John 1:11
Douay-Rheims
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Bede the Venerable
It should be understood that in holy Scripture, blood in the plural number, has the signification of sin: thus in the Psalms Deliver me from blood-guiltinessp. (Ps. 51:14).
Source details
A.D. 735 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:11-13
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.