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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"They also that sought after my soul were preparing violence against me" [Psalm 38:12]. It is now plain who "sought after His soul;" viz. those who had not His soul, in that they were not in His Body. They who were "seeking after His soul," were far removed from His soul; but they were "seeking it" to destroy it. For His soul may be "sought after" in a right way also. …
Thomas Aquinas
"And they used violence, who sought my life." And he was not only afflicted by friends in this way, but also by enemies. Now there is a twofold kind of enemies. Some are mortal enemies and kill. Others are not mortal, because they do not seek to kill; and he speaks here of both. Of the first he says, "They used violence, who sought my life," that is, who sought to kill me. This is said literally of Christ, whom the Jews sought to kill; hence, "they used violence," that is, they inflicted force. Prov. …
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