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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Yea they opened their mouth wide against Me" [Psalm 35:21]. First winking with their eyes, those lions sought to ravish and devour; first fawning they spoke peace, and then with wrath devised craftily. Afterward, "they opened their mouth wide against Me," crying, "Crucify Him, Crucify Him! …
Thomas Aquinas
Jerome has, "in the plunder of the earth, mocking words." He who mocks someone does two things: because such words distress the one mocked and gladden the mocker; and therefore he says, "they opened wide their mouth against me," as if boldly and gladly speaking evil of another. Is. 37: "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed, and against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes on high?" "They opened wide their mouth against me." He shows their joy when he says, "aha!" -- an interjection of congratulation. Mt. …
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