A.D. 253 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 11:47-53
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.