618 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVIII. who promisedus salvation?" he relatesin orderthesuc cessiveeventsof thePassion; lIeshallbe delivereduntotfa Gentiles,and shallbe mocked,and scourged,and spilledon. Chrys. CHRYS. Esaiasprophesiedof thiswhen he said,I gaveMy isl!"oP5.oac^to ttewiiters,and My cheeksto them thatpluckedoff Isa.53, thehair: I hidnotMy facefrom shame and spitting.The ProphetalsoforetoldtheCrucifixion,saying,He hathpoured outHis souluntodeath,and was numberedwith thetrans gressors; asitissaidhere,And aftertheyhavescourgedHim, theyshallputIEm todeath.But DavidforetoldChrist'sresur- Ps.16,10.rection,For Thou shallnotleaveMy soulinhell,and soitis here added,And on thethirdday He shallriseagain. isid.i.ii. ISIDORE.I marvel at the follyof thosewho ask how Christ EP.2'2- roseagainbeforethe threedays. IfindeedHe roselaterthan He had foretold,itwere a mark of weakness,but ifsooner, a token of the highestpower. For when we see a man who has promised hiscreditorthathe willpay him hisdebtafter threedays,fulfillinghis promise on thatvery day,we areso farfrom lookingupon him as deceitful,that we admire his veracity. I must add, however, that He said not thatHe should riseagain afterthree days, but on the thirdday. You have then the preparation,the Sabbath untilsunset, and the factthat He roseafterthe Sabbath was over. CYRIL. The disciplesdid not as yet know exactlywhat the Luke2t, Prophets had foretold,but afterHe rose again,He opened theirunderstandingthat they should understand theScrip tures. BEDE. For because they desiredHis lifeaboveall things,they could not hear of His death,and as theyknew Him to be not only a spotlessman, but alsovery God, they thought He could in no wise die. And whenever in the parables,which they frequentlyheard Him utter,He said any thing concerning His Passion,they believedit to be spoken allegorically,and referredto something else. Hence it follows,And thissaying was hid from them, neitherknew theythe thingswhich were spoken. But the Jews, who con spiredagainstHis life,knew that He spoke concerningHis Passion,when He said,The Son of man must be liftedtip', thereforesaid they, We have heard in our law thatChrist abidethfor ever,and how sayestThou theSon of man must be liftedup ?