And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Fickleness of the multitude! And yet how could a man who was a blasphemer have so succeeded? How could a blasphemer work such miracles among the people? But the undisciplined multitude made them strong who had the worst of it (in argument).— This was what most annoyed them. We have heard him, they say, speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God
