And I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
Matthew says that when the traitor drew near to Christ, our common Savior, he kissed him and added, “Hail, Master.” How can you say “Hail” to him who by means of your word and deed is made the prey of death? How could such a word possibly be true? We thus see that, inasmuch as that false one, Satan, was within him, he used falsehood even in saying “Hail.” Because of deeds like this, the prophet says, “Their tongue is a piercing spearhead. The words of their mouth are deceitful. To his neighbor he speaks things of peace, but in his soul there is enmity.”
