And they said unto her, You are mad. But she continued to affirm that it was so. Then they said, It is his angel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Thou art mad, or talkest idly.
Then said they, it is his Angel. It seems ridiculous to translate here a messenger. Does a messenger speak with the very voice of him that sends him? St. Chrysostom and others on this place observe, that they believed that every one, at least of the faithful, hath a good Angel. (Witham)
"If proper Angels "saith St. Chrysostom, (T. iii. hom. 7. in laud. Paul.) "be deputed by our Lord to such as have only charge of their own existence, (as Israel said, Genesis xlviii. 16. the Angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys) much more are super-human spirits at hand to help those unto whom the charge and burden of the world is committed. "Such persons as can believe that God permits evil spirits to tempt us, can find no difficulty surely in believing that the same good, just, and merciful Creator will permit good spirits to guide, protect, and assist us. Repeated proofs of both are found in holy writ. The learned Protestant commentator, Polus, on...
This is a truth, that each man has an Angel. And what would the Angel? It was from the time (of night) that they surmised this. But when he continued knocking, and when they had opened, and saw him, they were astonished. But he beckoning to them with his hand
But they, though it was so, shook their heads (incredulously): And they said unto her, You are mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel. But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go show these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. (v. 16, 17.) But let us review the order of the narrative.
