1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Daniel 12:3 | But they that are learned, *shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity. Wisdom 3:7. | Learned in the law of God and true wisdom, which consists in knowing and loving God. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "instructors." --- Instruct. Hebrew, "justify," in the same sense. The Machabees and other priests, etc. who instructed people in the law, and stood up for its defence, may be meant. (Calmet) --- "There is as much difference between a learned sanctity and a holy rusticity, as there is between heaven and the stars." (St. Jerome) --- Teachers, martyrs, and virgins are entitled to an aureola, or accidental reward, besides the essential beatitude. (Worthington) --- Many. Th.[Theodotion?] and the Vulgate read, "and of the just many shall be like for an age and after." (St. Jerome) |