ACC ~ John 7 v18

JESUS TRANSFORMS THE LAW

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: The fact that Jesus does not teach anything foreign to the law is clear proof that he does not labor for his own glory through his teaching, for if he did, he would speak of himself. Rather, he is exhorting them to be obedient to the former prophecies while he removes only the unprofitable and coarse shadow of the letter and transforms it persuasively into the spiritual sense, which already lay hidden in types. Here, Christ intimates what he says in the Gospel according to Matthew, “I came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it.” [1] COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 4.5. [2]

[1] See Mt 5:17.

[2] LF 43:479-80**.

MY WORDS LEAD YOU TO GOD

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: If, he says, I wanted to avert you from God and draw you to me, it would have been evident that I was teaching you a doctrine contrary to God. But since I lead you to him through my words, it is clear and evident that these words that are said to you are just and that those who want to reprove them as sinful words have no reason to do so. COMMENTARY ON JOHN 3.7.18. [1]

[1] CSCO 4 3:157.

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