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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Moses supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him. Moreover, God's protection was evident from the very deeds themselves — what further understanding was needed? Yet even so, they did not understand.
Oecumenius
He declares, then, that this ingratitude arose from here, and against the benefactors [εὐεργέτας] it was treacherous among the Jews. For Moses, who in anger once struck down the wrongdoer, his fellow-countryman, is now treated with leniency toward the wrongdoer. But he who used his native customs to commit wicked acts against benefactors rejected him, by slandering him even more, and sought destruction, surrounding the deliverer with the murder of the Egyptian who had done Moses wrong. …
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