But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law (i.e, in the Old Test, viz. Psalm 59:5, and Psalm 25:29), they hated Me gratis (Vulg.), i.e. without a cause, without My fault, and therefore wickedly and unjustly. For I have given them no other cause of hate, but supremest love. Observe the word that does not signify the end intended, but denotes that which happened as a matter of fact from the unbelief and obstinacy of the Jews. The meaning Isaiah , And thus there followed that which David and Isaias foretold would be, viz. that the Jews would without a cause pursue Christ with hate.
