But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
“And what sort of freedom is this,” someone might ask, “when the Jews oppress and beat the faithful, and those who are reckoned free are persecuted?” For that is what happened then, as the faithful were persecuted. “But do not let even this discourage you, for this too he included beforehand in the type.”
