ACC ~ Mark 15 v19

THE SPITTLE OF HIS REVILERS AND THE SPITTLE BY WHICH HE HEALED

CYPRIAN: In that very hour of his passion and cross, before they had come to the cruel act of his slaughter and the shedding of his blood, what violent abuses he listened to with patience, and what shameful insults he endured! He was even covered with the spittle of his revilers, [1] when, but a short time before, with his own spittle he had cured the eyes of the blind man. [2] THE GOOD OF PATIENCE 7. [3]

[1] Cf. Mt 26:67; 27:30; Mk 10:34; 14:65; 15:19.

[2] Cf. Mk 8:23; Jn 9:6.

[3] Cetedoc 0048, 7.132; FC 36:269-70.