Neither let us test Christ, as some of them also tested him, and were destroyed by serpents.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
By this he again hints at another charge which he likewise states at the end, blaming them because they contended about signs. And indeed they were destroyed on account of trials, saying, when will the good things come? When the rewards? Wherefore also he adds, on this account correcting and alarming them,