Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
How, By the disposition of Angels? Some say (The Law), disposed by Angels; or, put into his hand by the Angel Who appeared to him in the bush; for was He man? No wonder that He who wrought those works, should also have wrought these. You slew them who preached of Him, much more Himself. He shows them disobedient both to God, and to Angels, and the Prophets, and the Spirit, and to all: as also Scripture says elsewhere: Lord, they have slain Your Prophets, and thrown down Your altars. 1 Kings 19:10 They, then, stand up for the Law, and say, He blasphemes against Moses: he shows, therefore, that it is they who blaspheme, and that (their blasphemy is not only against Moses, but) against God; shows that they from the very beginning have been doing this: that they have themselves destroyed their customs, that there is no need of these: that while accusing him, and saying that he opposed Moses, they themselves were opposing the Spirit: and not merely opposing, but with murder added to it: and...
How, By the disposition of Angels? Some say (The Law), disposed by Angels; or, put into his hand by the Angel Who appeared to him in the bush; for was He man? No wonder that He who wrought those works, should also have wrought these. You slew them who preached of Him, much more Himself. He shows them disobedient both to God, and to Angels, and the Prophets, and the Spirit, and to all: as also Scripture says elsewhere: Lord, they have slain Your Prophets, and thrown down Your altars. 1 Kings 19:10 They, then, stand up for the Law, and say, He blasphemes against Moses: he shows, therefore, that it is they who blaspheme, and that (their blasphemy is not only against Moses, but) against God; shows that they from the very beginning have been doing this: that they have themselves destroyed their customs, that there is no need of these: that while accusing him, and saying that he opposed Moses, they themselves were opposing the Spirit: and not merely opposing, but with murder added to it: and...
