Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
1. Of the men of that time some clung to their error, others laid hold on the truth, while of these last, some having retained it for a little while again fell off from it. Alluding to these, Christ compared them to seeds not deeply sown, but having their roots upon the surface of the earth; and He said that they should quickly perish. And these the Evangelist has here pointed out to us, saying,
When He was in Jerusalem, at the Passover, in the feast, many believed on Him, when they saw the miracles which He did.