But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Again does the evangelist express the cause, for which they ought to have held their peace, and marks their boldness by this also. How and in what way? Because when those others were put to silence, these again assail Him. For when they ought even for this to hold their peace, they strive to urge further their former endeavors, and put forward the lawyer, not desiring to learn, but making a trial of Him, and ask, What is the first commandment?
