And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
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Jerome
AD 420
For he who despairs of help from God, has recourse to the power of the world.
Judas gives the kiss as a token, with poisonous guile, just as Cain offered a crafty, reprobate sacrifice.
This is the Joseph who was sold by his brethren There follows: “And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the High Priest, and cut off his ear.”
Just as Joseph left his mantle behind him, and fled naked from the wanton woman; so also let him, who would escape the hands of the evil ones, quit in mind all that is of the world, and fly after Jesus.
