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Isaiah 53:11

Eastern Fathers

Cyril of Alexandria

He has bought us with his own blood. He endured the cross, despising its shame, so that he might win our salvation. Therefore bow your necks to his yoke. For your soul will see the fruitful seed, that is, you will be sharers in those being kept for eternal life, that is, the saints who have been enriched with the hope of eternal life. For there was no idea of the resurrection of the dead among the Greeks, and the mystery until now was not set forth. They all but said that the breath in your no nostrils is smoke that is burning. …

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Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

And the reward for the labor of his teaching: because his soul has labored, in preaching and discoursing, he shall see, the gentiles converted to him, and be filled, as though having what he intended: I have meat to eat which you know not (John 4:32). Second, he sets out his merit as to the exercise of preaching: by his knowledge, that is, his teaching: justified freely by faith (Rom 5:1); Lord, to whom shall we go? …

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