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Ezra 2:64

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Bede

The whole multitude as if one, etc. Note the grace of the early Church, in which the heart and soul of the multitude of believers was one (Acts IV), being found even in this group of exiles: so that even though there was such a large army, which almost completed the total of fifty thousand, and this army of different rank and condition, nonetheless the whole multitude, on account of the same faith and love, seemed as if it were one man, by the gift of Him who makes those of one mind live in a house. …

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah ↗