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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
If he shall offer his soul for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this My just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. LXX: If you shall give for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived seed: and the Lord will take away the evil of his anguish, to shew him light, and give him understanding. …
Thomas Aquinas
If he shall lay down. Here he sets out that, through him, the justification of men was completed. And first, he sets out the reward for the sorrow of his death: if he shall lay down his life, of his own will: I lay down my life (John 10:17), he shall see a long-lived seed, until the end of the world, sons for him reborn out of the power of his death: unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, itself remains alone. …
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