For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Jesus, they say, the Nazarene, as a term of reproach, shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs. This is also what they said about Christ. Thou that destroyest this Temple. Matthew 27:40 For great was their veneration for the Temple (as indeed they had chosen to leave their own country (μετοικεἴν) in order to be near it) and for the name of Moses. The charge is twofold. If He shall change the customs, He will also introduce others instead: observe how the charge is a bitter one, and fraught with perils.
