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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The Evangelists, especially the first three, did not transmit a great deal of what the Lord taught. It is true that John himself also passed over very much in silence, yet he, beyond what the three transmitted, set forth certain higher teachings of the Lord. The Lord, as one may surmise, taught many lofty truths to those gathered in the temple. …
Western Saints
Bonaventure
And because such a prelate and teacher is gladly heard, he therefore adds: And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him, as one watching unto learning, according to that passage of Proverbs eight: "They who watch for me early in the morning shall find me." Now maniare is the same as to hasten in the morning, because one must rise early for the study of wisdom: Isaiah fifty: "He wakens my ear in the morning, that I may hear him as a master"; and Proverbs eight: "Blessed is the man who hears me and who …
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