ACC ~ Matthew 9 v1

HIS OWN CITY

JEROME: We should understand his town as none other than Nazareth, for he was called a Nazarean. COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 1.9.2. [1]

[1] CCL 77:54.

WE PREFER HIM TO GO AWAY

CHROMATIUS: On seeing him, the Gerasenes entreated the Lord to depart from their district. Such people are also to be found among us. Out of faithlessness they compel the Lord and Savior of the world to depart from the district of their hearts. According to Scripture, “The Holy Spirit will not enter a perverse soul or dwell in a body enslaved to sin.” [1] TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 43.7. [2]

[1] Wis 1:4.

[2] CCL 9a:409-10.

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