John 10:39
Douay-Rheims
They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.
Augustine of Hippo
(Tract. xlviii. 11) To lay hold of Him, not by faith and the understanding, but with bloodthirsty violence. Do thou so lay hold of Him, that thou mayest have sure hold; they would fain have laid hold on Him, but they could not: for it follows, But He escaped out of their hand. They did lay hold of Him with the hand of faith. It was no great matter for the Word to rescue His flesh from the hands of flesh.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 10:39-42
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.