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Augustine of Hippo, on John 12:27
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
John 12:27 · Douay-Rheims
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour.”
On this verse:
“(Tr. lii. 11) If I be lifted up from the earth, He says, i. e. when I shall be lifted up. He does not doubt that the work will be accomplished which He came to do. By His being lifted up, He means His passion on the cross, as the Evangelist adds: This He said, signifying by what death He should die.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.