For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men"s lives, but to save them. Acts , therefore, saith Bede, according, to the spirit ye are of. Following the example of Christ, bear patiently as becometh saints. Titus.
And they went to another village, where they might meet with a better reception. By this He teaches His Apostles that hereafter, when they went throughout the world to preach the Gospel, if they were cast out of one city, they were patiently to go on to another. Hence He allowed Himself to be rejected by the Samaritans, that by His rebuke of James and John , He might teach the Apostles a life-long lesson. For, as saith S. Ambrose, mercy promoteth in thee patience, in the offender correction. Thus we find that these Samaritans who were spared punishment the sooner became believers. S. John iv.; Acts viii.
Perfect virtue desireth not vengeance, nor can anger exist where love aboundeth. The infirmities of our fellow men are to be borne with and remedied, not to be rejected as ...
But to save souls. It might be translated, to save men's lives; but is seems better here to stick to the letter, especially since in most Greek copies we read, the souls of men. (Witham)
