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Patristic A.D. 735 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 8:49-56

Bede the Venerable, on Luke 8:49

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735

Luke 8:49 · Douay-Rheims

“As he was yet speaking, there cometh one to the ruler of the synagogue, saying to him: Thy daughter is dead, trouble him not.”

On this verse:

“The Synagogue also, because it has lost the joy of the Bridegroom, whereby alone it can live. lying dead as it were among those that mourn, understands not even the reason why it weeps.”

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