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Luke 14:6

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Bonaventure

Third, as to the evidence of the sign, he adds: And they could not reply to these things. The Gloss: "Convicted." For then it is an evident sign that a man has been convicted, when every way of escape fails him. Nor is it a wonder if they could not answer the wisdom of Christ, since not even the wisest could resist his disciples; whence below in the twenty-first chapter: "I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist." And this was fulfilled in Stephen, of whom Acts 6: "Then there arose …

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 14 ↗