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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Then he brings forward another testimony also and says, "but one in a certain place testified, saying." Wherefore did he not mention the name of the prophet, but hid it? Yea, and in other testimonies also he doth this: as when he saith, "but when He bringeth in again the First-Begotten into the world, He saith, And let all the Angels of God worship Him. And again, I will be to Him a Father. And of the Angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He does not name the one spoken of, since he is speaking with people well-versed in the Scriptures. All of this is said about humanity in general, but preeminently, however, it may refer to Christ according to the flesh. For He, the Son of God, visited the insignificant human nature and, having assumed it and united it with Himself, became above all.
Oecumenius
"that you are mindful of him." For you have not only brought him into being, but also granted him to be well, and you will continue to be mindful, and you will visit him when he is in a bad state.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
104. – Then he proves by an authority, when he says, it has been testified somewhere. Here he does three things: first, he commends the value of the testimony to be adduced; secondly, he adduces it (v. 6b); thirdly, he explains the meaning of the testimony (v. 8b). 105. – In regard to the testimony he states first that the words of the Old Testament are witnesses to Christ: 'Search the Scriptures: the same are they that give testimony of me' (Jn. 5:39). Therefore, he says, for it has been testified somewhere. …
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