Jerome, on Matt 12:1

“At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.”

“As we read in another Evangelist, they had no opportunity of taking food because of the thronging of the multitude, and therefore they hungred as men. That they rub the ears of corn in their hands, and with them satisfy themselves, is a proof of an austere life, and of men who needed not prepared meats, but sought only simple food.”

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