This multitude (ο οχλος ουτος). The Pharisees had a scorn for the amhaaretz or "people of the earth" (cf. our "clod-hoppers…

This people. The word translated here as people is the one commonly rendered the multitude. It is a word expre ive of co…

But this people who knows not the law . . .—The words express: “Those people there, among whom you have been, and with wh…

But the people who knows not the law are cursed.

Nicodemus says to them (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of those), D…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After our Lord invited those who believed in Him to drink of the Holy Spirit, a division arose among the…

The Pharisees were irate when the guards returned without Jesus. Their question implied a negative answer: “No one of the Pharisees has believed in…

But this multitude. The first part of their pride was that, relying on the title of Priests, they wished to subject everyone to them in a …

But this people who knows not the law are cursed .
] With great contempt they style the followers of Jesus "this peo…

The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes its restraint cannot be explained. Never has any man spoken with that wisdom…

1. After our Lord told them about the origin and teacher of His doctrine, as well as its purpose, He now invites them to accept His teaching…