Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

This address is to the converted Gentiles. Islands and peoples from afar are hero identical. a The prophet was chosen from the beginning of his existence : but the words especially suit Christ Himself. "Wl^t now appears obscure to the hearers, will afterwards be made known to all nations, when the angel Gabriel shall say to Joseph, concerning the child of the Yirgin: 'Ho shall save His people.*" St Jerome.

The negation was read by 8t. Jerome i is found in the margin of many MSS., which R. thinks is the correct reading, or at least the true meaning. Christ, according to the flesh, is servant of His Father, since He has taken on Him the form of a servant, in order to gather together the dispersed chil- dren of God.

St. Jerome interprets this of Christ, abhorred by the Jewish nation, and treated as a servant and culprit by the high priests and rulers.

This is explained by St. Jerome of the homages rendered to Christ by kings, whose heart is in the hands of God, and by the princes of the Church. He refers it sspeciatly to the homages which Christ shall receive at His second coining. 14 2 Cor. 6 : 2. " -Supra 42 : 6.