John Chrysostom, on Ezek 18:1

“And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What is the meaning?”

“It is not possible, if one person has sinned, for another to be punished. Besides, if we grant this, we shall assent to that other supposition as well, namely, that he committed sin before his birth. Therefore, just as by saying "neither has this man sinned," he did not mean that it is possible for anyone to sin before birth and be punished for this; so by saying "nor his parents" he did not imply that it is possible for anyone to be punished on account of his parents. Now, I say this because he removed this erroneous suspicion through Ezekiel.”

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