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What the Fathers say

1 Samuel 9:7

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Gregory the Dialogist

To this end, therefore, Saul is led by the boy, that he may be instructed: because those who are to be placed on the height of prelacy are admonished to submit themselves to the spiritual understanding of perfect preachers through their teaching. He who says this admonishes us to be led by this boy: "If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law" (Gal. 5:18). …

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 4 ↗