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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Then he shows that a prophecy was fulfilled also saying, "As it is written, To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see, and they that have not heard shall understand." You see he runs to where the labor is more, the toil greater.
Theophylact of Ohrid
Here he shows the fulfilled prophecy; and whoever resolves to teach the ignorant, to which Paul resorted, much labor and sweat awaits him.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he cites an authority for what he had said, saying: but as it is written: 'they to whom he was not spoken of shall see: and they who have not heard shall understand' (Isa 52:15). In these words the prophet seems to predict that the gentiles will arrive at a more excellent way of knowing God than the Jews, who knew him before. First, therefore, he shows its excellence with respect to the knowledge's cause which is twofold, namely, the words heard and the things seen. For these two senses are capable of discipline. …
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