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saying, “Let’s all die in our innocence. Heaven and earth testify for us, that you put us to death unjustly.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 37. Innocency. Lit. “simplicity,” has often this sense. Their piety was not, however, enlightened, as the ceremonial law gives way on such occasions. Calmet.—Their simplicity is commended by Saint Ambrose, Of. i. 40. Yet they had not the prudence of serpents, which is also requisite. The Church remains. Worthington.
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