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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
That Christ was born of the house of David, Micah relates, saying, And thou, Bethlehem, art not the least in the city of Juda, for out of thee shall come a governor who shall rule my people Israel. (Micah 5:2.) But all the prophets spoke of the Incarnation, and therefore it is said, As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets.
Ancient Greek Expositor
Whereby he means that God spoke through them, and that their speech was not of man.
Western Saints
Bede
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. From of old, he says, because the whole Scripture of the Old Testament proceeded as a prophecy about Christ. Not only Jeremiah, Daniel, and Isaiah, and others like them, who are specifically called prophets and spoke manifestly about his coming, but even father Adam, Abel, and Enoch, and other Patriarchs, by their own deeds bear witness to his dispensation. …
Bonaventure
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy ones. Here he offers praises and thanks for our restoration, inasmuch as it was promised through the Prophets by the prophecy of the Holy Spirit. And first he sets forth the prophetic oracle; second, he subjoins the prophesied benefit; and third, the fulfillment of the benefit. For these three things stir one to bless God. First, therefore, he sets forth the oracle in that he says: As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets who have been from of old. …
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