But the Evangelist shews what effect the correction of the Lord had on the ministers of the temple, when he adds: “and the Scribes and Chief Priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him;” according to that saying of Amos: “They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.” [Amos 5:10] From this wicked design, however, they were kept back for a time solely by fear.
Wherefore it is added, “For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine. For He taught them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes” and Pharisees, as is said elsewhere.
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