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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
When the Pharisees saw the children offering to Christ the hymn of David which the prophet seems to offer to God (Ps. 117:26), they exploded with spite and reviled Him for allowing things of God to be said of Him. But He confirmed this by saying "Yea." For, He says, I am so disinclined to stop the mouths of those who are saying these things to Me, that I will even bring forward the prophet as a witness, and show you up as either ignorant or spiteful. …
Western Saints
Jerome
But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David', they were indignant and said to him, 'Do you hear what these are saying?' Many believe that the raising of Lazarus is the greatest sign, that the blind man received sight from birth, that the voice of the Father was heard at the Jordan, and that he showed the glory of the triumphant one when he was transfigured on the mountain. …
Thomas Aquinas
There follows the indignation of the priests, hence he says "and when the chief priests and Scribes saw (...) they were much displeased." Of such it is said (2 Tim 3:13): "They always advance to worse." And first the reproof is presented; secondly, the inquiry; thirdly, the response. Concerning the first, three things. First, the cause of the indignation is presented; secondly, the indignation itself; thirdly, the confutation. …
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