436 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XI. botha shadow and a figureof the righteousnessofChrist, thereforeitbecame the Lawyers,asinstructorsoftheLaw ofMoses and thewordsof the Prophets,torevealin a cer tainmeasure totheJewishpeoplethe knowledgeofChrist. This theydid not,but on the contrarydetractedfrom the divinemiracles,and spoke againstHis teaching,Why hear ye Him ? So then theytook away the key of knowledge. Hence itfollows,Ye enterednotin yourselves,and them that were enteredin ye hindered.But faithalsois the key of knowledge. For by faithcomes alsothe knowledge of isa.7,9. truth,accordingto thatof Isaiah,Unlessye have believed, ye willnotunderstand.The Lawyersthenhave takenaway the key of knowledge,not permittingmen to believein Aug.de Christ.AUG. But the key of knowledgeisalsothe humi- i.ii.q.23.lityof Christ,which theywould neitherthemselvesunder stand,nor letbe understoodby others.AMBROSE. Those alsoareevennow condemned underthe name ofJews,and made subjecttofuturepunishment,who, whileusurpingto themselvesthe teachingof divineknowledge,both hinder others,and do not themselvesacknowledgethatwhichthey profess. Aug.de AUG. Now allthesethingsMatthew recordstohavebeenKb"iiEY sa'^a^erourIj0r(lnad come intoJerusalem.But Luke re- c.75. latesthem here,when our Lord was yeton His journeyto Jerusalem. From which theyappearto me to be similar discourses,of which Matthew has given one, Luke the other. BEDE. But how truewere the chargesofunbelief,hypo crisy,and impiety,broughtagainstthe Phariseesand Law yerstheythemselvestestify,strivingnot to repent,but to entrapthe Teacheroftruth; foritfollows,And as He said thesethingsto them,thePhariseesand Lawyers began to urge Him vehemently.CYRIL. Now thisurging is taken to mean pressingupon Him, or threateningHim, or wax ingfuriousagainstHim. But theybegan to interruptHis words in many ways, as it follows,And to forceHim to speak of many things.THEOPHYL. For when severalare questioninga man on differentsubjects,sincehe cannot replyto allat once,foolishpeoplethink he is doubting. This alsowas part of theirwicked designagainstHim ;