Augustine of Hippo, on Luke 6:6

“And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And there was a man, whose right hand was withered.”

“Aug. de Qu. Ev. l. iii. qu. 7.) But though our Lord was healing the body, He asked this question, “is it lawful to save the soul or to lose it?” either because He performed His miracles on account of faith in which is the salvation of the soul; or, because the cure of the right hand signified the salvation of the soul, which ceasing to do good works, seemed in some measure to have a withered right hand, i. e. He placed the soul for the man, as men are wont to say, “So many souls were there.””

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.