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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Why then is your garment red, and your clothing like one who treads in the winepress? LXX: Why are your garments red, and your clothes like those who tread the winepress, full of trampled grapes? Where it is now spoken of as red, in Hebrew it is read as Edom (). Therefore, even above where Edom is written, it is not a place name, but the name of blood. Again, the Angels inquire and say: We have learned that you are the one who speaks of justice, and salvation for all is established in your judgment. …
Thomas Aquinas
1101. Why then is your apparel red? Here he sets out the second question, concerning his clothing. And first, he sets out the question: why then, as if to say: it is not the just, but the wicked who usually bear the marks of blood like this, not saviors, but rather murderers; like theirs that tread in the winepress: for there is red wine in that region that dyes clothing like blood: and Jesus was clothed with filthy garments (Zech 3:3). Second, he sets out the answer: I have trodden. …
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