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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Him of whose divinity they had received such certain proofs, they call only a man.
Cyril of Alexandria
Of course the Pharisees also cease to wonder and are turned to grief, and when they see Him stronger than death, they take counsel to kill Him. Not considering His unspeakable authority, but thinking of Him as a mere man, they said: What do we? for this Man doeth many signs. Although they ought rather to have believed from this that He was indeed the Christ, of Whom the inspired Scripture had previously proclaimed in many places that He would be a Worker of many signs.
Theophylact of Ohrid
It was necessary to be amazed and to marvel at the Lord when He was performing such miracles; the Pharisees, on the contrary, hold a council on how to destroy Him. What extreme madness! Him, Who in the bodies of others overcomes death, they think to put to death, in order to conceal His glory; and after so many miracles they consider Him a mere man. "What," they say, "are we to do? This 'Man' performs many miracles." And what crime is it if He performs miracles? …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we?" But they did not say, Let us believe. For these abandoned men were more occupied in considering what evil they could do to effect His ruin, than in consulting for their own preservation.
Thomas Aquinas
1566 Next (v 47), the Evangelist mentions the effect of the miracle on the leaders. First, we have their evil conspiracy against Christ; secondly, we see how Christ escaped it (v 54). He does three things concerning the first. First, he mentions the gathering of the council; secondly, the problem that confronted them (v 47); and thirdly, their solution of this problem (v 49). 1567 In regard to the first, three things are mentioned about the wickedness of the chief priests. …
Bonaventure
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council against Jesus. There is set forth first the conspiracy of the Jews, which arose on the occasion of the manifestation of Christ. The ambition of the rulers was united together with the malice of the Pharisees, so that by force they might form an iniquitous counsel: Sirach twenty-one: "The congregation of sinners is like gathered tow." And they said: What do we do, because this man performs many signs? …
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