ACC ~ John 8 v2

MERCY COMES TO THE TEMPLE

BEDE: Jesus made his way to the Mount of Olives to announce that the peak of mercy consists in himself. He came again at daybreak to the temple to signify that, as the radiance of the New Testament was beginning, that same mercy was to be disclosed and presented to the temple, namely, to his faithful ones….

The Lord’s sitting suggests the humility of his incarnation through which he deigned to show mercy to us…. It is good that we are told that when Jesus taught sitting down, all the people came to him. After he became a neighbor to human beings by the humility of his incarnation, his words were more readily received by many. HOMILIES ON THE GOSPELS 1.25. [1]

[1] CS 110:246.

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