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Augustine of Hippo, on John 11:54
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
John 11:54 · Douay-Rheims
“Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews; but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem, and there he abode with his disciples.”
On this verse:
“(Tr. xlix. 28) Not that His power had failed Him; for, had He pleased, He might still have walked openly among the Jews, and they done nothing to Him. But He wished to shew the disciples, by His own example, that believers did not sin by retiring out of the sight of their persecutors, and hiding themselves from the fury of the wicked, rather than inflame that fury by their presence.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.