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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
But our Lord, Who knew how to save, seeing in the hearts of the disciples the thought that had risen up thereupon as it were a certain root of bitterness, plucks it up by the roots before it received growth. For when passions first begin in us, they are easily subdued; but having gained strength, they are with difficulty eradicated. Hence it follows, And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart, &c. Let him who thinks Jesus to be mere man, know that he has erred; for the Word, although made flesh, remained God. …
Western Saints
Bonaventure
Second, there is added a commendatory guidance by means of a sensible example, when it is added: But Jesus, seeing the thoughts of their hearts, as true God, according to that passage of 1 Kings 16: "Man sees the things that are apparent, but God beholds the heart"; and Ecclesiasticus 23: "The eyes of the Lord are far more luminous than the sun, surveying all the ways of men and the depth of the abyss and beholding the hearts of men." And since he saw that the thought was the path to disease, therefore as a wise physician he applies …
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