Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
The Jews therefore sought again to take Him, but He escaped out of their hands. "That their anger might be appeased by His withdrawal," says S. Chrysostom. S. Augustine, acutely but symbolically, "They took Him not, because they had not the hand of faith." He escaped by His Divine Power, making Himself invisible. As He did, John 8:59.