1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| John 21:25 | *But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written. John 20:30. | The world{ Ver. 25. Nec ipsum arbitror mundum, etc. St. Cyril on this expression, p. 1123, uperbolikos. See St. Augustine at the end of his 124. tract. where he says, such hyperboles are found elsewhere in the holy Scripture.|} itself, I think, etc. It is an hyperbolical way of speaking, says St. Cyril, common enough, even in the holy Scriptures; and only signifies, that a very great number of things, which Christ did and said, have not been recorded. (Witham) --- This is a figure of speech, called hyperbole, and only means, that it would require many, many books, to contain all the various actions and sayings of our divine Lord. |