“For it is not possible, I say not possible, ever to exhaust the mind of the Scriptures…”
For it is not possible, I say not possible, ever to exhaust the mind of the Scriptures. It is a well which has no bottom.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XIX (on Acts VIII. 26, 27)
Answering hearers who complained that he preached 'always the same things', Chrysostom argues that a text is not used up by being read: the more one dwells on it, the more of it there is.
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Read in Walker, Sheppard & Browne, NPNF series 1 vol. 11 (1889) · J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, revised by George B. Stevens
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