VER. 31—35. ST. LUKK. 497
Pharisees.Behold,saidHe, / castoutdevils,and I do cures
todayand to morrow,and on thethirdday I shallbeper
fected.He promisestodo what was displeasingtotheJews,
namely,to command the evilspirits,and deliverthe sick
fromdisease,untilin His own personHe shouldundergo
thesufferingofthecross.But becausethePhariseesthought
thatHe who was theLord ofhosts,fearedthehand ofHerod,
He refutesthis,saying,NeverthelessI must walk today and
tomorrow,and the day following.When He saysmust,
He byno means impliesa necessityimposedupon Him, but
ratherthat He walked where He likedaccordingto the
inclinationofHis will,untilHe shouldcome to the end of
thedreadfulcross,the time of which Christshews to be
now drawingnear,when He says,To day and to morrow.
THEOPHYL.As ifHe says,What think ye of My death?
Behold,a littlewhile,and itwillcome topass. But by the
words,To day and to morrow, are signifiedmany days;
aswe alsoare wont to say in common conversation," To
dayand to morrow such a thingtakesplace,"not thatit
happensin that intervalof time. And to explainmore
clearlythe words of the Gospel,you must not understand
themto be,I must walk to day and to morrow,but placea
stopafterto day and to morrow, then add, and walk on
thedayfollowing,as frequentlyin reckoningwe are accus
tomedtosay," The Lord'sdayand theday after,and on the
thirdI willgo out,"as ifby reckoningtwo,to denotethe
third.So alsoour Lord speaksas ifcalculating,I must
dosoto-day,and so to-morrow,and then afterwardon the
thirddayI must go toJerusalem.
AUG. Or thesethingsareunderstoodto havebeen spokenAug.con.
mysticallyby Him, so as to referto His body,which istheJjf1g"'1
Church.For devilsare castoutwhen theGentileshavingc.19.
forsakentheirsuperstition,believeinHim. And curesare
perfectedwhen accordingto His commands, afterhaving
renouncedthe deviland thisworld untilthe end of the
resurrection,(bywhichasitwerethe thirdday willbe com
pleted,)the Church shallbe perfectedin angelicalfulness
bytheimmortalityalsoofthebody.
THEOPHYL. But becausethey said unto Him, Depart
fromhence,forHerod seeksto killThee,speakinginGalilee
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