Loading…
VRSZ
This sets the art on your cards and whose commentary you read on each verse. You can change it later in settings.
Translation
Loading…
What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
What then say they? "If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee." O madness! for why do ye not mention His evil deeds, instead of concealing them? Why do ye not prove the evil?
Cyril of Alexandria
They answered and said unto him, If this Man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered Him up unto thee. They were perplexed for a specious plea against Him, but cloak the baseness of their impiety, and their apparent resolution to put Him to death unjustly, by the sophistical reply, that they would never have brought Jesus to suffer justice, if they had not taken Him in a criminal act. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
But they, having nothing to say, say: "If He were not an evildoer, we would not have handed Him over to you." Do you see how they everywhere avoid proofs? Annas asked, and found nothing, and sent Him to Caiaphas. The latter, having deliberated somewhat, sends Him to Pilate. Then Pilate again asks: "What do you accuse this Man of?" And here too they can say nothing.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
But is not this account contradictory to Luke's, who mentions certain positive charges: And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that He Himself is Christ a King. …
Thomas Aquinas
2336 Concerning the first, we have the examination by Pilate, and then the malicious reply of the Jews. When Pilate saw Jesus bound and brought by so many seeking his condemnation, he said, What accusation do you bring against this man? Their reply was, If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over. They are saying here: We have already examined and condemned him, and are now handing him over to you to be punished. They were regarding their own judgment as sufficient for Pilate. …
Bonaventure
"They answered and said to him: If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered him to you," wishing to observe that law: "The innocent and the just you shall not put to death," Exodus 23, as if they were saying: he is an evildoer. They do not prove it, but falsely charge him. Augustine: "Let those freed from unclean spirits answer, let the sick who were healed answer, whether Jesus is an evildoer. …
Translation