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Matthew 26:60

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"But false witnesses came, and said, This fellow said, I will destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it." And indeed He had said, "In three days," but He said not, "I will destroy," but, "Destroy," and not about that temple but about His own body.

Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 84 ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

And they found none, whereas many false witnesses had come in. Behold the failure, in which the innocence of Christ is designated, so that he could say: I have walked in my innocence. For they had always laid snares for Christ, but they found nothing evil. Hence he fulfilled what is found at 1 Peter 2:15: by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Commentary on Matthew ↗