Patristic A.D. 407
“(Hom. liii. 1) See here the madness of the Jews; asking after so long time, and after all His miracles and teaching, Who art Thou? What is Christ’s answer? From the beginning I speak with you; as if to say, Ye do not deserve to hear any thing from Me, much less this thing, Who I am. For ye speak always, to tempt Me. But I could, if I would, confound and punish you: I have many things to say, and to judge of you.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 8:25-27
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗