again [in order to try a second time to convert them]. TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 16.3.17 ORIGEN: A guileless person will think that this royal officer was King Herod’s man; another, equally simple, will say that he was of Caesar’s household, performing some duty concerning Judea at the time. He is clearly not found to be a Jew. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 13.395.18 CHRYSOSTOM: This person certainly was of royal lineage or possessed some dignity
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