And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
to make insurrection more fierce, because they wished to frighten the governor. And observe; they do not say what the charge was, as in fact they had nothing to allege, but only think to strike terror by their shouting. The tribune commanded, etc. and yet he ought to have learned from the accusers, wherefore they cried so against him. And as they bound him, etc. And the chief captain was afraid, after he learned that he was a Roman. Why then it was no falsehood. On the morrow, because he would know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, etc., he brought him down before the council.
