John Chrysostom, on Exod 32:32

“Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.”

“For such is the compassion of the saint that he thinks death with his children sweeter than life without them. He will also make the special season his advocate and shelter himself behind the sacred festival of the Passover and will remind the emperor of the season when Christ remitted the sins of the whole world.”

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