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› And,” it says, “Moses said to Joshua, ‘Do not be envious for me. For if only someone would grant
› all the people of the Lord to be prophets, whenever the Lord should give his Spirit to them.’” *
But it was Christ even then who, in the Holy Spirit, persuaded the hierophant Moses to say
these things. And, indeed, he says in his own person to the holy apostles not to prevent
the one who crushes Satan in his name. For, he says, “he is not
against you. For whoever is not against you is for you.” * They are for you
who love Christ, because they wish to fulfil that which is for his glory, having
been crowned by grace from him.❧ From the same Cyril
out demons in your name,
and we tried to stop him,
because he does not
follow with us.’
9:50￣ But Jesus said to him,
‘Do not stop him; for he
is not against you; for
whoever is not against
you is for you.’
9:51 73When the
days drew near
for him to be taken
up, his face
he set to go
to Jerusalem.
70 This means that, as the
moment was present at which
it was finally necessary for the one
who endured the saving passion
on our behalf to go up into heaven
and to sit next to God the
Father, he decided to go up
to Jerusalem. For this, I think,
makes clear the phrase “He
set his face.” *
From Saint Titus
70 “He set his face.” * This
means that he no longer
went hither and thither, nor
circled around the villages
and towns, but he went
along the road to Jerusalem.
For in the capital city was
where the Lamb should be
led and where the sheep was
sacrificed. See how willingly
he hands himself over, and he
is not led away by force.❧