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Patristic A.D. 430 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 19:6-8

Augustine of Hippo, on John 19:6

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
John 19:6 · Douay-Rheims
“When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants, had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.”
On this verse:
“(Tr. cxvi) Lo, another greater outbreak of envy. The former was lighter, being only to punish Him for aspiring to a usurpation of the royal power. Yet did Jesus make neither claim falsely; both were true: He was both the Only-begotten Son of God, and the King appointed by God upon the holy hill of Sion. And He would have demonstrated His right to both now, had He not been as patient as He was powerful.”

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