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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
And one of the elders asking the evangelist who those from the nations were, who were clothed in white robes, was not out of ignorance, but rather to provoke him to understand the matters concerning them.
Western Saints
Bede
And one of the elders said to me: Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and where did they come from? etc. He asks this to teach.
Alcuin of York
And one of the ancients answered, saying to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they? and whence came they? As no question preceded, what does it mean that one of the ancients is said to have answered? It is a habit of the sacred Scripture to use this verb like that, but it does not seem to have any meaning, so neither is ignorance of it harmful nor is knowledge of it praiseworthy. …
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