The Evangelist says they were left “on the mountains,” to signify that the sheep, which were not lost, abode on high.
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Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754
The Evangelist says they were left “on the mountains,” to signify that the sheep, which were not lost, abode on high.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
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