Now this miracle is a sign of the coming sabbath, when every one who has fulfilled the law and grace, shall by the mercy of God put off the toils of this weak body. But why did He not mention any more animals, save to shew that the time would come when the Jewish and Gentile nations should quench their bodily thirst, and this world’s heat in the fulness of the fountain of the Lord, and so through the calling forth of two nations, the Church should be saved.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).