In one. Hebrew, "another." Let none remember them. The ruin of Jerusalem took place within forty years time. (Calmet) --- Arch-heretics are not long followed; their disciples make fresh discoveries. (Worthington) Out. As children derive great advantages from the piety of their parents, so they also feel the punishment of their crimes, when they imitate them, Deuteronomy xxiv. 16., and Ezechiel xviii. 20. If they share in the afflictions of their family, and are free from sin, this must be considered as a trial, and they will be amply rewarded in a future world. God is the arbiter of the life and death of all. External miseries may afflict both the just and sinners; but the motive for their being sent is very different. The Jews prayed, Let his blood be upon us, and upon our children; (Matthew xxvii. 25.) and they became chargeable with all the crimes of their ancestors, Matthew xxiii. 35. (Calmet) They. Iniquities, (Haydock) or may the sinners be "against the Lord," and He against them, Leviticus xxvi. 21. (Calmet) Mercy. Therefore he, the chief, and each of his adherents, can expect to find no mercy, James ii. 13. (Haydock) --- By the most crying injustice, the Jews put to death, the man of sorrows, [Isaias liii. 3. (Calmet) who had been pleased to assume our nature, and had not where to lay his head, Luke ix. 58. (Menochius) Bones. This strikingly describes the malediction of a person who has swallowed iniquity like water, Job xv. 16., and Proverbs iv. 17. The Jews had spoken ill of Christ, and of his disciples, Matthew xxvii. 25., and John ix. 17. (Calmet) --- Let all who delight in cursing, attend to this sentence. (Worthington) --- They like those things, which bring both temporal and eternal misery. (Menochius) Work. They effect their own ruin. (Haydock) --- The Jews pretended to act for the glory of God, being influenced with a zeal with knowledge. Some translate, "let such be the recompense;" which is not amiss. (Berthier)