478 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIII. tothosewho seeit.BEDE. But becausetheyrepentednot in thefortiethyearofour Lord'sPassion,the Romans coming, (whom Pilaterepresented,as belongingto theirnation,)and beginningfrom Galilee,(whenceour Lord'spreachinghad begun,)utterlydestroyedthat wicked nation,and defiled withhuman bloodnotonlythe courtsof thetemples,where theywere wont to offersacrifices,but alsothe innerpartsof thedoors,(wheretherewas no entrancetotheGalilaeans.) ciirys. CHRYS. Again,therehad been eighteenotherscrushedto ubisup. ' deathby the fallingof a tower,ofwhom He addsthe saree things,as itfollows,Or thoseeighteenupon whom thetower ofSiloamfelland slewthem,thinkye thattheywere sinners aboveallmen thatdweltin Jerusalem? I tellyou,Nay. For He doesnotpunishallin thislife,givingthem a time meet forrepentance.Nor howeverdoesHe reserveallforfuture punishment,lestmen shoulddeny His providence.TIT. Bosx. Now one toweriscompared to the whole city,that the destructionofa partmay alarmthe whole. Hence itis added,But,exceptye repent,ye shallalllikewiseperish;as ifHe said,The whole cityshallshortlybe smittenifthe inhabitantscontinueinimpenitence. AMBROSE. In thosewhose bloodPilatemingledwiththe sacrifices,thereseems to be a certainmysticaltype,which concernsallwho by the compulsionof the deviloffernot a pure sacrifice,whose prayerisfora sin,as itwas written Pf.109,7.of Judas,who when he was amongst the sacrificesdevised thebetrayalofourLord'sblood. BEDE. For Pilate,who isinterpreted,"The mouth ofthe hammerer," signifiesthe devileverready to strike.The bloodexpressessin,the sacrificesgood actions.Pilatethen minglesthebloodoftheGalilaianswiththeirsacrificeswhen thedevilstainsthe almsand othergood works of thefaith fuleitherby carnalindulgence,or by courtingthe praiseof men, or any otherdefilement.Those men ofJerusalemalso who were crushedby the fallingof the tower,signifythat theJews who refuseto repentwillperishwithintheirown walls.Nor withoutmeaningisthenumber eighteengiven, (whichnumber among the Greeksismade up ofI and U, thatis,of the same letterswith which the name of Jesus begins.)And itsignifiesthattheJewswerechieflytoperish,