ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 2 v8b

CONDEMNED BY IGNORANCE. PELAGIUS: Pilate, Caiaphas and the rest were condemned by their ignorance, because they should have known the truth. There are two kinds of heretics who misinterpret this passage. The first are the Apollinarians, and the second are the Arians. The Apollinarians are wrong because they do not accept that Christ’s human nature was perfect. The Arians err because they claim that the Word of God can suffer. Arius did not believe that it was the Lord of glory who took on a human nature, and therefore he thought that the Word, being only human, could suffer. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 2.9

EVEN THE CRUCIFIERS ARE NOT BEYOND FORGIVENESS. CHRYSOSTOM: Could Herod and the priests who wanted to crucify Jesus have been forgiven? Yes. If they repented, they were forgiven. Even Paul, who persecuted the church, was forgiven when he repented, and so they could have been as well. The ignorance of the rulers was not concerning Christ’s person but rather concerning the significance of the event which was taking place on the cross. Jesus prayed that they might be forgiven, not because they did not know him but because they did not understand what they were doing. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 7.5.10

WHAT IF CHRIST HAD NOT DIED? AUGUSTINE: But if Christ had not been put to death, death would not have died. The devil was overcome by his own trophy, for the devil rejoiced when, by seducing the first man, he cast him into death. By seducing the first man, he killed him.11By killing the last man, he lost the first from his snare. THE ASCENSION 263.12

THOSE WHO PERSIST IN UNBELIEF. THEODORET OF CYR: God forgave Pilate, Herod, Annas, Caiaphas and the rest for their ignorance at the time of the crucifixion, but after Christ had risen and ascended into heaven, and the Holy Spirit had come, and the apostles had performed many miracles, he handed them over for punishment, because they persisted in their unbelief. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 176.13

WHO KILLED THE LORD OF GLORY? OECUMENIUS: This applies to Herod and Pilate. It does not apply in the same way to the high priests and scribes, because they knew that Jesus was the Christ. They were more like the workers in the vineyard who said: “This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the vineyard will be ours.”14 PaULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.15

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