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Isaiah 64:3

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Thomas Aquinas

The effect on the Jews: "when you shall do wonderful things, we shall not bear," that is, we, who are accustomed to see and hear, because of our stupor, as they were terrified in Exodus 20:18, thus: "they that had excused themselves" (Heb 12:19); or we shall not bear his coming, even having seen his miracles. 1115. Here he sets out the fulfillment of the petition. And first, as to his coming: "you didst come down," to judge us: using the past tense for the future; or, into the womb of the virgin. …

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