1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Proverbs 24:11 | *Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver. Psalm 81:4. | Deliver. The Jews often put people to death without any formal trial, pretending zeal, as they did St. Stephen, etc. Our Saviour rescued the adulteress from such a situation, as Daniel had done Susanna. Yet this text may regard poor debtors, Psalm 71:4. (Calmet) --- Christian bishops used all their influence to preserve the lives of those who did not deserve death. (St. Ambrose in Psalm cxviii. Ser. viii. Off. 1:36., and ep. xxv., and xxvi.) |